A recent study found altered
gut bacterial populations in diabetic dogs.
They monitored
gut bacterial populations in 10 pigs by searching for bacteria resistant to common drugs in their waste.
Thus, the question remains: If one follows a WFPB diet, can one reasonably ingest the acknowledged undesirable Energy drinks containing carnitine and NOT upset
the gut bacterial population (assuming it to be the WFPB prevotella) and as such not have the carnitine converted to TMAOs?
Prebiotic fiber promotes a stable gut bacterial population, and supports the absorption of the essential nutrients.
Not exact matches
A provocative study published in Science in April 2010 suggests that a change in the
bacterial population of the
gut contributes to the risk of metabolic syndrome, which is characterized by elevated weight, blood pressure, blood sugar, and blood fat.
It's currently a challenge to do this kind of microbial redesign — antibiotics reduce microbial burden but fail to induce major changes in
bacterial composition, and from fecal transplant studies in the
gut we know that
bacterial populations return to a baseline
population even after a major shift — so more work is needed to attempt a durable change in the vaginal microbiome.
Further down the line, he says, this could be harnessed for personal phage therapy, where specially designed bacteriophages can be inserted into the
gut to kill or boost certain
bacterial populations that have gone awry.
In a study, researchers found that pigs, which have
gut bacterial profiles and immune systems similar to humans, also maintain two distinct colonic stem cell
populations — ASCL - 2 and BMI - 1.
The researchers believe the drugs change the composition of the
bacterial population in the
gut in a crucial developmental stage that may have a long - lasting impact.
«We established a link between one
bacterial species — Lactobacillus reuteri — that is a normal part of the
gut microbiome, and the development of a
population of cells that promote tolerance,» said Marco Colonna, MD, the Robert Rock Belliveau MD Professor of Pathology and the study's senior author.
«[It] supports this idea that chronic inflammation in children, perhaps through exposure to
bacterial endotoxin in the
gut, is causing these different immune cell
populations to be non-responsive to cytokine stimulation,» Petri said.
The team wanted to know how the
bacterial populations in the
gut change when exposed to the medicinal herbs.
The idea is that when you eat too little fiber, you have too few
gut bacteria, as when you take antibiotics, and this causes the immune system to relax and makes pathogen entry more likely; whereas if you eat too much fiber, you have too many
gut bacteria, the immune system works to control the
bacterial population, and you have unnecessary inflammation and immune activity.
But when there's
gut irritation and diarrhea, indicating
bacterial overgrowth, it is wise to use less prebiotics or even eliminate them altogether as a form of
population control.
Plant fiber can also increase
bacterial populations for optimal
gut health, to ultimately help boost your immune system and help fight inflammation.
«In a series of experiments conducted with mice prone to intestinal inflammation, the researchers found that inflammation itself causes significant simplification in diverse communities of
gut microbes and allows new
bacterial populations to establish major footholds.
Once an entire
population has experienced the extinction of key
bacterial species, simply «eating right» may no longer be enough to restore these lost species to the
guts of individuals in that
population, the study suggests.
In most of the
population the ratio of good bacteria to bad bacteria is about 1:5 but after the detox the
gut has been swept clean by the psyllium powder and bentontie clay removing all
bacterial colonies.
Separate research suggests people with the highest TMAO levels may have twice the risk of having a heart attack, stroke, or premature death compared to those with the lowest levels.4 The researchers therefore suggested that altering the
bacterial population in your
gut could have tremendous implications for heart health: 5
If simply providing a source of carnitine is not sufficient to cause the
gut bacterial type
population shift, might one reasonably assume that the negative effects of ingesting the carnitine in the drinks might be at least minimized — compared with the effects of one eating a SAD regimen resulting in a preponderance of TMAO producing bacteriode
gut bacteria.
A low - fiber diet, leading to reduced
bacterial populations in the
gut, may be desirable for bowel disease patients.
As probiotic microbes become more dominant in the
gut, normal whole foods can gradually be restored, allowing a probiotic
bacterial population to grow in place of the pathogenic bacteria.
This study reinforces both reduced use of antibiotics, which decreases
gut flora diversity, and the use of probiotics to reestablish normal
bacterial populations.
The
bacterial population in a hamster's
gut adjusts to each diet to perform digestion.
But the bacteria that enters your dog's mouth are continuously seeding the
bacterial colonies that live in his
gut... and this
population of bacteria is critical to your dog's health and immune system.
A study in cats with irritable bowel disease (IBD) showed that healthy cats had a much higher
bacterial population in their
gut compared to cats with IBD.