Digestive Health Update
HEART DISEASE AND NUTRITION
The Skinny on OBESITY and PREBIOTICS
The statistics on obesity are startling! The CDC reports that about one-third of U.S. adults (33.8%) are obese and approximately 17% (or 12.5 million) of children and adolescents aged 2—19 years are obese. During the past 20 years, there has been a dramatic increase in obesity in the United States to what some think are epidemic levels. Can increasing prebiotic soluble fibers in your diet help with weight management? Read on to get the skinny…
>>Read moreImmunity, Antibiotics, Diet and Prebiotics
The common use of antibiotics, especially in childen, has a profoundly detrimental effect on the child’s bacterial colon makeup. It is these bacteria that induce the very best immune system for the body that lasts a lifetime. Interfering with this process during childhood may be a problem.
>>Read moreLiving Longer-Drugs, Diet and Prebiotics
A front page article in the New York Times mentions a new drug that allowed genetically designed obese mice to live 44% longer than obese mice who did not get the drug. Hidden deep in the article, however, is the fact that even these drug treated obese mice did not live longer than those mice who were not obese. Read on to learn more about life longevity, diets and prebiotics. . .
>>Read moreCancers, Folate, Fruits, Allium Vegetables & Prebiotic Soluble Fiber
Looking for information on diet and cancer prevention? Here are two items of significance about fruits, folic acid and allium vegetables. Of course, we wouldn’t leave out some information on prebiotic soluble fiber.
>>Read morePrebiotics and Omega 3 Oils
A diet low in omega 3 oils has now been shown to promote atherosclerosis. Conversely, a diet very high in this oil as is seen in Inuit Eskimos is associated with a vanishingly low incidence of coronary heart disease and …
>>Read moreIBS, SIBO and Prebiotics
The hypothesis of small bowel bacterial overgrowth in irritable bowel syndrome is just that, a hypothesis. A recent article in a gastroenterology journal casts doubt on this whole idea. Killing all the good colon bacteria with any antibiotic should not be done except where the antibiotic is clearly needed. IBS is not one of those conditions.
>>Read moreResistance to Intestinal Infection
If you are older, you are at greater risk of dying from an Intestinal infection. The older colon has less good bacteria in it. To correct it, you need the right probiotics to grow there and the right prebiotic, such as Prebiotin to fertilize them.
>>Read moreChihuahuan Desert Indians and Fiber – How Much is TOO Much?
We know that the diet in the Western world is woefully deficient in fiber. If the prehistoric Chihuahuan Desert Indians could be eating 135 grams of fiber a day, there would seem to be no limit what we could eat. A plant based diet is nutritious and your gut, in the absence of serious GI disease can tolerate and, indeed, would welcome very generous amounts of prebiotic fiber.
>>Read moreLet’s Start a Conversation about Osteoporosis and Prebiotics
Bone health is something everyone should be concerned about. New research points to wide spread deficiency in calcium and of vitamin D (important to calcium absorption), particularly in women. When certain prebiotic food fibers are ingested, the good bacteria flourish in the gut and significantly improve both calcium and magnesium absorption and bone density.
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