Over the past few years I have become incredibly enveloped in gut (intestinal) dysbiosis and how best to go about correcting it.

I strongly believe that from birth I was not provided with the correct gut microflora that I required to grow and flourish to my best potential. I have irritable bowel (for several years now) which I believe is rooted mostly in antibiotic use over the many years of my life, along with other medications I've been on over the years. This dysbiosis has resulted in what I consider an overactive immune system, which has a lot to do with my pet dander allergies, dry eye condition, and irritable bowel syndrome, etc.

I'm starting this thread simply to document research that I come across regarding gut dysbiosis and document also some of the best approaches towards correcting it (if possible).

Please feel free to contribute and/or comment if desired.
Cheers,

Here is a very interesting article/excerpt regarding dysbiosis and its connection with many psychological conditions such as autism, AD(H)D, etc. The PDF is an excert from a book titled Gut and Psychology Syndrome' (GAP syndrome or GAPS) by Dr. N. Campbell-McBride.

Due to copyright & trademarks, I am not reposting any content in this thread, but below is the link to the PDF document:

http://www.behealthy.org.uk/gaps.pdf

I read this just shaking my head, saying to myself... this just makes so much sense! Wow! Now the ultimate question is, how to best go about correcting it! Very low-carb. diet is of course a widely-agreed upon approach, of course. But what else can we do?

Probiotics, of course. Which ones are best? What is an optimal daily intake? Are capsuled supplement ones acceptable, or should we rely mainly on fermented foods like saurkraut (sp!) and yoghurt that have live cultures in them? There is a lot of debate as to whether commerically prepared probiotic supplements are of any benefit, but I tend to float on the optimistic side and hope that they do in fact pack a punch of bacteria into our systems when consumed.

Prebiotics - this is an area that is getting more and more attention these days. Inulin and FOS, to name a few. In my internet travels, Inulin appears to be the better accepted of the two -- it better selectively feeds the good bifidobacteria, and doesn't appreciably appeal to pathogens.

Natural anti-fungals and antimicrobials - Oil of oregano, garlic, coconut oil. These are all things that easily come to mind. But are these things also detrimental to the probiotic bacteria as well as the pathogenic guys?

These are some of the things I'll be trying to collect documentation on over time Please feel free to post documents and/or comments if you desire.

Cheers,

And of course there is the very knowledgeable Duncan Crow, who maintains his own site that includes probiotic & prebiotic references. This is very very interesting material:

http://members.shaw.ca/duncancrow/i..._probiotic.html

I am actively utilizing his suggestions for correcting bowel dysbiosis via Inulin and a high dose probiotic supplement. I'm also currently making my own 'cabbage rejuvelac,' which I consume on a daily basis.

Thanks to Duncan for sharing his knowledge and information

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/e...3&dopt=Abstract

Survival of Yogurt Bacteria in the Human GutPDF //> http://aem.asm.org/cgi/reprint/72/7/5113.pdf

The cultures in most commercially available yogurts though are generally of animal origin -- especially strep. thermophilus and lactobacillus bulgaricus, so these are more 'foreign' to the human gut. I personally don't even bother supplementing with these types of cultures/probiotic foods. I'm more focused on strains that are of human origin, like lactobillicus acidophilus, etc.

Prebiotics: Feeding Your Friendly Flora Naturally
By Aftab J. Ahmed, Ph.D

http://www.fiberwater.com/_pdf/2%20...dly%20flora.pdf

Check out this site
www.knowthecause.com
It is also about fungal/antiobiotic caused disease.....

Probiotics and prebiotics in chronic inflammatory bowel diseases

http://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/12/5941.pdf

Gut Health

http://www.functionalfoodnet.eu/ima...-Gut-health.pdf

Has some interesting information about the impact of pro- and prebiotics on overall health. It is from November of 2001. Has some nice illustrations and tables - a good illustration.

Very interesting.......especially about the cancer link. I didn't know that one. Scarry as well because I go back yet again in 2 weeks for another test to check for pre cancerous cells in my uterus....the doctor says he may want to cut out a section of it this time around. I am severely now wondering if the candida is a culprit. I will go forward and do what is necessary but jees......how the heck do you know for sure!!! The doctors wear blinders!

Can you afford to get a second opinion? Mds are only doing what they are trained to do, but I agree that they are scary! I
like to get a diagnosis, then decide what I will do. Oh I'll keep positive thoughts for you M....

Thank you kindly pmezak. My ob/gyn is actually the ONE doctor I have total confidence in. But what is scary is the fact that ALL doctors may ignore the yeast connection so a second opinion may be for squat.

He is double checking and re checking himself....he hasn't gone gung ho into saying 'let's hack you up'. He really is one of the doctors in the nation at the forefront of a lot of gynelogical stuff...he amazes me. This is not the first time within the last year I have come back with questionable cells. That's all they are right now is questionable, so no real danger. I am constantly on top of it as my Grandmother died very horribly from uterine cancer. For now what I seem to may have is pre cancerous, so fingers crossed and all....

I also had a new form of permanant contraceptive put in this last year. It has been out for -oh, maybe 10 yrs now, but this particular one they put in me was a newer one and I was part of a study for it. It deals with putting tiny spring like things into each fallopian tube and in 3 moths the tissue grows into them blocking up the tube. (the springs are kida like the spring in a pen, but smaller-obviously). It is non evasive....no cutting or antibiotics and the recovery time is about a day. It was very easy. They insert it up through the uterus. But mine after 6 months are not closing so he wants to remove them b/c they are non functioning like they should. He can also look at them to find out why they didn't work and in the process do a tubal ligation and be done with it for good. Has anybody had a tubal ligation done? He said no antibiotics would be necessary ( I asked). All of this is going to be paid for in full by them.......I have paid nothing and my regular doctor has done everything and will do this procedure too. So if anyone has any advise or suggestions about this procedure, please let me know. He gave me other alternatives, but I chose this one.

Sorry to thread jack you jayppers I have liked reading your links....btw.

Thank-you, Malulani.

I'd like to request that we keep the posts in this thread related to the main subject - intestinal dysbiosis & the best approach for correcting it. The previous messages, I feel, are best suited for private messages, and don't seem to be directly related to this thread's main subject.

Thanks kindly. Cheers,

Yes, deary........understand. Sorry again for the thread jack. If anyone does have info regarding what I posted please feel free to PM me.....thanx a bunch. (I'm nervous........never had any kind of surgery before).

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