Dear all,

Welcome to my blog! I have been planning to start a blog for so long and I am really grateful this moment has finally come, or like the Dutch say "e-heh". Thanks to the Digital Nomads Dev Brasov, who have done an amazing job with my website, I now have a dedicated section for my thoughts!

First item on the agenda:
What on 🌍 is going on with our health?

I’m bringing this up because I see more and more people, younger and younger, having something, hurting somewhere in the body, having a little problem, which is actually not that little. Digestive issues, hormonal issues, skin issues, weight issues and immune issues, to name a few. Medicine has yet to keep up with all these complaints and is yet to catch up on the latest research, especially in the area of the gut microbiome.

Did you know that we have more DNA from bacteria, viruses and fungi in our body than our own? Did you know that in the average adult, there are roughly 2 kg of such foreign organisms throughout our body? They actually become part of us so not that foreign…
They help us absorb food for example, produce more nutrients, protect our immunity and generate hormones such as serotonin to keep us in a happy mood.

Toxins in our environment, stress in our lives, the crappy food we eat, improper sleep we get, these all affect our gut, hence our health. What on Earth made us think that by continuing like this we can grow, thrive, enjoy a perfect body, feel good, eat what we want, feel well and have great sex?!

Why are we struggling? Our food is nutrient-poor, although we buy a carrot, the nutritional value of that carrot is not the same as 10–15 years ago. Toxins are everywhere. Deodorants, shampoos, face creams, body creams, detergents, cleaning agents, environment, pollution, food, it’s all full of toxins. We are told "x chemical in small quantities is not harmful, it’s proven, look…". "Y chemical in very small quantities is also not harmful, look, we’ve tested it!!!". How about the collection of all of these, every day, multiple times a day??

And don’t let me start about stress and sleep. We’ve been wired to go, go, go, with a society who is almost not allowing us to think and be conscious about how stressed we are. For a lot of people it takes years until they simply cannot continue because they are burned out.

Even when we are becoming aware, we lack education, Inspiration and Empowerment support! There’s so much information out there, that we simply don’t know what to believe and who to believe. And then and if we decided, where do we even start?

Take a deep breath. Since you are reading my blog, it means you are seeking answers or looking for information. That is great! I mean it. Your health is in your own hands. You are in the driver seat and you will find your way forward.

Take care and talk to you in my next blog post!