Biodiversity applied directly to your skin
Urbanization and changes in lifestyle have disconnected humans from naturally occurring biodiversity. The loss of macrodiversity (plants) in cities leads to shrinking microdiversity (microbes) with poor microbiota exposure, affecting people’s immune system. With an increasing number of immune-mediated diseases, such as diabetes 1, allergies and asthma, the need for a natural biodiversity exposure is obvious. How can we ensure that we are keeping our balance of microbial diversity despite not having the opportunity to be in nature as much as we would have wanted?
What is the Solution?
The biodiversity hypothesis states that contact with natural environments enriches the human microbiome, promotes immune balance and protects from allergy and inflammatory disorders.
The immune system needs constant stimulation from the environment to function properly and distinguish harmful targets from harmless ones – in simple terms: kill pathogenic bacteria; do not kill your own cells. Re-Connecting Nature® is a microbial extract replicating diversityfrom rich forests and nature of Finland, developed and designed as an ingredient to be added in consumer products to enhance the microbial exposure. The extract mimics the rich biodiversity found in nature and through contact with skin, it supports the natural development of the immune system. Skin is an immunological organ that acts as a defensive barrier between our bodies and the surrounding environment.
Uute Scientific Oy, manufacturer and a patent ownerof Re-Connecting Nature®, is a Finnish spin-out company from the ecosystem research program from Helsinki university and Tampere university. A recent in-vitro study indicates that Re-Connecting Nature® treatment suppresses or reduces the inflammation rate in a skin model.
What EQT Foundation loves about Uute Scientific
At EQT Foundation we are impressed by the mission of the Uute Scientific team to reconnect us with nature in a way that stimulates and supports the body's immune system. Loss of immunoprotective factors is a new kind of health risk, poorly acknowledged until recently. We are particularly excited by the trials they have done increasing the exposure to biodiversity for children, by adding their powder to playground sandboxes, proving that children with exposure to more natural bacteria become more resilient. During the past two years, their customers have introduced more than 40 different consumer products to the market from skin care to textiles and children's play dough.
Based on their research results, we would highly recommend everyone to spend more time in nature, but we also love the fact that natural solutions are emerging to support our bodies' immune system. Medical treatments cannot cure autoimmune diseases, but they can control the overactive immune response and bring down inflammation or at least reduce pain and inflammation.The Re-Connecting Nature® extract, which enhances the microbial diversity from nature, can support and help people worldwide - truly innovative and a great natural solution!
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