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by Periodic
4408 days ago
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There is apparently problems with the opposite that may be occurring now in our society. The bacterial ecosystem of our guts is very poorly understood. However, we are starting to discover that some forms of obesity, irritable bowl and related disorders such as Crohn's Disease may be linked to an imbalance of gut bacteria. Possible culprits include overuse of antibiotics particularly in milk and meat; extreme cleanliness; and Cesarean sections as your gut bacteria is inherited from your mother during birth. We also know that there are some bacteria which have very positive effects, the so-called probiotics. We need these things to survive properly and in a lot of cases it is more about having the right balance than getting rid of them. I speak as a spouse of someone with Crohn's Disease who has been largely treated through diet and bacterial management. I don't have quite the grounding in the science as she does, but we have seen the effects. In short, excessive cleanliness in our modern society may actually be making people ill. We need to find the right balance. |
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It's managed through diet and fauna control, but it sure as heck isn't caused by bacterial imbalance.
It's also worth noting that bacterial imbalance is usually treated with gut-balanciing antibiotics, which a single course of did wonders for me when I used to suffer severe gutache nearly daily.
Articles like the one here though sound far more ideological then scientific though.
EDIT: Also worth noting, there's scant scientific evidence that probiotics do anything. Near as anyone can tell the only effective things have been antibiotics, or faecal transplants.