Not only do we live in a potentially toxic world, but the organisms living in us and on us have the potential of being both beneficial or damaging. It’’s most important to keep those which belong inside, right there, and those which are on the outside where they belong.
Bacteria can be your best friend or a deadly enemy. The bacteria which are supposed to live in your gut have some very specific and important functions. When they exist in the right number and pH, we see digestion, absorption, metabolism, and immune potential at it’s highest level. When out of balance we can see every kind of disease process occurring.
Antibiotics can be life saving if used when critically needed, but can totally upset the apple cart when used at times where they kill beneficial bacteria, allowing for opportunistic bacteria, which can create disease, to thrive.
In today’s society, I’ve found very few who’ve been able to avoid using antibiotics during their lifetime. Even myself, as I had lived 24 years without antibiotics till that fateful day that I was involved in and explosion which spilled my guts. To avoid peritonitis they had to give me antibiotics intravenously.
When the internal bacterial population has been upset through antibiotic use, it’s important to restore the environment within which these critical bugs live, and then attempt to restore or replant with the right strains. Establishing a healthy environment for these bacteria is critical for their ability to reproduce and thrive.
Fermented foods help create an acidic environment in the bowel which the friendly bacteria can thrive in. These are referred to as probiotic in nature. Just as preparing the soil in your garden before you plant your seeds, preparing the soil of your gut is critical to the growth of good bacteria.
Often times I hear of the patient who’s taking the probiotics without any appreciable change in their health. Usually this is because the environment they’re working with won’t allow the probiotics an opportunity to flourish there.
Recognizing that the gut is the second brain is critical in instances of dementia and other issues like Alzheimers. Besides nourishing the brain, improving the gut and it’s function can go a long way toward improving mental agility.
When the wrong bacteria are growing in the gut, the byproducts are often enough to upset many areas. Since your immune system revolves around your gut as well, this balance of symbiotic bacteria is crucial to maintaining optimal health. Those who’re lucky enough to have avoided antibiotics in their lifetime tend to be more disease resistant. Those with a childhood of repeated ear infections and a history of repeated antibiotics tend to be more vulnerable to disease.
Another obstacle when the wrong bacteria are present in the bowel is that of allowing parasites to live there. When digestion is upset and the stomach fails to reach an acidic pH in the range of 1.8 to 2.3, parasites which could be present in food and water have easy passage through what would otherwise be a hostile environment, getting an opportunity to set up housekeeping in the gut.
The most common area for parasites to live is the first part of the colon, often referred to as the region of worms near the appendix. Here they have first dibs on undigested food. They live and reproduce here, consuming your nutrition and releasing their trash into your system for you to deal with. When we have an overload of the wrong inhabitants in the bowel, we usually see changes in blood profiles with an increase in eosinophils and basophils, often leading to allergy symptoms.
Parasitic involvement sets up a symbiotic relationship between bacteria and parasites and not with the host. Because of this, it’s critical to clear parasites from the system, then restore the environment with an appropriate prebiotic as well as the correct probiotic. If the upper digestive system is not addressed, this cycle is doomed to repeat itself. This is why I’m not impressed with the reduction of stomach acids with antacids and proton pump inhibitors.
The appropriate restoration of healthy symbiosis involves clearing unwanted inhabitants, restoring digestion, then providing the proper environment for the good bacteria, then replant them.
Bacteria can be your best friend or a deadly enemy. The bacteria which are supposed to live in your gut have some very specific and important functions. When they exist in the right number and pH, we see digestion, absorption, metabolism, and immune potential at it’s highest level. When out of balance we can see every kind of disease process occurring.
Antibiotics can be life saving if used when critically needed, but can totally upset the apple cart when used at times where they kill beneficial bacteria, allowing for opportunistic bacteria, which can create disease, to thrive.
In today’s society, I’ve found very few who’ve been able to avoid using antibiotics during their lifetime. Even myself, as I had lived 24 years without antibiotics till that fateful day that I was involved in and explosion which spilled my guts. To avoid peritonitis they had to give me antibiotics intravenously.
When the internal bacterial population has been upset through antibiotic use, it’s important to restore the environment within which these critical bugs live, and then attempt to restore or replant with the right strains. Establishing a healthy environment for these bacteria is critical for their ability to reproduce and thrive.
Fermented foods help create an acidic environment in the bowel which the friendly bacteria can thrive in. These are referred to as probiotic in nature. Just as preparing the soil in your garden before you plant your seeds, preparing the soil of your gut is critical to the growth of good bacteria.
Often times I hear of the patient who’s taking the probiotics without any appreciable change in their health. Usually this is because the environment they’re working with won’t allow the probiotics an opportunity to flourish there.
Recognizing that the gut is the second brain is critical in instances of dementia and other issues like Alzheimers. Besides nourishing the brain, improving the gut and it’s function can go a long way toward improving mental agility.
When the wrong bacteria are growing in the gut, the byproducts are often enough to upset many areas. Since your immune system revolves around your gut as well, this balance of symbiotic bacteria is crucial to maintaining optimal health. Those who’re lucky enough to have avoided antibiotics in their lifetime tend to be more disease resistant. Those with a childhood of repeated ear infections and a history of repeated antibiotics tend to be more vulnerable to disease.
Another obstacle when the wrong bacteria are present in the bowel is that of allowing parasites to live there. When digestion is upset and the stomach fails to reach an acidic pH in the range of 1.8 to 2.3, parasites which could be present in food and water have easy passage through what would otherwise be a hostile environment, getting an opportunity to set up housekeeping in the gut.
The most common area for parasites to live is the first part of the colon, often referred to as the region of worms near the appendix. Here they have first dibs on undigested food. They live and reproduce here, consuming your nutrition and releasing their trash into your system for you to deal with. When we have an overload of the wrong inhabitants in the bowel, we usually see changes in blood profiles with an increase in eosinophils and basophils, often leading to allergy symptoms.
Parasitic involvement sets up a symbiotic relationship between bacteria and parasites and not with the host. Because of this, it’s critical to clear parasites from the system, then restore the environment with an appropriate prebiotic as well as the correct probiotic. If the upper digestive system is not addressed, this cycle is doomed to repeat itself. This is why I’m not impressed with the reduction of stomach acids with antacids and proton pump inhibitors.
The appropriate restoration of healthy symbiosis involves clearing unwanted inhabitants, restoring digestion, then providing the proper environment for the good bacteria, then replant them.
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