Posted on 10/31/2011 6:26:17 PM PDT by decimon
'Good bugs' look promising as anti-inflammatory agent for patients with ulcerative colitis, psoriasis, chronic fatigue syndrome
Washington, DC -- In four different studies presented at the American College of Gastroenterology's (ACG) 76th Annual Scientific meeting in Washington, DC, researchers explored the effectiveness of probiotics for antibiotic-associated diarrhea; as an anti-inflammatory agent for patients with ulcerative colitis, psoriasis and chronic fatigue syndrome; and for people with abdominal discomfort and bloating who have not been diagnosed with a functional bowel disorder, such as irritable bowel syndrome (IBS).
These four studies will be featured during an ACG press briefing on Tuesday, November 1, 2011 entitled: "Good, Bad and Ugly Bugs: Mother Nature as a Treatment for Better Health in the GI Tract," which will highlight new clinical science that explores the role of the "gut microbiota" –the bacterial composition of the GI tract – and the efficacy of probiotics and fecal microbiota transplantation in treating various GI conditions.
Probiotics are considered "good bacteria" that help maintain the natural balance of microflora in the digestive tract where trillions of bacteria live. While most of the more than 400 different species in the gut are healthy bacteria, others, "bad bugs" have the potential to cause damage to the digestive system. At times, an imbalance between the good and bad bacteria can lead to uncomfortable symptoms or illnesses. Probiotics are bacteria, or even sometimes yeast, which may alleviate common GI symptoms and are found in many commercial products including yogurt, juices, soy products, fermented milk, tempeh and other dietary supplements. They also come in capsule, tablet or powder formulations.
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Okay. We have quite a few chocolate candy bars leftover from tonight's trick or treating, which suddenly aren't so appealing anymore.
My dentist and my waistline thank you.
Oh, my God. 47 days in the damn hospital, most of it on antibiotics, then they’d give you probiotics, among the pain meds and muscle relaxers and antiinflammatories.
Then they’d have to give you Milk of Magnesia! I swear half the meds they gave me were to counteract the other half.
The nursing staff said “if you’re in the hospital long enough you will get diarrhea.” Well they were right! Those wonderful drugs don’t just kill the bad bugs, but beneficial as well. And, the diarrhea medicine just wasn’t helping much. My cardiologist suggested “probiotic yogurt.” Worked very fast, was cheap and didn’t require any prescription! And, today’s yogurts taste pretty darn good. I love the low fat ones, with fruit.
I’ve had relatives nearly die because they weren’t given a pro-biotic.
That’s because yogurt isn’t produced by a pharmaceutical company for $50 a serving.
Get yourself some kefir
http://www.probiotic.org/Kefir.htm
Yogurt works to but the kefir is better
The one thing I use when I get food poisoning is activated charcoal. It is a miracle “drug”
bump probiotics
bump probiotics by Douglas Labs—
activated charcoal—tell me about this, it sounds interesting
This was always a difficult treatment, though it was highly efficacious. It goes against the grain for doctors to give what amounts to a septic cure.
During their schooling, it is very typical for young doctors to at some point become intensely bacteriophobic and obsessed with hygiene. But the light has finally dawned that people are utterly reliant on microorganisms to maintain good health.
Our immune systems have actually adapted to take into account some hundred common parasites that can afflict people, and may to some extent be reliant on the presence of some of them in a functional triangle with our flora. That is, our bacteria also interact with the parasites we no longer typically have.
And overlaying it all are an immense number of viruses, most of which are fortunately “bacteriophage”, or bacteria-attacking viruses, that keep our bacterial cultures under control.
I originally bought it for my dog in case she ate chocolate or some other thing that could hurt her.
Then one night I got food poisoning. Took away the symptoms almost immediately.
It absorbs toxins. People use it if they have gas. They use it in emergency rooms for poisoning.
You don’t want to take it when taking other medications because it will absorb the medication.
Don’t know if or what effect it would have if someone took it daily
Anytime I have the first system of a GI problem I take it.
Another thing people swear by is apple cider vinegar.
In an age of information overload, common sense has often become uncommon.
micro/immunology ping
Thanks decimon.
Ping! (Thanks, neverdem!)
I can’t digest the capsules. I am too sensitive for that quantity in there. So I just start drinking kefir or eating good yogurt. There are other naturally fermented foods that work, too.
Thanks for the ping!
You are Welcome, Alamo-Girl!
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