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Mother Nature’s Natural Germ Fighters
Part 1 of a 2-part article
The real truth is that unless you live in a bubble, it is impossible to avoid germs. And, germs, bacteria, viruses, fungi, are EVERYWHERE.
Gut Health — The Health Topic of the Coming Decade
For the last several years I have been emphasizing the importance of reducing belly fat, but just as important is getting one’s gut into shape on the inside. What I’m talking about is intestinal health.
Antibiotics and probiotics are two key players here. Antibiotics wipe out friendly flora in our intestines. This was clearly demonstrated in a study of patients taking the popular broad spectrum antibiotic Ciprofloxacin, commonly known as “Cipro”, which wiped out about 30% of the patients’ good bacteria population. After treatment, it took up to four weeks to re-establish the original level of healthy bacteria, but some strains took up to six months or longer to re-establish.1
The Natural Way to Fight Deadly Super Bugs
As a drug chemist, I used to fear going to work. I risked numerous health hazards — like being exposed to a cancer-causing substance or even losing my wedding ring in a chemical drain. Cancer is bad, but having your wife think you are being careless about your marriage is worse. Unknown to her, I was washing off DNA-twisting molecules that burned my skin and eyes while people vacuumed the air from my lungs. My ring fell off somewhere between stripping off my clothes, pulling the lab’s evacuation button, and yanking the emergency shower cord. I naively assumed that these were necessary risks for making so-called life saving drugs. I was wrong.
The Healthy Antidote to Antibiotic Side Effects
When I was a resident working in hospitals I routinely saw patients suffer from diarrhea after being placed on antibiotics. These drugs, while useful, also caused so much misery. Yet there’s a simple remedy for this, one recently confirmed by an important new study. You can counteract the harmful digestive effects of antibiotics with their counterparts, probiotics.
