The evolution of… poop.

Thanks to Lovemychildren mom… I was turned on to Animal Pharm and watched a very interesting talk on the micro biome of our ancestor's poop. And of course, what has sabotaged it from evolution period to evolution period. We've done a fantastic job in the past 100 yrs of destroying our gut. Really pretty interesting.

drbganimalpharm.blogspot.com/2014/08/ahs14-my-talk-is-up-re-savaging-gut.html

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Diet has changed, and along with it our gut microbiomes. We can change our diets to improve our microbiota and thus our health:

https://www.facebook.com/Dr.Terry.Wahls

http://terrywahls.com/minding-your-mitochondria-dr-terry-wahls-at-tedxiowacity/

http://realfoodinspiredme.wordpress.com/2014/11/18/real-food-saved-me/?blogsub=confirming#subscribe-blog

but that is not the whole story.

I personally believe that pesticides are largely to blame for the decrease in species and numbers of beneficial bacteria in the gut and the prevalence of chronic disease. The importance of these bacteria on the function of the immune system is much greater than once suspected.

Glyphosate’s Suppression of Cytochrome P450 Enzymes and Amino Acid Biosynthesis by the Gut Microbiome: Pathways to Modern Diseases. Anthony Samsel and Stephanie Seneff

http://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/15/4/1416

Glyphosate, pathways to modern diseases II: Celiac sprue and gluten intolerance
Anthony SAMSEL and Stephanie SENEFF

http://nhrighttoknowgmo.org/BreakingNews/Glyphosate_II_Samsel-Seneff.pdf

http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2014/05/08/heavy-metals-glyphosate-health-effects.aspx

Lyme and co are not newly immerging infections, but they are now causing chronic illness because our compromised/overloaded detox and immune systems are incapable of clearing them.

H98—

Yes, the presenter was speaking about modern civilizations—the means this happens doesn't really apply broadly to other populations:
processed foods, overarming of soils, overconsumption of grains (thanks FDA), and the destruction of most of those grains, the introduction of processed sugar, the campaign against fats, all of the GMO foods (rowingmom's post above is a great compilation of information about what is in our food—which should be illegal by all measures), environmental stressors, antibiotics and other things we ingest that upset the gut flora and challenge the immune system, etc… And then one of the posters commented the following, which I thought was accurate, too:

"The 5 Mass Extinctions idea is brilliant, hope you expand and blog on it later!

I can also think of many mini-extinctions that also parallel life on Earth as in over-hunting, climate change, and floods:

- A reliance on synthetic materials over natural (fur/feathers/hide/bones) for bedding, clothing, and implements;

- Natural Gas for home heating over wood, coal, and dung;

- The 'grossification' of bugs as a food source;

- The marketing of products to cover natural body odors;

- The invention of medical oversight boards: AMA, ADA, USDA, FDA, etc…"

I know that people often now advocate to eat dirt, drink only tap water, garden barefoot, force the kids to play outside all day (take electronics away/don't provide them in the first place), never use hand sanitizers, breast feed, of course, don't wash home-grown produce, the list is long.

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Thanks for the reply. As a vitamin store owner I tend to experiment a bit and found the Ultimate Flora (80 billion) to be a little too powerful for me. One that I really like is the Ideal Bowel Support from Jarrow. Many companies are now copying them and coming out with their own versions of the L. Plantarum 299v strain. Would be curious to try the Prescript Assist though there's some controversy on the safety of SBO's mostly from a blogger online that cites articles on some of the specific strains and their link to causing disease.

I was initially hesitant with SBO as well for just that reason, but (as MisterMike mentioned) it has a thumbs up from ChrisKresser and also from DrBG of AnimalPharm, so I thought we would give it a go. I used it for several months with no difficulty before I started our daughter on it.

wooaahhh——a study done comprised mostly of women? ;)

Good to know this TP. I have avoided those probiotics that aren't reliant upon refrigeration but maybe I will take off those blinders and explore this one.

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