Your 7 Pounds of Bacteria

Maintaining Your 7 Pounds of Bacteria

How many times have you come down with some sort of nasty bug and the doctor prescribed antibiotics?
And how many times did the doctor then address the importance of rebuilding your natural gut flora by taking probiotics?
A good doctor would have educated you about the importance of probiotics. For me, not one doctor ever discussed it.

As I mentioned before, the bacteria in your gut and candida are closely tied together in their life-cycles. To help keep your candida in check you need an abundance of this good bacteria in your gut.
There are over 500 species of probiotics in your gastrointestinal tract and all together they can weigh up to 7 pounds! These guys do us many great favors besides keeping candida in line.
1)  Aid in digestion bec ause they help with the absorption and synthesis of vitamins and minerals such as calcium, magnesium and zinc. They improve gut barrier function because they make fuel for the cells that line the GI tract. Without proper fuel supply, these cells loose their integrity and you get leaky gut syndrome resulting in a bunch of food sensitivities.

2)  Boost metabolism because they convert inactive thyroid hormone into its active T3 form. Gut flora make about 6 seconds of every 2 minutes of your energy. It doesn’t sound like much but it ends up turning into around 8 hours a week. Thats enough energy for a full day at work.

3)  Makes you happier because it synthesizes B vitamins that are
involved in the production of the ‘make you happy’ hormone called serotonin
4)  Supports the immune system because they fight the bad bacteria and any other intruders in your gut. About 80% of your immune system is in your digestive system and these friendly bacteria train your immune system how to recognized pathogens from non-harmful anitgens and help in the production of antibodies. Many times allergies are the result of your immune system getting confused and over reacting to a non-harmful antigen.
It’s very important to maintain a healthy gut flora so do yourself a favor already and eat some bacteria! A few things you can do to improve your natural eco system is:

• Stop eating sugar and refined carbohydrates because they feed candida along with the pathogenic bacteria in your gut.
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• Eat more plants, vegetables, and fermented foods such as sauerkraut because they feed the good bacteria. Avoid pasteurized commercial yogurt because its filled with preservatives and sugar anyway and the pasteurization kills off the natural occurring bacteria. Pasteurized yogurt is a very backwards thinking kind of industrialized product.
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•  If you find it difficult getting probiotics from your diet, invest in supplemental probiotics in tablet, powder or liquid form. When choosing which brand to go with look for labels that say “contains live active cultures.” You want a high potency supplement about 20 - 30 billion bacteria per capsule, and ones that can survive stomach acid.

That’s all for today. :)

Next we’ll get into the symbiotic relationship between candida and one of the deadliest diseases in the world { cancer} that kills over 20 thousand people a day.