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"Simple, nonprocessed foods, often found in rural societies are associated with positive ecology of friendly bacteria in our intestines. These friendly bacteria include immunomodulating and fiber-fermenting lactic acid bacteria," Greg said. "Stressors of this healthy ecological system," he continued, "such as surgery, certain medications, and consumption of meats and processed foods disrupt a natural balance and shift from friendly to unfriendly bacteria." - Dan Buettner, The Blue Zones: Lessons for Living Longer From the People Who've Lived the Longest (Get the book.)

"Use a probiotic, that is, living friendly bacteria such as acidophilus, bifidobacteria, or lactobacillus. This is particularly important if you have been on antibiotics. Take probiotics with or without food, but keep them away from bowel-cleansing herbs, as these herbs could kill off the friendly bacteria you are trying to nurture. • Flax meal (ground flaxseeds) is especially good for constipation and helps improve estrogen metabolism. One to two tablespoons daily is the recommended dose. Take more (two to four tablespoons) if you are constipated." - Phuli Cohan, The Natural Hormone Makeover: 10 Steps to Rejuvenate Your Health and Rediscover Your Inner Glow (Get the book.)

"Your diet can either foster the growth of friendly bacteria or feed the proliferation of unfriendly bacteria that will lead to inflammation and perhaps produce cancer-causing substances. Diet seems to influence your risk of bowel cancer more than your risk of other cancers. In 1980, Dr. Cedric Garland of the University of California at San Diego reported his observations that a lack of UV exposure may make a person more likely to develop colon cancer. This was based on an analysis of death rates from colon cancer that showed the highest mortality in states with the lowest solar radiation." - James Dowd and Diane Stafford, The Vitamin D Cure (Get the book.)

"Yogurt is, quite simply, milk that via the work of friendly bacteria has had its naturally occurring lactose, or milk sugar, turned into lactic acid. The work of this transformation is done by those friendly bacteria—the "live active cultures." The health benefits of nonfat or low-fat yogurt, our dairy SuperFood, are considerable." - Wendy Bazilian, DRPH, MA, RD, Steven Pratt, MD, Kathy Matthews, Superfoods Rx Diet: Lose Weight with the Power of SuperNutrients (Get the book.)

"These friendly bacteria include immunomodulating and fiber-fermenting lactic acid bacteria," Greg said. "Stressors of this healthy ecological system," he continued, "such as surgery, certain medications, and consumption of meats and processed foods disrupt a natural balance and shift from friendly to unfriendly bacteria. This shift results in increased risk for diseases of urban or 'sophisticated' societies, such as inflammatory bowel disease, colon "To be healthy enough to embrace my great-great-grandchild is bliss," says Kamada. cancer, and more." - Dan Buettner, The Blue Zones: Lessons for Living Longer From the People Who've Lived the Longest (Get the book.)

"Raw foods provide a fiber-rich bed for the growth of friendly bacteria, which help in the formation of the larger, bulkier, softer stool and their easy, regular passage, while the SAD foods contribute to unfriendly bacterial homesteading and formation of smaller, harder stools and their difficult, irregular passage. 6. A high-fiber, raw diet promotes light feelings of tranquility and well-being while a fiber-deficient SAD promotes heavy feelings of distress and discomfort. 7. The Natural Hygiene foods are not associated with the diseases of civilized foods." - Susan E. Schenck, The Live Food Factor: The Comprehensive Guide to the Ultimate Diet for Body, Mind, Spirit & Planet (Get the book.)

"Say goodbye to bad bugs because one of the most unique attributes of probiotics is their selective ability to promote the growth of friendly bacteria in the human digestive tract, while inhibiting the growth of pathogenic ones. There are many mechanisms by which probiotics inhibit the growth of bad bacteria in the human digestive tract: 1. Competitive nutrient consumption 2. Epithelial cell receptor interactions 3. Excretion of antimicrobial substances 4. Interaction with the immune system. These mechanisms and other actions of probiotics were discussed in detail earlier in this chapter." - Allison Tannis, Probiotic Rescue: How You can use Probiotics to Fight Cholesterol, Cancer, Superbugs, Digestive Complaints and More (Get the book.)

