The research coming in on gut bacteria is startling and very important for your health. Gut bacteria is the good bacteria that helps properly digest your food, makes important B vitamins, and enables your body to absorb minerals, vitamins, and other nutrients. It’s the same bacteria that gets killed off every time you take antibiotics. Here’s what new research has found:
1. People who are overweight or obese have different types of gut bacteria than people who are thin. If you want to lose weight, take a good probiotic supplement and don’t rely on yogurt. Why? Because it’s probiotic count isn’t reliable. Yogurt often has added sugar or sweeteners, which can kill off good bacteria. I suspect we’ll soon be able to purchase “thin gut bacteria” probiotic supplements.
2. For dental health, your mouth needs three specific probiotic strains. With a strong colony in your mouth, you can say goodbye to tooth decay, periodontal disease, and bad breath AND have naturally whiter teeth. No, I am not kidding. These strains are sold under the brand name, Evora, which is available at Walgreens. It comes as a good-tasting lozenge you let dissolve in your mouth after brushing your teeth. I know this because after I needed three rounds of ever stronger antibiotics last fall for what started out as a mere cold, I had to repopulate my entire body.
3. You are gifted your gut bacteria in utero by your mother. Also, the foods she favored when she was pregnant are the foods you prefer during your life. I inherited a sweet tooth.
4. People who have IBS – irritable bowel syndrome - find relief when they repopulate their gut bacteria with Bifidobacterium infantis. Now sold as Align brand at drugstores.
5. It isn’t easy to repopulate gut bacteria. Our modern processed food diets can easily kill off the good bacteria. Gut bacteria needs to be fed. Just like your garden soil needs fertilizer, gut bacteria needs nutrients to help them grow and colonize. They love a diet of vegetables and fruit. The name of nutrients that do this are called, fruit ogliosaccharides, which are as you now know, found in vegetables and fruit. Sorry, all those Cheetos and malted milk balls can destroy them.
6. Symptoms that can disappear with healthy gut bacteria are eczema, diahrrea, anxiety, depression, constipation, being overweight, candida overgrowth, and some forms of autoimmune disorders. Yes, this gut bacteria is important. Oh, and it can reduce or eliminate sugar cravings.
7. Mice who didn’t have a strong colony of gut bacteria (they’d been given mouse antibiotics) were way more susceptible to the influenza virus than mice with good gut bacteria.
8. Researchers were looking for the difference between babies who thrived in subsistence-level living in Malawi, and those who didn’t. The difference? The healthy babies had gut bacteria that enabled digestion and assimilation of minerals, vitamins, and other nutrients. The babies who had the distended stomachs of starvation didn’t have healthy gut bacteria.
This research is just the start. Now reports are coming out every week. I’ll keep you updated. But for now, take a good probiotic with multiple strains once or twice a day. More often if you have been on antibiotics. I personally like the brand, PB8. because it’s affordable and works well. As well as Evora. Who doesn’t want whiter teeth and happier dental check ups?
1. People who are overweight or obese have different types of gut bacteria than people who are thin. If you want to lose weight, take a good probiotic supplement and don’t rely on yogurt. Why? Because it’s probiotic count isn’t reliable. Yogurt often has added sugar or sweeteners, which can kill off good bacteria. I suspect we’ll soon be able to purchase “thin gut bacteria” probiotic supplements.
2. For dental health, your mouth needs three specific probiotic strains. With a strong colony in your mouth, you can say goodbye to tooth decay, periodontal disease, and bad breath AND have naturally whiter teeth. No, I am not kidding. These strains are sold under the brand name, Evora, which is available at Walgreens. It comes as a good-tasting lozenge you let dissolve in your mouth after brushing your teeth. I know this because after I needed three rounds of ever stronger antibiotics last fall for what started out as a mere cold, I had to repopulate my entire body.
3. You are gifted your gut bacteria in utero by your mother. Also, the foods she favored when she was pregnant are the foods you prefer during your life. I inherited a sweet tooth.
4. People who have IBS – irritable bowel syndrome - find relief when they repopulate their gut bacteria with Bifidobacterium infantis. Now sold as Align brand at drugstores.
5. It isn’t easy to repopulate gut bacteria. Our modern processed food diets can easily kill off the good bacteria. Gut bacteria needs to be fed. Just like your garden soil needs fertilizer, gut bacteria needs nutrients to help them grow and colonize. They love a diet of vegetables and fruit. The name of nutrients that do this are called, fruit ogliosaccharides, which are as you now know, found in vegetables and fruit. Sorry, all those Cheetos and malted milk balls can destroy them.
6. Symptoms that can disappear with healthy gut bacteria are eczema, diahrrea, anxiety, depression, constipation, being overweight, candida overgrowth, and some forms of autoimmune disorders. Yes, this gut bacteria is important. Oh, and it can reduce or eliminate sugar cravings.
7. Mice who didn’t have a strong colony of gut bacteria (they’d been given mouse antibiotics) were way more susceptible to the influenza virus than mice with good gut bacteria.
8. Researchers were looking for the difference between babies who thrived in subsistence-level living in Malawi, and those who didn’t. The difference? The healthy babies had gut bacteria that enabled digestion and assimilation of minerals, vitamins, and other nutrients. The babies who had the distended stomachs of starvation didn’t have healthy gut bacteria.
This research is just the start. Now reports are coming out every week. I’ll keep you updated. But for now, take a good probiotic with multiple strains once or twice a day. More often if you have been on antibiotics. I personally like the brand, PB8. because it’s affordable and works well. As well as Evora. Who doesn’t want whiter teeth and happier dental check ups?
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