From the time of birth and you now, all of our actions heavily influence the changes in our microbiomes. Some behaviors that can contribute to decreased exposure would include eating a non diverse range of foods, antibiotics, limited exposure, and having a high sanitized house. Eating diverse food will allow exposure to a variety of microbes. This plays a role in decreased exposure to microbes due to nondiverse and consistently eating the same type of food. Increased use of antibiotics will alter the overall microorganism communities living inside you by killing them off. Feeding a baby formula as to breast feeding will also affect a baby’s exposure to microbes as well. Having a high sanitized house contributes to decreased exposure to microbes as well because the skin will not be exposed to certain microbes that would be killed off by such sterile environment.