"Ways to Truly Help Your Large Intestine The Healthy Bowel: Friendly Bacteria Once you've eliminated the ICV as a factor, there are two primary ways to increase the health of the large intestine: one is to increase the biological activities of the friendly bacteria and the second is to remove the layers of fecal matter build-up. Let's discuss the biological option first. You've heard the term antibiotics. Let me introduce you to the term probiotics. A probiotic is a microbe that protects its host and prevents disease." - John K. Pollard, The Digestive Awareness Diet: You Are HOW You Eat (Get the book.)

"DIGESTIVE HEALTH: Asparagus contains inulin, a carbohydrate that is not digested but promotes friendly bacteria in our large intestine. It also contains fructo-oligosaccharides (FOS) that promote the growth of beneficial bacteria in the colon. Asparagine, a phytochemical in asparagus, gives it a diuretic effect. DIABETES: A 2006 study reported in the British Journal of Medicine pointed to promising news for diabetes care. Research showed that an extract of asparagus significantly increased the action of insulin by producing an eighty-one percent increase in glucose uptake in fat cells." - David W. Grotto, RD, LDN, 101 Foods That Could Save Your Life! (Get the book.) "Sauerkraut is equally rich in the friendly bacteria lactobacillus acidophilus. However, it is also high in sodium whereas cabbage is not. Home Remedies Ancient Greek and Roman civilizations held cabbage in high regard as they felt it was capable of treating a host of health conditions. Romans developed an ointment made from lard and ashes of burnt cabbages for use in disinfecting wounds. Cabbage juice is often sold in health food stores as a popular home remedy for ulcers. Throw Me a Lifesaver!" - David W. Grotto, RD, LDN, 101 Foods That Could Save Your Life! (Get the book.) "Look for fresh sauerkraut. The friendly bacteria content is much higher than what you would find in pasteurized jars. Once opened, sauerkraut should be used within three days. Vegetarian Polish Cabbage Rolls by Ma Tomich Servings: 6 • Prep and cooking time: 90 minutes This recipe contains eight powerhouse foods. FILLING INGREDIENTS: 2 cups brown rice, cooked I clove garlic, minced ." - David W. Grotto, RD, LDN, 101 Foods That Could Save Your Life! (Get the book.)

"Some of these B vitamins can also be made by friendly bacteria in a healthy colon and absorbed into circulation. Metabolism Catabolism = Breaking down of components Anabolism = Building up of components CATABOLISM AND ANABOLISM The primary role of the B vitamins is catalyzing energy production in the body. One side of metabolism is catabolism. Catabolism is the breaking down of carbohydrates, fats, and proteins, often to produce energy, as shown in Figure 1-1. The other side of metabolism is anabolism." - Dr. Steve Blake, Vitamins and Minerals Demystified (Get the book.)

"Ground or milled flaxseed, sesame seeds, and flaxseed oil are part of a food group called lignans. The friendly bacteria in our intestines convert plant lignans into a substance that has a weak estrogen-like activity. When there are low estrogen levels in your body, these weak lignan estrogens make up for some of the deficiency. When the body is estrogen dominant, however, these lignan estrogens bind to your body's estrogen receptors, thereby reducing human estrogen activity at a cellular level." - C. W. Randolph, M.D., From Belly Fat to Belly FLAT: How Your Hormones Are Adding Inches to Your Waistline and Subtracting Years from Your Life (Get the book.)

"There are so many reasons for B12 deficiencies but many people now believe that being too clean—in other words sterilizing everything possible—will destroy many of the friendly bacteria that make B12. So using antiseptic soaps and bleaching agents on everything can, in fact, upset the delicate balance of friendly bacteria and this can result in serious health problems. You can be clean without sterilizing every surface; you will be cleaner if the good bacteria are allowed to control the bad bacteria." - Mary-Ann Shearer, Perfect Health the Natural Way (Get the book.) "If you need to reintroduce the friendly intestinal flora for any reason, then you are better off taking a good quality capsule containing those friendly bacteria; you do not need a whole bunch of mucus-forming, diabetes-promoting, addictive proteins to come into the body together with the friendly bacteria. So, you may well still be asking, from where are we going to get our calcium? Well, from the food that we as humans were designed to eat— fruits, vegetables, nuts, and seeds." - Mary-Ann Shearer, Perfect Health the Natural Way (Get the book.)

