Tuesday, May 04, 2004by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger Editor of NaturalNews.com (See all articles...) Tags: antibiotics, probiotics, friendly bacteria |
When doctors prescribe antibiotics, it wipes out the friendly e.coli bacteria in the large intestine, causing a chain reaction of worrisome health effects. These same antibiotics may also be destroying friendly bacteria in the esophagus and stomach, disrupting healthy digestion for days or weeks at a time. Patients that are chronic users of antibiotics may suffer serious health effects due to a lack of friendly bacteria. Now, this discovery of bacteria in the esophagus opens the door to the possibility that these bacteria might also play an important role in digestion.
The bottom line? Human beings are not sterile vessels. We harbor billions of microorganisms inside our own bodies. We offer an entire ecosystem for the little critters, and if we want to be healthy, we need to keep the bacteria healthy, too. That means avoiding antibiotics, following sound nutrition, and engaging in regular physical exercise. Taking probiotics as nutritional supplements doesn't hurt, either. Only then can we live in harmony with our microscopic guests who, in turn, help keep us healthy by producing vitamins, among other interesting tasks.
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About the author:Mike Adams (aka the "Health Ranger") is a best selling author (#1 best selling science book on Amazon.com) and a globally recognized scientific researcher in clean foods. He serves as the founding editor of NaturalNews.com and the lab science director of an internationally accredited (ISO 17025) analytical laboratory known as CWC Labs. There, he was awarded a Certificate of Excellence for achieving extremely high accuracy in the analysis of toxic elements in unknown water samples using ICP-MS instrumentation. Adams is also highly proficient in running liquid chromatography, ion chromatography and mass spectrometry time-of-flight analytical instrumentation.
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