Re: Restoring intestinal flora

[Guest guest]

Absolutely. These can easily be made at home, very inexpensively,

by anyone with enough kitchen skills to make a salad... An internet

search will give many hours of reading and direct to discussion

groups just for these topics. These foods are too good and too

cheap to not be part of a good diet.

Vince

> One of the best suggestions I can give anyone with bad bacteria

> excess/lack of good bacteria problems, take probiotic foods. IE

> Kefir, Kombucha, & Yogurt.

>

> Blessings,

> Kim

[Guest guest]

These products are of limited usefullness because people who

have had long term antibiotic treatment have literally been poisoned

and just eating a few good fermented foods just isn't going to do the

trick, particularly if the yoghurt itself comes from cows that have

been fed hormones and antibiotics. I've found that initially taking

much larger doses will bring much needed results much faster. Also ,

you will get species you will not be getting in ordinary yoghurt.

Make sure your yoghurt comes from goats and cows that have

been grass and not grain fed and have not been exposed to hormones or

antibiotics. When doctors tell patients to just eat a little yoghurt

remember that are the same ones who used to tell you that there were

absolutely no problems whatsoever caused by taking antibiotics. Now

they have conceded that these drugs are dangerous and can cause long

lasting and sometimes life threatening problems. So, saying to eat a

little yoghurt is thier way of ''minimizing''the impact of the real

serious problems these chemo drugs cause and thier long term side

effects. If all you have to do to make the problem go away is to eat

a little yoghurt, well then, the problem can't be all that bad. In

reality the problem is quite serious and can cause a cascade of

problems that can have the patient running to more doctors and taking

more drugs to try and get relief from the first drugs they took.

BOB

> One of the best suggestions I can give anyone with bad bacteria

> excess/lack of good bacteria problems, take probiotic foods. IE

> Kefir, Kombucha, & Yogurt.

>

> Blessings,

> Kim

[Guest guest]

You missed my point. I wasn't even attempting to imply that taking

probiotic foods is a panacea. I believe that thorough cleansing is

necessary. I was saying your body doesn't miraculously restore it's

balance bacteria wise. In conjunction with addressing a healthier

lifestyle and cleansing, it is vital to restore the proper bacteria

in your system. The best way I know of to do so is through probiotic

foods. The best being homemade and where Kefir & Yogurt are concerned

using raw, organic milk. Also, you'll note that Yogurt was at the end

of my list. Kefir & Kombucha are definitely better choices.

Blessings,

Kim

> > One of the best suggestions I can give anyone with bad bacteria

> > excess/lack of good bacteria problems, take probiotic foods. IE

> > Kefir, Kombucha, & Yogurt.

> >

> > Blessings,

> > Kim

[Guest guest]

Even though I take about 4 ozs of Komucha and 4 ozs of Kefir a day

for probiotics and several other health benefits, if I had a serious

lack of good bacteria I'd look into Inulin. BTW, 16 OZS a day is a

lot of Kombucha. I haven't ever taken any Inulin, and so can't

recommend it other than to present this to anyone who is interested

in further research. Keeping the bowel healthy is essential to

keeping the liver and gall bladder healthy. An unhealthy bowel puts

poisons into the system and overloads the liver, kidneys, and skin.

Duncan Crow is a wholistic nutrician counseler that I've read on

other discussion groups. He's level headed and seems to have some

good insight into staying healthy. Here's a quote from his website

(I have no financial interest in these products or Duncan Crow. I

would look further into this if I needed further help with my good

bacteria.):

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http://members.shaw.ca/duncancrow/inulin_prebiotic_probiotic.html

" Avoiding bowel dysbiosis with Inulin

While FOS and other prebiotics feed both good and bad bowel

bacteria, prebiotic sugar- and FOS-free inulin can be selected to

feed only the good bacteria while starving out the bad ones. It

really IS that simple.

Inulin references

Bowel dysbiosis is a condition in which the numbers of good bowel

bacteria (probiotics) are not sufficient to control the bad

bacteria. This condition has been associated with Ulcerative

Colitis, Crohn's Disease, Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), Rheumatoid

Arthritis, Yeast Infections, Urinary Tract Infections (UTI),

Pancreatitis, Vaginitis, Ear Infections, Diarrhea, Constipation,

Lupus, Breast Cancer, Cirrhosis of the Liver, Acne, Premenstrual

Syndrome (PMS), and Psoriasis.

A high-carbohydrate diet, poor health, or antibiotic use can result

in dysbiosis; this paves the way for opportunistic yeasts.

Increasing the correct bowel probiotics can be accomplished easily

with inulin. Correcting the dysbiosis improves bowel habit and

nutrient absorption, and also improves blood sugar and insulin

levels, LDL and VLDL cholesterol, and blood pressure.

A special long-chain prebiotic Inulin is now available; it has the

problematic sugar and short-chain FOS removed. This is the only

retail sales point for this sugar-and FOS-free inulin. It is the

preferred prebiotic for diabetics, candida, IBS and IBD patients. "

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Enjoy Vince

> One of the best suggestions I can give anyone with bad bacteria

> excess/lack of good bacteria problems, take probiotic foods. IE

> Kefir, Kombucha, & Yogurt.

>

> Blessings,

> Kim

[Guest guest]

You go ,

Sounds like you're well on your way in the right direction. Thanks

for your info.

Vince

> The reason I drank a pint of Kombucha tea for over a

> year is because at wholefoods, they sell GT's

> Kombucha tea which is about 3 to 4 dollars a bottle

> and it's 1 pint.

> Then I started to make it myself to save cost but I

> didn't like the fruit flies all over my kitchen.

> Onions contain inulin and so does cabbage that's why I

> eat them a lot.

> I read the colon health handbook and did that colon

> cleanse for about 3 months. I didn't finish it all

> the way through because I kept starting and stopping

> and starting over but I reaped a lot of benefits as my

> two last colonics have proven to me.--

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> Thanks for all the info!

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