"For a healthy bowel, avoid overusing antibiotics, and if you do use them, replace friendly bacteria with probiotics. Consider bowel cleansing with herbs and/or testing for overgrowth of bacteria and yeast if your bowels are not moving regularly. Follow a diet high in antioxidants so that quinones won't form from 4-OH estrone. Consider rotating antioxidants throughout the year (discussed in chapter 4). Monitor hormone metabolites with a twenty-four-hour urine test each year." - Phuli Cohan, The Natural Hormone Makeover: 10 Steps to Rejuvenate Your Health and Rediscover Your Inner Glow (Get the book.)

"Preparations of living microbial cells that are commonly referred to as "friendly bacteria" are prescribed to repair the gut in patients with inflammatory autoimmune diseases such as Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis. Ten years ago the concept that a food ingredient such as probiotics—commonly found in yogurt—could aid in fighting autoimmune disease was scoffed at by most medical professionals. Yet today you can find more than three hundred studies on PubMed linking probiotics to the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease." - Donna Jackson Nakazawa, The Autoimmune Epidemic (Get the book.)

"The carbohydrases that digest fiber are called cellulases, and they are the only digestive enzymes our body does not manufacture, although the friendly bacteria in our intestinal tract do produce cellulase for our benefit (see chapter 3). PLANT-BASED VS. ANIMAL-SOURCED ENZYMES You may have noticed a few references so far to the source of particular enzymes. Enzymes primarily come from four sources: fungus, bacteria (mainly probiotics), animals, or plants. There are really two schools of thought when it comes to enzyme therapy, and they differ primarily on the source of the enzymes." - Tom Bohager, Everything You Need to Know About Enzymes to Treat Everything from Digestive Problems and Allergies to Migraines and Arthritis (Get the book.)

"But you can get the benefits of the friendly bacteria in yogurt by using plain yogurt and mixing it with berries and nuts or seeds. PHASE 2 Gradually reduce the amount of yogurt and sweetener and increase the amount of berries. PHASE 3 Eliminate the yogurt and sweetener and have yourself a bowl of nuts and berries. DIET EVOLUTION SMOOTHIES Smoothies are one of the best and quickest ways to introduce lots of easily digested protein and gradually "hide" green foods in a palatable, portable meal." - Dr. Steven R. Gundry, Dr. Gundry's Diet Evolution: Turn Off the Genes That Are Killing You - And Your Waistline - And Drop the Weight for Good (Get the book.)

"A type of friendly bacteria called bifidobacteria digests inulin to produce short-chain fatty acids that have been shown to fight colon cancer. Agave also contains sapogenins, which have anti-inflammatory and anticancer properties. Home Remedies Mexican folklore has revered agave and considered it sacred for its ability to purify the body and soul. Ethopians have used agave branches as natural toothbrushes, while the Aztecs treated wound infections with concentrated sap. Throw Me a Lifesaver!" - David W. Grotto, RD, LDN, 101 Foods That Could Save Your Life! (Get the book.)

"You should also look for a supplement that has a delivery system that ensures the friendly bacteria will survive the trip. Some bacteria strains have been shown to survive the acid environment of the stomach, such as Bacillus subtillus and Lactobacillus F-19, but most cannot. For the strains that have difficulty surviving, it is best to deliver them in an enteric-coated capsule that will protect the sensitive bacteria from the stomach acid, delivering it safely to the intestinal tract. Some of the more common strains you will find (in addition to L. acidophilus and L." - Tom Bohager, Everything You Need to Know About Enzymes to Treat Everything from Digestive Problems and Allergies to Migraines and Arthritis (Get the book.) "In turn, we give these friendly bacteria a place to live and food to prosper. If the population of good microflora diminishes to the point where many of these beneficial actions cease, opportunistic "bad" organisms can take their place and wreak havoc on the body. One such opportunistic yeast is called Candida albicans. When the opportunity arises, this yeast, which normally resides in the colon in relatively small numbers, can overgrow. In the overgrowth state it can actually form "roots" that burrow through the intestinal lining and strip the colon of all of its beneficial microflora." - Tom Bohager, Everything You Need to Know About Enzymes to Treat Everything from Digestive Problems and Allergies to Migraines and Arthritis (Get the book.)

