Abstract

The human microbiome, or microbiota ecosystem, has always coexisted in harmony with our immune system but had gone unacknowledged because we didn't understand its importance until recently. Scientists have found that the human microbiome plays a critical role in human survival. The microbiome can influence our physiology, our immune system and our risk of developing diseases. Diet plays a role in establishing our initial microbiome ecology in infancy and diet continues to influence our microbiome ecology throughout our life . This article will review the findings from the Human Microbiome Project (HMP) and from various studies demonstrate how our microbiome influences our physiology and correlates to different diseases.