tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6914086676454800973.post6544856968252590714..comments2023-10-29T01:46:00.188-08:00Comments on VeggiePharm: Gut bacteria may impact body weight, fat and good cholesterol levelsTim Steelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01611027687223434753noreply@blogger.comBlogger130125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6914086676454800973.post-5788840205688689202016-09-26T03:45:59.567-08:002016-09-26T03:45:59.567-08:00Several small studies examine the relationship bet...Several small studies examine the relationship between the presence of beneficial bacteria in the gut and maintaining a healthy weight. Researchers have found out that the gut flora of obese and overweight individuals is different from the one of people having a healthy weight.Margo Dillhttp://margodill.com/blog/pills/why-we-gave-five-stars-for-perfect-biotics-by-probiotics-america-lets-find-outnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6914086676454800973.post-66853846433374612182016-06-26T21:48:58.750-08:002016-06-26T21:48:58.750-08:00The good bacteria inhabiting the colon play an imp...The good bacteria inhabiting the colon play an important role when it comes to combating pathogens that enter the body.<br /><br />In the absence of these beneficial bacteria, harmful microorganisms will start to grow and multiply. Needless to say, this growth will have a profound negative impact on health.<br /><br />Taking a good probiotic supplement like Probiotics America is essential for maintaining the balance of the intestinal tract. This way, you’ll enjoy a much stronger immune response.Nury Martinezhttps://www.nurymartinez.com/pills/keybiotics-supplement-how-does-it-work-and-should-you-give-it-a-try.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6914086676454800973.post-28748461856274924452015-09-29T12:43:56.238-08:002015-09-29T12:43:56.238-08:00Available as a flour on Amazon as well.Available as a flour on Amazon as well.Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10226253681814200168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6914086676454800973.post-12165707432477110672015-09-28T14:06:52.351-08:002015-09-28T14:06:52.351-08:00Jo, that figures. I'm totally not interested ...Jo, that figures. I'm totally not interested in chocolate. Never considered the it's the gutbugs to blame. I can't understand how it is that people eat this stuff. Now, watermelon.... bring it on. A good watermelon tastes way better than any piece of chocolate, any day. Gabriella Kadarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18294468426599703416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6914086676454800973.post-12998366803673580252015-09-28T07:45:39.852-08:002015-09-28T07:45:39.852-08:00Jo - great link, thank you! We used to get those l...Jo - great link, thank you! We used to get those lupins by the jar at a Portuguese bakery when we lived in the city. Addictive! wildcucumberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16984536305827910383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6914086676454800973.post-20509226955300391162015-09-28T07:09:24.882-08:002015-09-28T07:09:24.882-08:00While visiting an organic market yesterday (Sunday...While visiting an organic market yesterday (Sunday, called Pure Market) Ii came across a stand where they were promoting edible (sweet) white lupines. I tasted some spread on a cracker and I was immediately hooked. I can buy the seeds to use as a spread or in a smoothie. I think it will become the new superfood.<br /><br />It is called Lupinus albus cultivar 'energy' for those of you who would like to grow it yourself.<br /><br />The nutrition facts are: (per 100 grams)<br />Energy: 313 kcal<br />Protein 36.2 grams<br />fiber 40.4 grams<br />Fat 9.7 grams.<br /><br />I have found a site in Canada that promotes the white lupin as well.<br /><br />http://rootcellarsrock.ca/2012/12/sweet-edible-lupins-try-them-in-your-garden/<br /><br />Another superfood/resistant starch to add to our arsenal?!?<br /><br />Jo tBAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6914086676454800973.post-19387594975879497112015-09-25T05:32:26.565-08:002015-09-25T05:32:26.565-08:00SL, it depends on the person. For a lot of people...SL, it depends on the person. For a lot of people, I would assume it does nothing. For me, it has the same effect as if I would taking codeine: constipates. Disturbs normal peristalsis, results in bloating. It IS dose dependent. And must be accompanied by lots of vegetation to keep fecal matter from getting hard. Which indicates, slowing of transit time due to the gluten.<br /><br />Some people, who have coeliac can get multiple bowel movements per day (like 4 or 5) when they eat gluten. Or they can get constipation from it. This is why Coeliac can be tricky to notice prior to definitive diagnosis.Gabriella Kadarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18294468426599703416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6914086676454800973.post-71864901665657717472015-09-24T23:31:59.971-08:002015-09-24T23:31:59.971-08:00Now you know.
