Posted on 03/29/2023 11:12:25 PM PDT by ConservativeMind
Bacteria have thousands of genes and functions that we, the human host, do not have. For instance, bacteria can help us digest fiber, provide support to our immune systems, and absorb important nutrients. But reaping the benefits of "good bacteria" is easier said than done.
Andrea Azcarate-Peril, Ph.D., is trying to understand how to better prescribe probiotics based on our individual microbiomes—or the collection of genomes from all microbes that naturally live inside of us.
Azcarate-Peril says that if you want to start boosting your microbiome more effectively and reliably, rotate your probiotics and consume a variety of fermented foods such as kimchi, kombucha, kefir, yogurt, and cheeses.
What she says next may cause you to re-think your next trip to your nearest fast-food chain.
Let's say you're making your own burger at home. You form the beef patty, wash, and cut up a few pieces of tomato and lettuce. Even after giving it a good rinse, fresh vegetables still have a healthy number of bacteria on it—enough to re-seed your microbiome.
There is a multi-year window in which one may be able to delay cognitive decline before normal cognitive aging and dementia set in. Azcarate-Peril and John Gunstad, Ph.D. conducted a randomized clinical trial in middle-aged and older adults to see if there was a correlation between probiotics and mild cognitive impairment.
In their study, they found that patients who were given Lactobacillus rhamnosus had a decrease in the relative abundance of the Prevotella and Dehalobacterium bacterium, which coincided with an improved cognitive score.
(Excerpt) Read more at medicalxpress.com ...
Nature’s Way is one company known for quality probiotic supplements, and some of their formulations have this in them.
Please add me to the list of you would.
Swanson Vitamins is a good source of well known brands of supplements.
Beware that fermented foods are high in histamine which can be a problem for people with histamine intolerance and/or allergies.
Histamine Intolerance
https://www.healthline.com/health/histamine-intolerance
Also dial back the Nitrites and Nitrates
Pls add me to the list.
Bad link for me on Brave.
I have observed that many of my associates develop severe medical issues after their first or second colonoscopy. My theory is vet removing all of the microbes from the gut for this procedure leads to an imbalance in the processing of various nutrients we take in. I now recommend to everyone I know take a wide selection probiotic after they get a colonoscopy. And take it for at least two weeks after the procedure.
vet=that
Hmmm….
You could try this
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Histamine_intolerance
Also, a google search of histamine intolerance will bring up a lot of sites.
Most of the information comes from Europe, which appears to be ahead of us medically, thank you FDA.
The crux is can you buy everything bagels where you are?
Whenever my kids or mr. mm take antibiotics for something, I always advise them to take probiotics the same way, on the same kind of schedule, 2-3 times a day for a couple weeks, then back off to daily for another couple.
After my MRSA infection, I really pushed the probiotics to try to prevent a secondary infection of C-diff or some such nasty killer intestinal bacteria.
I never did develop one but whether it was due to the probiotics or not, I don’t know but I figured it could not have hurt.
After one of my earliest colonoscopies, I developed a c-diff infection. It was nasty, lemme tell ya. I was hospitalized for a week, and had to take an antibiotic, Vancomycin, for a couple weeks after. I think the colonoscopes are sterilized much better today.
Taking probiotics afterwards is an excellent idea.
Oh, my! Thanks for the advice.
Taking a pill will NOT resolve a state of disease in the gut. In fact, it could be harmful.
It is irresponsible to parrot such reckless contraindications to actual biology, despite the ignorance of the orthodox establishment.
Even after I publish, I expect little to change in my lifetime: There’s too much $$ in both supplements & treating disease (i.e., NOT curing it).
When independent studies of your approach show benefit, I will post those, as well.
I doubt that there are any. As I get closer to publishing, a reference search update will be performed and I will share anything new since the last round of research (which frustrated my own diseased state; I was fortunate to have chosen well, solely as a result of discerning/blending others’ actions which resulted in failure. My success speaks volumes).
Until then it is what it is and I cite Barry Marshall as a hero in that regard.
Here’s a detailed, although older description of Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4155824/
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