To build a solid foundation for your health, a good place to start is where good health begins – in your digestive tract. Many pathogens and toxins enter into your body through your skin, lungs, even your mucous membranes! However, the largest source of toxins and microbial agents come from an area that most people would not expect – your digestive system. It may seem strange to think of the digestive tract as an external organ, but that is precisely what it is. The digestive tract has a very large surface area that comes into direct contact with our external environment, whilst providing a physical barrier to protect our internal organs from infection-causing bacteria, parasites and viruses. If our digestive system was to be stretched out, its surface area would be roughly equal to the size of a football field! This large surface area presents a defensive challenge and must be policed with many immune cells to protect you against illness. As it is so closely intertwined with the immune system, the digestive tract is recognised as a very active immune centre, and is thought to contain a whopping 70% of the body’s immune system.
As a retired practicing Natural Nutritionist, Consumer Healthcare Researcher and writer/author in that field for close to 40 years, I came to the conclusion about probiotics, as discussed in this lengthy Public Service Announcement, a very long time ago. Back then—in the 1980s, I recommended a dietary protocol as best could be implemented without the means of a probiotic supplement as discussed in that public service announcement. My strategy was “eliminating the fungus among us,” what the video refers to as the “Vampire fungus” or Candida albicans.
Every client I ever interacted with while I was in private practice was encouraged to eat a non-sugar/non-fruit-filled Lactobacillus acidophilus yogurt daily, since probiotic supplements in pill form had not been marketed/mainstreamed as they are today. Humbly, I have to admit that I was ahead of the curve—as I’ve been during most of my professional career, which endeared me to vested interests as a ‘quack’, a badge of honor for many of us of my vintage. Although it may seem as though I’m bragging, I’d like to remind readers that now even allopathic medical professionals support and recommend probiotics, especially during antibiotic use.
Here’s an example of what I’m talking about: Rather recently, I had the opportunity of speaking with a licensed doctor in a healthcare specialty field who told me about her inability to lose weight and stomach pouch no matter how much and how strenuously she exercised daily or weekly. My automatic response to her despair was that she probably was overwhelmed by candida in the gut, so I talked with her about probiotics and the physiology involved. Being a doctor—apparently it made body-chemistry-sense to her—she took some notes and, unbeknown to me, immediately went on a probiotic/dietary protocol/program.
Long-story short, a few months later I happened to see her again and she looked fabulous! Her skin was glowing and her pouch was gone! She proudly showed off her new figure. She could not thank me enough for telling her about probiotics and how she finally was able to lose weight after all her previous efforts obviously were to no avail. Also, she told me that she was so satisfied with the results and feeling so much better that she purchased a supply of probiotics and gave them to her son and his girlfriend to take back with them to college. I’d say that’s a real-time probiotic success story, wouldn’t you?
Furthermore, almost everything we put into our mouths encourages the overgrowth of yeast / fungus / Candida albicans that, in turn, overtake the digestive system like a ‘two-ton steamroller’ causing sugar and other carbohydrate cravings such as acidic-forming, edibles-munchies that lead to an acidic pH balance [1-2], which negatively impacts morbidity, especially cancers.
In Part II of A Cancer Answer, I stress the importance of the diet, which I designed (since I’m a retired Natural Nutritionist) to eliminate from my body any fungus / Candida albicans or other candida strains, which truly is key to overcoming and beating any type of cancer—not just breast cancer. Conversely, once fungus gets into the bloodstream (candidemia) of a cancer patient, it becomes a very serious complication for the patient. Sadly, much of the fungal overgrowth can be attributed to chemotherapy and drugs, which promote fungal growth as evidenced by chemotherapy patients’ losing their hair and/or thrush in the mouth and/or throat.
There are numerous strains of Candida, as articulated in the Resource item at the end of this article. That information ought to emphasize the importance of healthcare consumers taking probiotics as a daily supplement for optimum health, even if one does not suffer with a disease. Probiotics, plus cleaning up one’s diet—no GMOs or chemicals, preferably organically-grown foods—should be considered the prime mechanism for reinforcing and maintaining a healthy immune system. Personally, daily I take a probiotic that contains 50 Billion CFUs (50 Billion Colony Forming Units) during flu season, but only 20 Billion CFUs on a normal daily basis at other times.
In my opinion, any probiotic of choice ought to be one with as many colony-forming variants as possible; the more the better – such as various strains of Lactobacillus, Bifidobacterium, Streptococcus, and Lactococcus. The one I take has fourteen different strains but no dextrose, which is a sugar.
After all the years I spent in the vanguard of natural nutritional science, healthcare, and research/writing, it’s more than gratifying to see that allopathic medical professionals are listening to what we, the ‘quacks’, were standard bearers for back in the 1970s and ’80s.
Many people tend to think of the Immune system and digestive system as two completely separate entities. However, we now know these two systems are closely related and the health of the digestive system can largely influence our body’s ability to fight off infection and resist illness. Probiotics in particular play an important role in improving our immune system activity. By choosing the right strain of probiotic bacteria such as Lactobacillus acidophilus NCFM and Bifidobacterium lactis Bi-07, you can protect yourself and your family members against dreaded infections that render you out of action for days or weeks at a time and instead lay the foundations for great health! Have you had your Inner Health Plus Today?
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