Vegans who eat raw vegetables automatically have desirable
gut microbial flora which create beneficial chemicals that cause weight loss (such as propionate, acetate, butyrate, CLA, and CLNA) and other beneficial chemicals that kill or inhibit the bad bacteria which cause endotoxic inflammation and weight gain (such as lactic acid and subtilisin).
Many of these reasons overlap with the reasons for taking care of
your gut microbial flora.
Not exact matches
When human beings travel around the world, their
gut flora change in composition, shifting the ratios of different
microbial species and even introducing new species.
That is important because the same bacteria in the
gut of the fish that convert histadine into histamine are in the
microbial flora of the colon and these people are, in fact, are the ones who are likely to have excess histamine as a result of it coming from their own microflora.
A 2013 study found greater
microbial diversity in the
gut flora of people who are lean.
Oligofructose stimulates calcium absorption according to this article on nutrition.org, the mechanism is explained by the increase in the
microbial gut flora, and the fermentation of the FOS in the intestinal area.
Balancing beneficial
microbial flora in the
gut is key to proper digestion, efficient nutrient usage, and ridding the body of waste and pathogens.
Prebiotic fibers are the substrate on which
gut flora (
microbial life forms) feed, producing a variety of beneficial by - products, principally short - chain fatty acids.
I would as quickly as possible get a stool test to appraise the
gut flora (eg Metametrix
Microbial Ecology profile) and SIBO / H pylori testing too.
These GI conditions, in turn, can tip the balance of
microbial flora in the
gut — the cauldron for our body's immunity.