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Why You Need Bacteria in Your Colon
Bacteria in your colon are referred to by many different names – probiotics, good or bad bacteria, beneficial bacteria, acidophilus, disbiosis, micro flora, proflora. friendly flora, and unfriendly bacteria.I simple use good and bad bacteria to refer to all the bacteria that exist in the small intestine and your colon.Your colon has both good and bad bacteria. The good bacteria maintain the health of your colon by keeping the bad bacteria from multiplying and reducing constipation.Most people have bad bacteria as the dominant condition in their colon. You can see this by the illnesses that exist throughout the world. Most people later in their life suffer from diseases that resulted from colon neglect and abuse.Bad bacteria multiples when you,* Consume poisons such as pollution, pesticides, food additives such as preservatives, coloring, so on.* Drink alcohol* Eat processed foods* Have excess anxiety* Lack fiber in your diet* Use birth control pills* Use drugstore laxative* Use drugs and medicationGood bacteria in your colon consists of hundred of species of bacteria. The good bacteria are most active in a pH of 5.9 to 6.9- an acidic environment. This makes for a healthy colon.Your colon serves as a home for the good bacteria, which ferment specific carbohydrates, which in turn keep your colon environment slightly acidic. The acid environment favors the good bacteria and keeps the bad bacteria and pathogens from multiplying.The bad bacteria create an alkaline environment and are most active in a pH of 7.1 to 7.9Again, the good bacteria creates an acidic environment and are most active in a pH of 5.9 to 6.9Acidophilus and Bifidus are the main good bacteria that exist in your colon. The ascending colon, on the right side of your abdomen area, has the most bacteria. The quantity of bacteria becomes less in the transverse colon and lesser in the descending colon. Eventually, little bacteria is found in the sigmoid and rectum.When good beneficial bacteria is dominant, in your colon, it prevents the spread of disease from various organisms – parasites, bacteria, viruses, fungi. The specific organismsShigella, salmonella, viruses, encephalitis, protozoan, amebas, staph, herpes, flu, cold viruses, comphylobacter, and CMV,are the ones that creates killer diseases such as dysentery, blood poisoning, meningitis, pneumonia, influenza and encephalitisThe good bacteria keep these organisms in the minority, thus preventing them from multiplying, getting into the blood, and into the different body organs. They do this by their antibiotic like secretions, lactic acid production, and other secretions, which keep their environment acidic.The good bacteria live and thrive on carbohydrates. When your body has good digestion and little carbohydrates reach your colon, the good bacteria population decreases and the bad bacteria become dominant.Good bacteria need to be fed to keep it dominant in your colon. If there are any good bacteria left in your colon, then by feeding them, you can get them to multiply. If there are not any good bacteria in your colon, then you cannot reestablish the good bacteria by eating specific carbohydrate foods. To reestablish good bacteria, under this condition, you must do a flora enema.In his book, Acidophilus and Colon Health, 1999, David Webster, also says,“Indicators of a healthy colon flora are a soft but well-formed stool, with amber color and little or no odor, and that floats in water most of the time. When the stools are dry, dark brown, too solidly formed or too loose, and especially if there is a putrid odor, these are clear indicators of a putrefactive, alkaline-producing colon flora. Chronic constipation, diarrhea, and irritable bowel syndrome are often eliminated when your colon is restored and maintained at a slightly acid pH.”In his research, Webster found that feeding the remaining good bacteria edible lactose whey rejuvenates the good bacteria in your colon. By drinking 2 – 5 tablespoons or more each day in a cup of distilled water enough lactose can reach your colon to feed the good bacteria. Webster recommends doing this for 30 days. After this period you can check your stools to see if you have reactivated you good bacteria
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )What is a Balanced Diet for Losing Weight and Good Health?
