Using food to support your child’s immune system development

Researchers learned recently that our body’s most densely populated area of immune cells is in our gut lining.

Since one in two adults struggle with an immune-related health condition, this discovery spawned a huge interest in understanding how we can influence the immune system by focusing on the health of the gut.

Currently, we know that poor mucosal integrity along with a lack of microbial diversity contribute to the development of immune-related conditions like asthma, eczema, allergy, and autoimmune disease.

Furthermore, it seems that the first two years of life represent a programming period for our gut ecosystem, a time where our microbes organize themselves and settle into a pattern that might persist throughout our lives. This theory has become known as “microbial programming”.

These good bacteria, or gut flora, need our love and attention right from the start, and there are easy ways for building baby's belly bacteria once you introduce an expanded baby food diet.