Probiotics, Nutrition and Microbes

Skin problems such as eczema and acne are still seen by most doctors as a chronic condition. Patients are told that they should learn to live with this. However, it is becoming increasingly clear that the human microbiome plays an important role in the cause and exacerbation of many disorders such as diabetes, ADHD, depression and intestinal disorders. In her practice, Marcelline discovered through extensive anamnesis on her patients with skin problems that intestinal and digestive problems seemed to go hand in hand with the skin complaints. Since then she guides skin patients in improving lifestyle and nutrition and in adjusting and improving the dysbiosis in the intestines. She uses feces examinations through a laboratory. A feces study of 19 acne patients (2011) that she set up showed surprising similarities that prompted many research questions. She also notices a relationship between dysbiosis in the gut and the role of parasites, including the B. hominis and D. fragilis, in the development of chronic skin problems such as eczema. She has achieved several special results in treating skin problems only from infl uencing the gut microbiota by diet, lifestyle change and pre- and probiotics. Th e diff erent factors for every individual skin patient such as food, allergy, in the past used medication including antibiotics, lifestyle and stress make treatment of skin patients still tailor-made. According to Marcelline, the treatment by infl uencing the gut microbiome off ers possibilities in the future to work from chronic skin diseases to healthy skin, without or thanks to the non-use of skin products or skin medication with all the potential for side

eff ects.