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Natural childbirth and breastfeeding as preventive measures of immune-microbiome dysbiosis and misregulated inflammation

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dc.contributor.authorDietert, Rodney R.
dc.date.accessioned2013-07-10T21:02:16Z
dc.date.available2013-07-10T21:02:16Z
dc.date.issued2013-06-03
dc.description.abstractMuch of the prior century was spent applying the latest emerging technologies toward managing pregnancy, childbirth, and infant development. The idea was that each change was significantly improving the health of our children across their lifetime. But it is now clear that with several of the adopted practices, there have been unintended consequences. We have run the risk of losing certain distinct advantages that were inherently embedded in ancient cultures and practices. Among these were the microbial-rich experiences of natural childbirth, breastfeeding, and agrarian living. These practices permitted children to acquire a complete microbiome thereby facilitating immune development and appropriate later-life immune responses. Perceived technology-associated benefits such as scheduled Caesarian births, urban sanitized living, and earlier and ever increasing vaccine burdens have helped to reduce the burden of some childhood illnesses. But recent studies suggest that they have also produced serious, unanticipated consequences for today’s children: an increased likelihood for human-microbiome incompleteness, lifelong immune dysfunction, and inflammation-promoted chronic disease. This review will examine recent evidence suggesting that a more effective blending of ancient practices and remedies with modern technology and medical knowledge could help to restore the human-microbiome super organism to its historic status, improve pediatric immune homeostasis and reduce risk of later-life chronic diseases.en_US
dc.identifier.citationDietert RR (2013) Natural Childbirth and Breastfeeding as Preventive Measures of Immune-Microbiome Dysbiosis and Misregulated Inflammation. J Anc Dis Prev Rem 1:103. doi:10.4172/jadpr.1000103en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1813/33432
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherJournal of Ancient Diseases & Preventive Remediesen_US
dc.subjectChildbirthen_US
dc.subjectBreastfeedingen_US
dc.subjectImmune-mediated dysbiosisen_US
dc.subjectInflammationen_US
dc.subjectAncient wisdom
dc.subjectDisease prevention
dc.subjectWomen's rights
dc.subjectHealth protection
dc.subjectChildren's health
dc.subjectChronic disease
dc.subjectMicrobes
dc.subjectHygiene hypothesis
dc.subjectCesarean delivery
dc.subjectElective Cesarean birth
dc.subjectVaginal birth
dc.subjectCompleted self
dc.subjectPublic health
dc.subjectCommensal bacteria
dc.subjectDevelopmental basis of adult disease
dc.subjectEpigenetics
dc.subjectDevelopmental imprinting
dc.subjectHealthy lifestyle
dc.subjectNewborn nurturing
dc.subjectKangaroo care
dc.subjectMother-infant bonding
dc.titleNatural childbirth and breastfeeding as preventive measures of immune-microbiome dysbiosis and misregulated inflammationen_US
dc.typearticleen_US

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