Interesting article about Probiotics

From the Washington Post:

www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/microbes-may-play-crucial-role-in-human-health-researchers-discovering/2011/09/24/gIQAH5lFYL_story.html

Moreover, scientists are becoming more convinced that modern trends — diet, antibiotics, Caesarean deliveries — are disrupting this delicate balance, contributing to some of the most perplexing ailments, including asthma, allergies, obesity, diabetes, autoimmune diseases, cancer and perhaps even autism...

Doctors have even begun microbiota “transplants” to treat a host of illnesses, including a sometimes-devastating gastrointestinal infection called Clostridium difficile, digestive system ailments such as Crohn’s disease, colitis and irritable bowel disorder, and even, in a handful of cases, obesity and other afflictions, such as multiple sclerosis...

Dozens of studies also are underway, including some in which children and adults, including twins, are repeatedly swabbed to gain insights into why one person gets tooth decay, asthma, ulcerative colitis or even cancer, and another doesn’t...

he theory is that one reason some people may be prone to these diseases is that they are missing certain microbes. One anti-inflammatory compound produced by a bacterium appears to cure the equivalent of colitis and multiple sclerosis in mice, both of which are caused by misfiring immune systems, Mazmanian found...

Obese people appear to have a distinctive mix of digestive bacteria that make them prone to weight gain. Thin mice get fatter when their microbiota is replaced with the microbes of obese animals...

a Canadian-Irish team reported in August that bacteria in the gut appear to influence brain chemistry, and corresponding behaviors such as anxiety, stress and depression, via the vagus nerve.

This is good stuff--thanks, babe!

 

I'm surprised that there aren't other replies to this thread. There is more and more evidence of an "infectious" gut flora imbalance as a cause of IBDs. Fixing gut flora might enable some people to get off meds and not require surgery.

There are countless people that have been cured by diet and fixing their gut flora. There is a wonderful doctor in NY who might be able to help. I've seen him in the past he has a lot of info online if you would like to google him. Dr. Majid Ali.

God Bless

Livingwell249 even probiotics and diet cannot cure Crohns. They might be able to help ease the symptoms, but cannot cure the disease. If that were true we would all be out living and enjoying our lives right now.

livingwell, we have lots of members here already on SCD and probiotics.

I have a few questions:

Do you have Crohn's Disease? Exactly what is your purpose here?

Do you think that all the thousands of docs and researchers all over the world (over more than 50 years) don't have a clue, but you and a handful of other ppl do?

We know plenty of SCDers who feel better with diet, so you are not telling us anything new. We all agree diet modification and probiotics is helpful for CD, but mostly for symptoms.

Where are all the clean scopes of CDers who reversed their inflamed ulcerated bleeding intestines with only diet and probiotics and no meds or surgery?

BTW, most of here are big advocates of probiotics and eating a more natural diet, including trying SCD. There's also the Maker's Diet, which could help.
And also, Rush University is conducting a study about SCD effects on gut organisms for ppl with CD and UC. We are all well aware here of SCD, probiotics and natural remedies. And many of us use these remedies regularly.

This, related, article, was posted on the UC forum a few weeks ago. I won't post a link to the UC thread itself because I think it got a little contentious, but I thought the article itself was really interesting.

Thanks for posting the link and the information, Babe. This sort of information is so interesting, and I hope it will lead to more, and better, treatments in the future.

Ivy.

 

 I had two colonoscopies done 6 years apart and they both say the same thing. Mild imflamtion of my ileum. No progression.  One doctor called it non specific colitis and one called it mild crohns. I've never had any D, or any pain.  Just a bunch of gas that would wake me in the night with my heart beating out of my chest. The Crohns diagnosis just scared the crap out of me.

Coming to this forum does nothing at all to ease that fear. Sorry but there is no talk of recovery here. Just drugs and surgery. A lot of doom and gloom. When I read forums about SCD, GAPS and natural ways to heal I hear success stories. 2 days ago a woman posted that she just had a scope that showed 0 signs of any disease after many years of D and abnormal scopes.

As far as the doctors and researchers. What exactly have they done for this disease in the past 50 years? Feed you more drugs to stun your immune system? Our bodies have evolved for several hundred thousands of years and all of a sudden within the past 100 years or so it doesn't know what to do? Just 10 years ago they discovered that H Pylori is the main factor of ulcers.

I am challanging most of what is said in this forum but I am not trying to stress anyone out or troll. I pray daily for everyone's suffering to end. Articles like the one the OP posted is a great step in curing this disease in my opinion.

cheers

Then you haven't read enough threads here, livingwell.

Steve Jobs read that alternative treatment could cure pancreatic cancer.

Diet does play an important role in IBD. There are people who do get great relief from their symptoms via various diet and supplements. However, just like everyone responds differently to medications, everyone's system responds differently to these different dietary options. There is no single cure, and as far as I know, the diet supplement approach does not have any statistically proven efficiacy.

IMHO, and in my experience, diet is a good supplement to medicinal treatment. I have led a very active, happy life and have had this disease for over 2 decades.

Been thinking a lot about this.

There are severel indications that CD and UC consists of many many subgrupes. Perhaps that´s why one person reacts positive on one drug or some form of diet or hearb, another don´t. The treamtent I´ve had didn´t work at all for the patient that got it after me and so on.
The fact that most everyone agrees on yet is that CD is a cronic disease in other words it´ll come back. And if it is severel diseases or subgroups there should also be severel different causes of it. And severel possible treatments for it. And there can also be severel things that worsen it.

Being a crohnie it´s heartbreaking everytime one tries or hears of a new remedy. Getting the hopes high, perheps this time this is the med or treatment that makes my D and pain go away. allowes me to go out and be social without trying to hide the sound when I go to the toilett and hoping that the smell will not be revealing. that this will free me of my fatigue and make me feel fine again. Just to once again realise that it didn´t work this time either.

I´m so glad that there are people that put their efforts in trying to figure this out and I really hope that they are on the right track. And belive me they´re in for the Nobellprize if they find the cause and cure for IBD. So many people that are affected and so much suffeing,pain and not the least money and healthcare resources it would save.

For me personally every new possibility is interesting.
But untill it is really proven, let us be humble about it.

*applause*

I agree. Fantastic post, this-to.