Cooling Inflammation: Dr. Oz on Gut Flora Repair
Damage to Gut Flora is Not Repaired by Diet Alone
There is little or no effort being made by the medical industry to develop approaches to repair gut flora damaged by disease, unhealthy diets or medical procedures. This is similar to a surgeon stepping away from removal of a diseased organ without closing the wound. Antibiotics leave a gut flora that will remain permanently damaged without systematic, monitored repair. It might also be suspected that disruption of gut flora by antibiotics and the introduction of large amounts of new foods, such as high fructose corn syrup and vegetable oils may contribute to or cause the modern prominence of obesity. After all, gain or loss of weight changes gut flora, obese individuals have damaged gut flora, and trading gut flora between fat and lean animals, trades weight gain/loss behaviors.
Sources of Bacteria to Repair Damaged Gut Flora
We must eat new bacteria in order to replace bacterial species lost by antibiotics or unhealthy diets:
- Probiotics ----------- specialized bacteria that grow in milk products
- Spices and herbs --- plant products abundantly contaminated with bacteria that digest plants
- Fresh vegetables --- bacteria are on the surfaces of plants unless the vegetables are cleaned or
cooked
- Fermented foods --- bacterial growth leading to acid or alcohol production has beed used in the
preparation and storage of many foods and provides a rich bacterial resources
Environment -- Bacteria are transferred to our hands and face from other people, pets and surfaces,
unless hands and the body are continually washed. Sanitizers and frequent washing
of hands and surfaces eliminate acquisition of environmental bacteria to repair
damaged gut flora. Social isolation and hygiene block repair of gut flora
Replacement -- experimental replacement of damaged with healthy gut flora (fecal transplant) has been very effective in curing many diseases without significant risks, but is restricted by the medical industry.
Damage to Gut Flora is Not Repaired by Diet Alone
There is little or no effort being made by the medical industry to develop approaches to repair gut flora damaged by disease, unhealthy diets or medical procedures. This is similar to a surgeon stepping away from removal of a diseased organ without closing the wound. Antibiotics leave a gut flora that will remain permanently damaged without systematic, monitored repair. It might also be suspected that disruption of gut flora by antibiotics and the introduction of large amounts of new foods, such as high fructose corn syrup and vegetable oils may contribute to or cause the modern prominence of obesity. After all, gain or loss of weight changes gut flora, obese individuals have damaged gut flora, and trading gut flora between fat and lean animals, trades weight gain/loss behaviors.
Sources of Bacteria to Repair Damaged Gut Flora
We must eat new bacteria in order to replace bacterial species lost by antibiotics or unhealthy diets:
- Probiotics ----------- specialized bacteria that grow in milk products
- Spices and herbs --- plant products abundantly contaminated with bacteria that digest plants
- Fresh vegetables --- bacteria are on the surfaces of plants unless the vegetables are cleaned or
cooked
- Fermented foods --- bacterial growth leading to acid or alcohol production has beed used in the
preparation and storage of many foods and provides a rich bacterial resources
Environment -- Bacteria are transferred to our hands and face from other people, pets and surfaces,
unless hands and the body are continually washed. Sanitizers and frequent washing
of hands and surfaces eliminate acquisition of environmental bacteria to repair
damaged gut flora. Social isolation and hygiene block repair of gut flora
Replacement -- experimental replacement of damaged with healthy gut flora (fecal transplant) has been very effective in curing many diseases without significant risks, but is restricted by the medical industry.
About Me
- Dr. Art Ayers
- I grew up in San Diego and did my PhD in Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology (U. Colo. Boulder). I subsequently held postdoctoral research positions at the Swedish Forest Products Research Laboratories, Stockholm, U. Missouri -Colombia and Kansas State U. I was an assistant professor in the Cell and Developmental Biology Department at Harvard University, and an associate professor and Director of the Genetic Engineering Program at Cedar Crest College in Allentown, PA. I joined the faculty at the College of Idaho in 1991 and in 1997-98 I spent a six-month sabbatical at the National University of Singapore. Most recently I have focused on the role of heparin in inflammation and disease.
