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Why taking probiotics and eating plants can help you avoid genetic health problems |
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As researchers continue to learn more and more about the role gut
bacteria play in our health, it's truly astounding just how powerful
these little bugs can be. In fact, research conducted at the University
of Wisconsin-Madison has found that these microscopic creatures can
actually help turn our genes off and on. What they uncovered gives you a
great way to avoid illness — even genetic illnesses.
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For this study, the researchers raised mice in a germ-free environment
so they could focus on the effects of the microbes introduced through
diet. They found that the bacteria actually produced metabolites that
talk to the mice's cells and affected gene expression. They evaluated
some of these effects by feeding one group of mice a plant-based diet
that provided a variety of carbohydrates similar to what humans could
obtain from eating a diet based on fruits and vegetables. They gave
another group a high-fat, high-sugar diet to imitate conventional
Western choices.
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As you might expect, the mice eating the plant-based diet fared far
better and had much more complex microbiomes (intestinal bacterial
balance). And the microbes were better able to communicate with the
mice's genes and influence them for good. This was thanks to the
production of short-chain fatty acids that occurred as the gut bacteria
consumed and fermented the nutrients in the plants. The bacteria in the
mice eating the Western-style diet had fewer nutrients to consume,
resulting in decreased fatty acid production and, consequently,
decreased communication.
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The researchers were particularly surprised to find that the microbiome
didn't just communicate with cells in the stomach and colon. It even
sent messages to the liver and other areas of fatty tissue throughout
the body. This indicates that having a healthy and diverse microbiome is
important not just to our digestive health, but for our bodies as a
whole.
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If you want to have a healthy gut microbiome that can help your genes
communicate and perform their best, you need to both populate your colon
with healthy bacteria and give them the right foods. Eating a variety
of plant-based dishes rather than a diet high in fat and sugar will help
with the latter part of the equation. And it will eventually contribute
to the first part by gradually increasing the complexity and quantity
of good bacteria in your gut.
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However, to kick-start and help maintain a healthy microbiome, you can also take a probiotic. I recommend Advanced Probiotic Formula,
which contains six unique probiotic strains supplying 3.5 billion
viable microorganisms in each capsule. While you may not be able to
change your genes, you can affect how they talk to each other and
express themselves to optimize how your unique genetic makeup impacts
your health.
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Yours for better health,
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Frank Shallenberger, MD
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