"Experts also caution against taking goldenseal for extended amounts of time, because it will weaken the friendly bacteria present in the colon, much like the effects of synthetic antibiotics. An Icy Foot Bath Will Fight Flu M, Flu Recovery: Potassium as a Postflu Dietary Aid If your last bout with the flu was accompanied by excessive vomiting and nausea, you could be depleted of potassium. Chances are, in the first few days of recovery you probably aren't up to eating full meals." - Bottom Line Books, Uncommon Cures For Everyday Ailments (Get the book.)

"Green tea promotes a healthy digestive tract by altering the intestinal environment to make it favorable to the growth of the friendly bacteria and less favorable to the growth of undesirable bacteria. If potentially harmful bacteria proliferate unchecked by friendly bacteria, the chances are greater that a species of bacteria will grow to sufficient numbers to influence bowel health—causing either diarrhea or constipation. A study of thirty-seven human volunteers found that green tea increased the regularity of bowel movements." - Lester A. Mitscher and Victoria Toews, The Green Tea Book (Get the book.)

"A healthy, properly functioning bowel contains an average of three pounds of friendly bacteria composed of over 400 kinds of microorganisms. These bacteria are essential ingredients for improving nutrition and protecting against disease. When antibiotics are taken to kill harmful bacteria in the body, they also kill many of the healthy strains. This creates severe side effects and difficulties for digestion and immunity. Antibiotics are also unconsciously consumed in meat because commercial animals and poultry are routinely given large doses of antibiotics." - Ron Garner, Conscious Health: A Complete Guide to Wellness Through Natural Means (Get the book.) "The body requires friendly bacteria to maintain a healthy balance in the colon, and to manufacture certain vitamins and antibiotics of its own. Our intake of antibiotics is not only from prescription sources. Approximately 2.4 million pounds of antibiotics are given each year to farm animals—mainly cattle, pigs, and chickens—as a preventative to infection. This is more than eight times the amount administered to humans.13 Jane Goodall, in her book Harvest for Hope, warns of the dangers and short-term folly of eating farm-raised seafood." - Ron Garner, Conscious Health: A Complete Guide to Wellness Through Natural Means (Get the book.) "Restoring digestive enzymes and friendly bacteria, and consuming complete foods that contain alkaline minerals can shorten recovery time considerably. Quantum physics has now proven that in three years we don't have one old cell left. Ninety-eight percent of the body can be totally regenerated in one year on a good program of enzymes, complete foods, and proper detoxification.6 So the answer to the question, "How long to health?" is that it depends on the age, present health, attitudes and beliefs, determination, circumstances, and capability of each individual." - Ron Garner, Conscious Health: A Complete Guide to Wellness Through Natural Means (Get the book.) "Antibiotics also kill friendly bacteria in the bowel that are needed for health. While drugs alleviate symptoms such as pain, they do so by causing a greater stress in another internal area of the body. Since the body only concentrates on the area of greatest threat and stress, the symptom for which the drug was taken is relieved; the body refocuses its attention. However, the cause of the original pain or discomfort has not been removed or corrected. The symptom has only been suppressed temporarily." - Ron Garner, Conscious Health: A Complete Guide to Wellness Through Natural Means (Get the book.)

"Take probiotics with or without food, but keep them away from bowel-cleansing herbs, as these herbs could kill off the friendly bacteria you are trying to nurture. • Flax meal (ground flaxseeds) is especially good for constipation and helps improve estrogen metabolism. One to two tablespoons daily is the recommended dose. Take more (two to four tablespoons) if you are constipated. • Use the supplement calcium-d-glucarate (1,500 to 3,000 mg/day), particularly if your glucuronidase is high. You can measure glucuronidase levels in your stools with specialty lab testing." - Phuli Cohan, The Natural Hormone Makeover: 10 Steps to Rejuvenate Your Health and Rediscover Your Inner Glow (Get the book.)

"Probiotic supplementation may be helpful for halitosis therapy by maintaining a greater ratio of friendly bacteria. Tea Tree Oil Tea tree oil is an herb made from the leaves of an Australian tree called melaleuca alternifolia. It is used as an antiseptic, antibacterial and antifungal. It is a component in many natural toothpastes and mouth wash. Vitamin A Vitamin A is an excellent supplement to aid in the healing of the mouth and gums. It helps to heal ulcers, skin lesions and aids in vision. It is known as an antioxidant which hinders cellular damage that leads to the aging process." - Heather Caruso, Your Drug-Free Guide to Digestive Health (Get the book.)

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