Recent research suggests an important role for the interaction
between gut flora and GALT in contributing to the responsiveness of the immune system.
I have started to become more of a believer in the complex relationship
between our gut flora, the epigenetic implications of this flora, and how our diet, behavior and environment all play into these issues.
This year has been an exciting one for unraveling some of the «mystery»
between gut flora and mental health.
Other project results incite deeper investigation, such as the relationship
between the gut flora and factors linked to oxygen uptake capacity.
Not exact matches
Somehow, a mother's body knows how to differentiate
between good and bad bacteria, and will only make antibodies for the bad guys, while promoting a flourishing
gut flora in your baby.
As changes in
gut flora could increase the risk of some chronic diseases, such as inflammatory bowel syndrome, each course of antibiotics may represent a trade - off
between short - term benefit and long - term risk.
But overall, the 69 factors only accounted for about 7 per cent of the variation in
gut flora between individuals.
The connection
between healthy
gut flora and good health has gotten a lot of press in the natural health world in recent years.
Maybe
gut flora is part of the connection
between my mental health and my diet.
If you alternate
between diarrhea and constipation, it usually signals that there is a problem with your
gut flora.
Dr McBride's continued research found a connection
between abnormal
gut flora and these psychological and physical illnesses.
Research has confirmed a strong connection
between the makeup of our
gut flora and the functioning of the immune, nervous and endocrine (hormonal) systems.
Antibiotics don't distinguish
between good bacteria (
gut flora) and bad bacteria, so taking them can wreak havoc on digestive and immune health.
But they also discovered other differences
between the mice with normal
gut flora and those lacking
gut bacteria.
A study published in 2014 in the Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology Journal demonstrated a clear relationship
between changes in our
gut flora (the bacteria in our
gut) and our brain function.
In other words, the more strongly you react to these things, the more likely it is that you need them over the long term, and that's the tricky thing about working with these situations because it's always a dance
between addressing the short - term issue, like symptom alleviation, making somebody feel better and comfortable, and then making sure that you're progressing and dealing with the long - term problem, and that always involves restoring healthy
gut flora.
While
gut flora can produce some phytase, it varies considerably
between humans and other animals.
You can avoid some symptoms of
gut dysbiosis by what you are doing, but you'll never get healthy without getting the fiber in there, gradually, in greater and greater quantities, to generate a healthy
gut flora, which will then help your
gut enterocytes restore and seal up the junctures
between cells that let all kinds of toxins enter your body.