If you want to lose weight then knowing how many calories you eat and burn will be important. Here are some guidelines you can use.The total calories that you should be consuming depend on whether you are a women or a man. It depends on your body structure and your activity level. So you need to make some adjustment on the numbers I present.If you have been eating around 1800 calories per day you can slowly move your intake down to 1600. Work down from this level over a month’s period to 1400 calories. Don’t go below 1200 calories per day. Otherwise you can over stress your body.If you have just started out and are eating 2400 calories, decrease your calories to 2000 or 2100. If you don’t lose weight in 2-3 weeks reduce your calories lower. Over a month’s time you can move down to 1600 calories and see if you start to lose weight. If you do, stay at this level.It’s not a good idea to make a drastic shift in your consumption of food since your body can react and get into a “starving mode.” In this mode your body will store more fat making it difficult for you to lose weight.Remember not to eat junk food. When you eat quality food, it takes less food for you to become satisfied as compared to eating junk food.Protein, Carbohydrates, and FatThere are many ideas about what combination or percentages you should eat of the various nutrients – protein, carbohydrates, and fat. I don’t believe that exact percentages exist, which will provide weight loss and good health for all individuals. Each one of you will require different percentages depending on your weight, health, body structure, emotional make-up and a variety of other conditions. For this reason some diet programs work with some people and not with others.One of best eating habit programs that will help you to lose weight is to eat:* quality protein* low glycemic carbohydrates* quality fats* high fiber* high water consumptionQuality Protein – is essential for the body to survive. There 8 essential amino acids and 14 non-essential. Protein is used to regulate certain body processes by contributing to various chemical reactions and by creating a number of body chemicals.Eating excess protein results in an acid body, which favors disease. Protein eaten alone causes a 25% increase in your metabolism. When combined with fat and carbohydrates there is only a 10% increase. What this means is that eating more protein and less fat and carbohydrates gives you a boost in metabolism.It is recommended that around 30% – 35% of your eating habits consist of protein.Carbohydrates – consist of simple and complex sugars. When carbohydrates are eaten they are broken down into sucrose, which is readily accepted by your cells. Sucrose is converted into energy in your cells. If you eat a lot of high glycemic carbohydrates, your bloodstream becomes overwhelm with sucrose. The excess sucrose in your cells will be converted to fat and stored.Because most people have been adding weight eating high glycemic carbohydrates, it best to change your eating habits and decrease your intake of these carbohydrates. In general people have been eating 80% high glycemic foods (HighGF) and 20% low glycemic foods (LowGF.) You need to change that to 80% LowGF and 20% HighGF.This means that you should limit eating foods like potatoes, bread, corn, pasta, muffins, and any flour products. HighGF encourages the storage of fat since the more sucrose you have in your blood, the more sucrose is escorted into your cells by insulin.You need to concentrate on foods, which are LowGF. Many of these foods are vegetables with small amounts of carbohydrates and high fiber content.LowGF discourages the storage of fat since less sucrose is in the blood and less is escorted into your cells.Quality Fats – which are eaten with your meals, prevent sugars from moving quickly into your blood stream.You need to eat more of the good fats. It’s these fats that will help you lose weight. The good fats are omega 3, omega 6, and medium chain fatty acids, MCFA.Here is the breakdown on the quantity of each type of fat that you should be eating. These percentages are what you should be working towards so that fats provide you with good health and help you keep your weight down.* saturated fats 10%* polyunsaturated fats 20%* monounsaturated fats 60%There you have it, the numbers and percentages of protein, carbohydrates, and fats that give you a balanced diet so that you can lose weight.
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Constipation Home Remedies Using Juices
Apple Juice, Figs and RaisinsHere’s another constipation home remedy using apple juice with other fruit. Eat it the first thing in the morning before breakfast.In a blender, put in a cup of fresh apple juice. Add equal amounts of dry or fresh figs and raisins and a small organic apple. Choose how many figs and raisins to use. You will need to experiment a little. Get a consistency that is not too thick. Add a little more apple juice if needed.Eat this home remedy for a few days until you start to get some relief from your constipation.Oat Milk with Fig Juice or Prune JuiceBuy oat milk at the health food store. In the morning, warn 8 oz of oat milk and add the following:§ 3 oz of fig juice or prune juice§ two droppers full of licorice extract.Or you can mix one glass of 50% fig juice and 50% prune juice. Drink this first thing in the morning. This powerful home remedy will get your bowels moving. Drink this combination first thing in the morning.Stewed FigsTake 10 – 12 calimyma figs and stew them in two glasses of distilled water (16 oz) for 10 minutes. Let them sit in this water overnight.In the morning remove the figs, warm and drink the juice. Eat the figs though out the day.Or prepare a blended drink of,§ three or more figs, fresh or sun dried§ one banana§ 1 tablespoon of honey or molasses§ one cup of rice dreamDrink first thing in the morning and any time after lunch or dinner.The following juices provide you with some powerful constipation home remedies that you can use right away.Mulberry JuiceMulberry juice has many health benefits. It is good for digestive tract illnesses. It can stimulate digestion and assimilation of nutrients in the small intestine. It is useful for older people for reliving constipation.Mulberry contains many minerals and vitamins.BoysenberryBoysenberry juice has a gentle natural laxative action on your bowel. When your constipation is mild, this juice will help move things in your colon.BlackberriesMix ½ cup of distilled water and ½ cup of blackberries. Drink this first thing in the morning to promote peristaltic movement. Drink this often and it will make you regular.Blackberries are high in vitamin C. CherriesCherries are high in antioxidants, fiber, potassium, and many other minerals, which are effective in neutralizing body acid. Cherries contain vitamins B-1, B-2, folic acid and niacin.Cherries have laxative effects and can start peristaltic action.Eat fresh cherries throughout the day or drink three 8 oz glasses of cherry juice during the day. Buy cherry juice in glass container.Elderberry JuiceCan be used to help reduce the symptoms of colds, flu, and diabetes. It also helps to relieve constipation, diarrhea, and hemorrhoids. Drink 1–2 glasses each day. Increase the quantity if necessary.Drinking any of these juices between meals will help you to get rid of constipation and keep your bowels moving.
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