"Individuals who are 'choc...Now you know.<br /><br />"Individuals who are 'chocolate desiring' have different microbial metabolites in their urine than 'chocolate indifferent' individuals."<br /><br />They may do this by inducing cravings: “Individuals who are “chocolate desiring” have different microbial metabolites in their urine than “chocolate indifferent” individuals, despite eating identical diets,” the study says. Or, they may influence people’s moods—crying in infants with colic has been linked to changes in the gut microbiome. And one thing parents do to stop their babies’ crying is feed them.<br /><br />The article suggests some potential mechanisms by which the bacterias exert their influence: They may change the expression of taste receptors, making certain foods taste better; they may release hunger-inducing hormones; or they may manipulate the vagus nerve (which connects the stomach to the brain) to control their hosts’ eating behavior.<br /><br />And different bacteria want people to eat different things—some crave sugar, some crave fat. Some microbes found in people in Japan are especially good at digesting seaweed.<br /><br />Humans, of course, are not entirely powerless against the prodding influence of our gut flora. The relationship works both ways—the food someone chooses to eat influences their microbiome. And probiotics can change gut populations too. Certain probiotics have been shown to reduce fat mass or improve mood.<br /><br />But microbes’ potential influence on cravings does offer a convenient excuse—the next time you’re trying to convince your friends to order a pizza, try shouting “My gut bacteria demand tribute!” and see where that gets you.<br /><br />http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2014/08/your-gut-bacteria-want-you-to-eat-a-cupcake/378702/<br /><br />Jo tB<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6914086676454800973.post-48708459794115480762015-09-24T22:58:07.672-08:002015-09-24T22:58:07.672-08:00Wilbur, I like it !
these bacteria might be a lit...Wilbur, I like it !<br /><br />these bacteria might be a little too big for their britches, bossing their hosts around <br /><br />Jo tBAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6914086676454800973.post-91270441296205371172015-09-24T09:14:43.967-08:002015-09-24T09:14:43.967-08:00OK, so no tests so far. I meant something simple a...OK, so no tests so far. I meant something simple as blood/breath alcohol test.<br /><br /><a href="http://file.scirp.org/Html/1-2100535_33912.htm" rel="nofollow">A Case Study of Gut Fermentation Syndrome (Auto-Brewery) with Saccharomyces cerevisiae as the Causative Organism</a> (2013)<br />Gemmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18051515271519007652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6914086676454800973.post-44202180840179460842015-09-24T09:07:14.577-08:002015-09-24T09:07:14.577-08:00It is our educated guess based on her symptoms and...It is our educated guess based on her symptoms and how her symptoms match the descriptions exactly. She hopefully will see a doctor this week for stool tests. i don't know what else it could be. They have tested everything else except her stool Go figure. I have put the information in their hands. It is up to them what they do with it. I have to tread carefullw in offering advice in this situation. If they ask for more help and information, I will offer support any way I can. <br /><br />JoniAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6914086676454800973.post-39245189660007278452015-09-24T08:48:40.891-08:002015-09-24T08:48:40.891-08:00"As if the microbes were creating the desire ...<br />"As if the microbes were creating the desire to fuel their existence."<br /><br />http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2014/08/your-gut-bacteria-want-you-to-eat-a-cupcake/378702/<br /><br />Wilburnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6914086676454800973.post-56713577157956739432015-09-24T08:07:37.532-08:002015-09-24T08:07:37.532-08:00Come on Tim. Reset diet, no sugars for 2 weeks. It...Come on Tim. Reset diet, no sugars for 2 weeks. It will not kill her.<br />Gemmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18051515271519007652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6914086676454800973.post-9575807328967362222015-09-24T07:25:49.633-08:002015-09-24T07:25:49.633-08:00I was thinking about this...
Yeast converts sugar...I was thinking about this...<br /><br />Yeast converts sugar to alcohol, it cannot convert starch to alcohol. Starch must be heated or otherwise converted to sugar before yeast can utilize it. <br /><br />Maybe the diet does not need to be super-restrictive of all carbs, just sugars easily converted to alcohol, ie. glucose, fructose, sucrose.<br /><br />I remember another reader who had some strange overgrowths and also a very strong urge to continually eat sugary foods, as if the microbes were creating the desire to fuel their existence. Tim Steelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01611027687223434753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6914086676454800973.post-14745589168787998742015-09-24T07:03:54.743-08:002015-09-24T07:03:54.743-08:00Typical SAD? Good luck. I suggest she started to b...Typical SAD? Good luck. I suggest she started to be "open to thinking outside the box." High time.<br /><br />Just a quick question, as you did not say this - was the alcohol syndrome confirmed by tests etc? Or is it only your guess?Gemmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18051515271519007652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6914086676454800973.post-48526296104000828572015-09-24T04:57:38.529-08:002015-09-24T04:57:38.529-08:00Gemma,
She eats typical SAD.
