The Internal Environment
Your body is an ecosystem. What grows in it depends on the conditions you create.
Your body is a garden, not a battlefield.
In a garden, you don't get rid of weeds by attacking each one individually. You create conditions where the plants you want thrive and the weeds can't.
Your body works the same way. Create the right internal environment, and beneficial microbes flourish while pathogens struggle.
Key insight: The same microbe can be harmless in one person and deadly in another. The difference is the terrain.
What makes up your terrain?
pH Balance
Your blood maintains a tight pH of 7.35-7.45, but tissues can become more acidic. Chronic acidity creates an environment where pathogens thrive and enzymes malfunction.
Influenced by: diet, stress, breathing patterns, mineral status
Oxygenation
Healthy cells thrive on oxygen. Many pathogens and cancer cells prefer low-oxygen environments. Poor circulation and shallow breathing create anaerobic pockets.
Influenced by: exercise, breathing, iron status, circulation
Toxin Load
Accumulated toxins—heavy metals, pesticides, metabolic waste—burden cells and impair function. A toxic terrain invites opportunistic organisms.
Influenced by: exposure, liver function, detox pathways, elimination
Nutrient Status
Cells need raw materials to function and defend themselves. Deficiencies in zinc, vitamin D, selenium, and other nutrients leave the terrain vulnerable.
Influenced by: diet quality, digestion, absorption, soil depletion
Microbiome Balance
Trillions of microbes compete for space in your gut, skin, and mucous membranes. A diverse, balanced microbiome crowds out pathogens naturally.
Influenced by: diet, antibiotics, stress, birth method, environment
Electromagnetic Environment
Cells communicate through electromagnetic signals. Non-native EMFs may disrupt cellular communication and stress the terrain.
Influenced by: wireless exposure, grounding, sunlight, artificial light
Healthy terrain vs compromised terrain.
Healthy Terrain
- • Slightly alkaline tissues
- • Well-oxygenated cells
- • Low toxin burden
- • Nutrient-replete
- • Diverse microbiome
- • Coherent EMF environment
- • Resilient to stressors
Compromised Terrain
- • Acidic tissues
- • Hypoxic areas
- • Toxin accumulation
- • Multiple deficiencies
- • Dysbiotic microbiome
- • EMF chaos
- • Easily overwhelmed
The same exposure—a virus, a bacteria, a toxin—produces completely different outcomes depending on which terrain it encounters.
Why this matters.
You have control. You can't control every microbe you encounter, but you can control your terrain.
Prevention beats treatment. A resilient terrain prevents disease; a compromised terrain requires constant firefighting.
Root causes matter. Instead of asking “what germ caused this,” ask “why did my terrain allow this.”
Chronic disease makes sense. The epidemic of modern illness reflects universally compromised terrain, not new pathogens.
Tend your garden.
The terrain is everything. Improve it, and your body knows what to do.