Benefits of Good Bacteria in the Intestine
Health Care February 15th, 2010
There are 100 trillion bacterial cells in your body and this number more than 10 times the number of human cells. Bacteria circulating throughout the body starting from the abdomen, genitals, skin and ears.
Good bacteria can improve the health or vice versa if a problem from outside the body of good bacteria will just disappear and turn into pain.
Like the good bacteria that live in the intestines useful to prevent obesity, diabetes, asthma, allergies and throat cancer. However, outside influences such as the use of antibiotics, foods that contain bad fats sometimes destabilizing in intestinal bacteria.
Radical theory Martin Blaser, chairman of the department of medicine at New York University Medical School and former president of Infectious Disease Society of America pointed to the causes of obesity likely culprit is bacteria.
In this case the excessive use of antibiotics can make the children become fat because it kills the healthy bacteria in the intestines, the bacteria is needed to make more efficient digestion.
“I do not think the cause is a high-calorie foods or lack of physical activity. But from healthy microbes in the gut that disappeared,” Blaser said, as quoted by Forbes, Friday (22/1/2010).
The theory expressed by Blaster may not sound crazy. In the last few years is a lot of scientific research showing that bacteria in the body have a profound impact on the health of these people.
There are 7 ways good bacteria in the gut that help protect the human body, namely:
1. Keep from being overweight.
Based on the research of Ruth Ley of Cornell, who have excess weight will have a different mix of bacteria in the gut. Good bacteria to help digest the complex carbohydrates to whole grains, namely Bacteroidetes bacteria. While people who are overweight will have more Firmicutes bacteria that produce a lot of calories from food.
2. Prevent diabetes.
According to a study conducted by Alexander Chervonosky from the University of Chicago and published in Nature through genetic engineering in mice, obtained good bacteria can prevent diabetes. But it is unclear what the role of bacteria.
3. Helping the medicine to work well.
In 2008 the researchers from Imperial College, London found that individuals who have certain bacteria in the intestines help mmetabolisme acetaminophen (the active ingredient in Tylenol) more slowly. This can make a person more effective in taking the drug and prevent side effects.
4. Prevent infection.
Layer of bacteria that appears to protect someone from something bad. In clinical trials showed that male circumcision in high-risk in Africa can reduce the risk of contracting HIV. Researchers from Arizona TGEN get mixed bacterial changes in the penis.
5. As a healer in the skin.
Researchers from UC-Davis in Nature Medicine last November reported certain bacteria that live on the skin surface can produce chemicals that can prevent the skin become inflamed due to small cuts or bruises. If the skin swells like a case of eczema, researchers speculate that because the system is damaged.
6. Prevent throat cancer.
Bacterium Helicobacter pylori is the major cause of stomach ulcers, so doctors generally treat with antibiotics, but H. pylori may still have a positive impact. According to data from epidemiological and laboratory, these bacteria can fight some forms of throat cancer. In addition researchers from New York University found a mixture of different bacteria at a pre-cancerous condition in the esophagus.
7. Protect yourself from allergies.
Based on research conducted by a microbiological Gary Huffnagle of the University of Michigan reveals the theory that the immune system using bacteria in the intestine to help eliminate toxins. When the system is not functioning properly, it can cause allergies.