JoniGemma,<br /><br />She eats typical SAD.<br /><br />JoniAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6914086676454800973.post-19211355307578852482015-09-24T04:28:17.936-08:002015-09-24T04:28:17.936-08:00Gabriella,
Could you expand a little on how glute...Gabriella,<br /><br />Could you expand a little on how gluten free effects gut motility? I've not read that before. Thanks.<br /><br />SLAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6914086676454800973.post-15145667453485148472015-09-24T02:53:48.858-08:002015-09-24T02:53:48.858-08:00Gemma, yes I've read this too in the past. Se...Gemma, yes I've read this too in the past. Seems to me it's a good idea. Maybe this is the ultimate detox diet. ;) Not the fruit juice baloney. Sashimi and steamed fish. No rice. It totally reduces bowel movement size but does not result in constipation or hard to pass. What ends up is just dead cells and whatever still live in the gut. It's only an intervention, so two weeks. As Tim noticed, it doesn't take long to change up the microbiome. Gabriella Kadarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18294468426599703416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6914086676454800973.post-9146619212193356822015-09-23T22:15:24.665-08:002015-09-23T22:15:24.665-08:00Joni
I am also curious what the doctor's advi...Joni<br /><br />I am also curious what the doctor's advice would be. Strong antifungals? Probably not so smart.<br />The approach must be more complex. What does your cousin normally eat and such...?<br /><br />Gabriella<br /><br />Why should I slap you? The fish advice sounds good. Do not forget the Kamtschadales... awaiting spring to eat raw fish and garlic again, to get rid of winter scurvy (hey, alcohol --> scurvy).<br /><br /><a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=shEIAAAAQAAJ" rel="nofollow"> Narrative of a Pedestrian Journey Through Russia and Siberian Tartary: From the Frontiers of China to the Frozen Sea and Kamtchatka</a> (1824)<br /><br />"I always ate of raw fish, as well from choice, as from a wish to conform to the manners and customs of the natives, confident that time and experience must have initiated them into a knowledge of what is best for their climate.<br /><br />The scurvy rages during winter with the poorer and consequently with the greater, proportion of the inhabitants of the Kolyma, because they, the poorer sort, cannot afford to eat raw fish, it being an article of luxury. It is true, that a most prodigious quantity of fish is caught on the banks of the Kolyma, but it does not follow that such a quantity is eaten raw ; indeed it is only a very small proportion that can be so consumed, and that quantity is naturally bought up and retained by the more wealthy part of the community."<br />Gemmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18051515271519007652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6914086676454800973.post-38162670350939473952015-09-23T17:00:28.662-08:002015-09-23T17:00:28.662-08:00Joni, I thought of the all fish diet after reading...Joni, I thought of the all fish diet after reading Steffanson's experience living with the Inuit. One winter they had nothing to eat but fish. And I thought, hey, fish is non-inflammatory, on many levels. And it's a good source of protein and fat, so no chance of getting a stupid deficient diet while living on it. Stefansson lived on steelhead trout for a whole winter. Some of it was rotten, some was eaten raw, some cooked. No health problems resulted. So, what the heck. If that's thinking outside the box, then so be it. But it was really necessary given what was going on at the time. The finger joints stopped being swollen and the gut normalized. Gabriella Kadarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18294468426599703416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6914086676454800973.post-28197752462686713662015-09-23T16:12:14.768-08:002015-09-23T16:12:14.768-08:00Thanks for those suggestions. I did not know that...Thanks for those suggestions. I did not know that about fish. She has a hard road ahead of her, for sure. I don't even know how open she is to thinking outside the box. She works at a cancer treatment center! I was most shocked that no one had thought of the gut in her case. Not one medical professional. I know that doctors are not taught this. No one told me about it, either. I had to start digging for my own answers. Learning from others on the internet. Reading insatiably. Now I can't look at any medical problem without thinking of the gut first. I truly hope that there is a shift in the not too distant future in our medical system. So much suffering, and so much help and information becoming available. The sharing of this information with each other is so important.