Over the last five years a ton of research has been performed on
human gut flora and its importance to overall health.
For us, however, watching the Millennium Falcon hyperjump across the big screen will bring only one question to mind: how would all of this interplanetary space travel affect
human gut flora?
While E. coli bacteria are part of
the human gut flora and usually not pathogenic, the strains classed together as EHEC produce a dangerous Shiga toxin that enters the cells in the gut and inhibits protein synthesis by cleaving ribosomal RNA.
Last year, researchers found that replacing the bacteria in mouse intestines with
human gut flora decreased the amount of fat absorbed by the gut.
Not exact matches
The scientists will have to demonstrate that a vaccine can block UTI - causing E. coli in
humans while sparing another colony of E. coli: the beneficial intestinal
flora that prevent disease - producing bugs from proliferating in the
gut.
With
humans and their
gut flora sometimes given as an example of a superorganism, it would seem the individuals do not even need to be related.
Bonobos, chimps, gorillas and
humans have all evolved their own
gut microbes based on an ancestral
gut flora in our most recent common ancestor.
«
Gut flora keeps us all healthy by helping the immune system develop, and by stimulating a group of immune cells that keep bacteria in check,» said senior author Barton F. Haynes, M.D., director of the Duke
Human Vaccine Institute.
As such, B. bacteriovorus might be more selective than the antibiotics currently in use, and anti-bacterial treatment might not require the widespread extermination of the
gut flora that is of importance to
human health.»
The Raes Lab estimates that around 40,000
human samples will be required just to capture a complete picture of
gut flora biodiversity.
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.
The healthy
flora in our
guts and vaginas are under constant attack in our modern life, so much so that average Americans have 50 % less
gut bacteria diversity than
humans who don't live in our fast - paced western world.
Because the original source of B12 in nature is bacteria, some nutritional sources confuse the issue by maintaining that beneficial B12 is synthesized by
gut flora in the colon of
humans.
Lastly, in this podcast, Dr. Erica Sonnenburg talks about how C - sections, have a negative effect on the infant's
gut due to the lack of exposure to bacteria present in the mother's vaginal canal, and how the use of formula deprives the infant not only from the good bacteria present in Mom's
gut but also from special carbohydrates in breast milk that are good for the infant
gut flora known as HMOs or
human milk oligosaccharides.
Proper
gut flora is essential for cow and
human health, helping keep dangerous strains of bacteria in check, helping us better digest foods, and even creating important nutrients as byproducts:
It appears to me that there are only two ways to regain the hundreds of beneficial
gut flora found in healthy
humans following Anti-biotic use: 1.
Known in the past as
gut bacteria and
gut flora, the microbiota, or microbiome, is a collection of about 1,000 different kinds of bacteria that have immense importance to
human health.
Prebiotics are carbohydrates that can not be digested by the
human body and are essential food for
gut flora, or probiotics.
Butyric acid, which is produced in the
gut flora, suppresses the survival of
human color adenoma cells.
«In our modern world where people are regularly taking antibiotics and other pharmaceutical drugs, where food is laced with chemicals alien to the
human physiology, an increasing number of people have damaged, abnormal
gut flora dominated by pathogenic [disease - causing] microbes.
Despite the fact that we have yet to run this study on
human subjects, the benefits of a fiber filled breakfast go beyond good
gut flora.
While
gut flora can produce some phytase, it varies considerably between
humans and other animals.
Without
gut flora,
humans would not be able to survive.
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Studies have shown the importance of healthy
gut flora for gastrointestinal health for both
humans and canines.
The normal bacterial
flora of the
human gut is different from that of cats.