Probiotics; Should You Take Them Short or Long Term?

A large chunk of the probiotic-popping population uses them only after a course of antibiotics, but would you be better off taking probiotics on a regular basis? The human species’ exposure to bacteria over the course of history was largely due to fermented or buried foods.  To preserve different foods, our ancestors buried these foods […]

Anxiety, Antibiotics And Gut Flora

IS YOUR ANXIETY / STRESS CAUSED BY ANTIBIOTICS? It would not be the first time that I’ve posted about just how important the bacteria in our gut is.  I just hope that you understand just how critically important the presence of friendly bacteria in our gut is.  This is exponentially more important as newborns, infants, […]

Can Bacteria in Your Gut Define Who You Are?

While the importance of bacteria in the gut cannot be understated, mainstream medicine’s understanding of the role of gut bacteria in health is in a dire need of awakening.  I know that I sound like a broken record on this issue, but the stewards of health and disease just do not understand how much of […]

The Dangers of Antibiotics: Surprising Risk for Colon Cancer

  Although I’ve said it before, let me make it unquestionably clear; the use of antibiotics in conditions that are not immediately life-threatening are destroying your health far more then you can possibly imagine. The list of chronic diseases associated with altered bacterial flora in the gut is extensive.  So extensive that they may play […]