<br /><br />JoniAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6914086676454800973.post-27804967286146500852015-09-23T15:53:32.279-08:002015-09-23T15:53:32.279-08:00Joni, why not put her on an all fish diet for a co...Joni, why not put her on an all fish diet for a couple of weeks? I don't mean tilapia. What I mean is fatty fish. Then introduce vegetables but no fruit. Then meat and only then something like potatoes which may cause a problem or may not. If I were that sick, I'd try just about anything. But fish doesn't ferment to alcohol. It leaves no significant residue in the digestive tract. I know that all this fibre business is good but sometimes a person needs to give it all a rest. <br /><br />Back when the H1N1 virus was going around, I decided, not for my sake, but my elderly patients' sakes to get the vaccine. Two weeks later I was having swollen joints in my fingers and majorly bad bowel issues. I endured for a few more weeks and went to the doctor, who, of course, told me it's not the vaccine. Whatever. I had to figure things out for myself. And I went on an all fish diet for two weeks. Nothing else. No dairy no veg no starch no fruit. Then I introduced foods and eventually was okay. I won't even shock you with the truly horrifying 'productions'. <br /><br />Eating nothing but fish (mackerel, stickleback, tuna etc) is kind of limiting but it really but it gives the guts a rest. I know, Gemma is going to slap me upside the head but hey, I'm a big girl.<br /><br />The gluten free afterwards. Eliminate that as well because it can have weird effects on the gut motility.<br /><br />Gabriella Kadarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18294468426599703416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6914086676454800973.post-82704224680264189672015-09-23T15:39:38.336-08:002015-09-23T15:39:38.336-08:00I know that you don't have all the answers. D...I know that you don't have all the answers. Did not mean to imply that you did. No one does. We are all looking, researching, learning. I was simply trying to thank you for passing along what you know. It has been helpful to me, and certainly now to my cousin. Posted the details in case it might help someone else who may be on a similar journey.<br /><br />JoniAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6914086676454800973.post-32959238719597930252015-09-23T14:24:49.087-08:002015-09-23T14:24:49.087-08:00I've heard of auto-brewery syndrome, not sure ...I've heard of auto-brewery syndrome, not sure what the right course of action is. It's a yeast problem, so doc will want to attempt to eradicate all yeast with antifungals, I'll bet.<br /><br />I'll keep on passing this stuff on, but please do not confuse that with thinking that I have all the answers! I don't. <br /><br />Let us know what happens with your cousin.Tim Steelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01611027687223434753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6914086676454800973.post-41657683281421729122015-09-23T11:29:23.382-08:002015-09-23T11:29:23.382-08:00I am posting this same comment on both Vegetable P...I am posting this same comment on both Vegetable Pharm and Free the Animal. I would like to thank both Tim and Richard for their efforts to pass along information on the microbiome and how it affects our health. I began studying the gut flora on my own, and that is how I ran across the both of you. I now check your sites daily, and l have learned so much from each of you. (By the way, I am eagerly awaiting the book! Can't wait to read it.) <br /><br />I am currently researching the gut in order to fix some of my own health problems. This weekend I was able to have a short visit with a cousin whom I rarely see. He was telling me of his wife's situation. I will make a long story short by simply saying that over the last few months she has been having episodes where she suddenly appears drunk without having consumed alcohol of any sort. Her speech is slurred, and she basically has to go to bed for about three days and sleep it off. He has videoed her to show her what the episodes are like, and she is appalled! She lives in a major medical center, and has seen many doctors. They sent her to Mayo clinic. A team of doctors there did a battery of tests on her, and finally said they had no idea what was wrong and could not help her. Back home she goes, with the episodes becoming more frequent. It is now happening for three days every two weeks. They are discouraged and have no idea what to do. As my cousin is telling me this, the dots start connecting in my head. Her body must be producing alcohol...alcohol is produced by fermentation...fermentation happens in the gut. So I quickly grab my phone and do a google search - dysbiosis makes person appear to be drunk. There is the answer. Story after story of people with the same symptoms. It is called Auto Brewery Syndrome, or Gut Fermentation Syndrome. My cousin can't believe they now have an answer, after doctors had no clue. They are now searching for an informed doctor to help them as they work to get her life back.<br /><br />Just wanted to say thanks and to give you guys some encouragement. The work that you are doing matters. It is important. Actually, it is vital. Please don't stop sharing what you learn! <br /><br />JoniAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com