Friendly Bacteria In Our Intestine And Their Importance For Our Health
by Ute Allison, ND
History
The Subject in not new: As early as 1910 Ilya Mechnikow, the Russian microbiologist, won the Nobel prize for his research on the life prolonging effect of beneficial gut bacteria.
He famously said: “ Death lives in the intestine.”
Currently friendly bacteria are on everyone’s lips and foods with added so-called probiotics
(pro = in favour of, biotic = life or ecosystem) have got increasingly popular.
But what is the truth about these colourful advertising promises?
Bacteria are not all bad
We happily live together with billions of bacteria.
In contrary, we need the good ones to protect us from nasty ones and we have to treat
them with care.
Our friendly bacteria are called the “normal human microflora”.
They live in our GI (gastro-intestinal) tract, our genitor-urinary tract, our respiratory tract and on our skin. The basically cover all surfaces with contact to the outer world.
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