Good Bacteria And Your Immune System

Do you realise that helpful or good bacteria are your immune systems first line of defence and that up to 85% of your immune system resides in your gut?

As a strong healthy immune system is all that stands between you and disease, it just makes perfect sense to ensure that the right internal environment exists to support a healthy immune system.

Any good gardener knows that the soil must have just the right pH and bacteria balance to grow healthy foods and the exact same principles apply to your internal environment.

When you have good bacteria then the environment changes but when bad bacteria have established a foothold then it sets up a putrefactive environment that allows all matter of ill health to develop.

Many healthcare professionals now say that all death and disease begins in the colon.

Keep in mind that the human body consists of over 100 trillion bacteria.

That's more than all the cells in the body making each of us 90% microbial and 10% human.

These bacteria are responsible for breaking down your foods into microscopic particles that can be absorbed through the small intestine.

In fact we have over 400 species of bacteria that are responsible for almost every single function in the human digestive system and body.

As we’ve already discussed, they’re the frontline defence and offence of the immune system.

They:

• provide an environment that allows your body to function properly
• clean and maintain your intestinal tract
• produce life giving enzymes
• breakdown foods into particles that can be absorbed into the bloodstream
• manufacture B vitamins
• make molecules that strengthen the immune functions
• fight disease causing bacteria throughout your digestive tract
• speed healing and prevent the infection of injuries in your gut
• improve your body’s ability to make a protective coat which prevents the inside of your digestive tract from being damaged by enzymes, acid, abrasion and unfriendly or bad bacteria
• help heal the gut lining when it’s damaged

And that’s just a few of the things these miraculous bacteria do when they work in synergistic relationship with the cells of your body.

Another interesting aspect about bacteria is the fact that they produce a substance called lactic acid. Lactic acid is the bacteria’s natural defence system. It has a very low pH of somewhere between 2.7 to 3.2 and no bad bacteria can exist in a pH of less than 4.2.

So the good bacteria use the lactic acid to fight the bad bacteria, dousing it with this low pH which destroys them, and producing natural antibodies to restore the proper ecological balance that’s necessary to promote a good healthy gut.

Now that you understand the importance of bacteria in your body, the next step is to look at what kills the good bacteria.

The number one cause of bacterial imbalance in your body is antibiotics. The second is stress, followed by birth control pills, herbicides and pesticides, preservatives and additives in our foods, fluoride and chlorine in our water supply, carbonated soft drinks, radiation and fertilizers, and that’s just the top ones.

Conclusion

Nature intended that we replenish the good bacteria in our body from the fruits, grains and veggies that we’re supposed to eat.

“Dis-ease” in the body is brought on by the malnutrition of cells, bacteria imbalance and/or a body full of toxins.

Your body works in harmony with nature so supplying it with the vital raw materials needed to unlock your body’s potential to heal itself is the biggest secret to good health.

As Einstein said:

“You cannot solve a problem at the level of the problem.”

In other words, you have to address the cause of the problem, not the effect.

One of the easiest ways to do that is with a good certified organic probiotic.


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