You know the deal...you buy a unique, new, special car and then suddenly...you see the same model and color vehicle...EVERYWHERE! Well that's how it's been with me this past year with "gut bacteria" and probiotics. I googled "gut bacteria" (ugh!) wondering if much would come up especially since it doesn't sound like a very scientific name.....whoa! found a bunch....even followed a bunny trail on a recent study by Duke University regarding the damage Splenda does to "gut bacteria". (News Flash: I recently learned that roughly 80% of the cells of the immune system-that thing that fights off disease!-reside in the "gut"!)
Your body is home to about one hundred trillion bacteria.
There are 500 different species of bacteria comprising that population. The ratio of good to bad bacteria is a critical measure in determining your overall health. The ideal balance is 85 percent good and 15 percent bad. One of the jobs of good bacteria is to control the growth of bad bacteria by competing for nutrition and attachment sites in your colon.
This issue of intestinal health is critical. Everything our body has ever been or ever will be is dependent upon nutrition. Every building block, every bone cell, even the sheen of our hair, is the result of the food we eat. But what good does it do to select high quality food if its nutrients are not fully absorbed? Watch Dr. Marcus Laux, world renown physician and natural health advocate, as he comments.
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