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Bet you didn't know you had a whole ecosystem living within you, huh? You always read about the environmental ecosystem that is in danger from all the pollutants in this world but not about the ecosystem within! You may not know that YOU ARE AN ECOSYSTEM as well and your ecosystem is in danger as is our world ecosystem, in danger from all the medications, pesticides, and environmental pollution ingested, slathered on and inhaled.
Your body houses this unique balanced ecosystem beginning
with the stomach then the miles of large and small
intestine in charge of distributing the nutrients to nourish your
bodily organs. Residing in that ecosystem is more than 400 species of bacteria. Bacteria are not all bad! These bacterial
colonies function in harmony with one another and if either is out
of balance your system is going to go awry at some point in
time.
There are three main types of friendly bacteria:
Lactobacillus acidophilus, Bifido-bacterium bifidum and Lactobacillus bulgaricus. Acidophilus works in the small intestine.
Bifidus predominates in the large intestine and bulgaricus is a transient bacterium that passes through the entire
intestinal tract. These bacteria exist outside the body as well but
not in the ordinary places you would expect
These bacterium are vital to your health and if you have added to your ecosystem an antibiotic, anti-inflammatories (advil, aspirin, motrin, aleve, etc.) or chlorinated
products ingested or bathed in, you have killed both friendly and unfriendly bacteria… You have set up and unbalanced ecosystem.
One of the common problems caused from taking antibiotics is a yeast infection. No fun, and can be dangerous if left
to run amok in the body.
In addition to antibiotics you are being bombarded with
food additives, chlorinated water and some medications that can upset the balance of bodily flora. Hormonal drugs such as
birth control pills and cortisone are especially detrimental to
the body's ecosystem. Your body is so strong and fights so hard to stay healthy that you may not notice the imbalance for years but it will catch up to you eventually…
One way of balancing out the ecosystem in your body is with Probiotics, which improve liver and circulatory functions, improve resistance to allergies and decrease the presence of yeast infections. Probiotics are those foods and supplement that enhance and restore the helpful bacteria. Small amounts are found in foods like yogurt and fermented Dairy products. Larger amounts are found in probiotic supplements found in your local health food store or in Acidophilus Milk in the dairy case.
If you have encountered any of the aforementioned, antibiotics, chlorinated water (chlorine by products exist
in over-the-counter bottled water as well), hormones, birth control pills, cortisone or anti-inflammatories you need to
get your ecosystem back into balance now before other systems start to break down.
You say, "but I'm not ill." No, you may not feel as if you
are now but if you frequently catch colds, have fever blisters, vaginal or rectal itching, dry skin, allergies or a host of other small annoying symptoms you are well on your way to becoming more seriously ill!
To balance your systems talk to your local health food
store nutritionists to get the proper probiotics for you. Or do
like I do and take ProBiotics from Wayne Garlands' arsenal of nutrients and supplements. Wayne Garlands' ProBiotics have the correct amounts of acidophilus, lactobacillus and other needed bacteria with which to balance out your
system.
My wish is for you to have a
Healthy ecosystem!
***Lena Sanchez a Retired Medical Office Nurse/Administrator
Consultant's latest book released "Handbook Of Herbs To
Health & Other Secrets" at
http://www.antibiotic-alternatives.com Also
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