Don't Underestimate the Gut — If It's Disrupted...
Being healthy is achieved through regular and balanced nutrition. There are certain bacteria in our body that cause various diseases. Alongside these, there are also "friendly bacteria" that protect the body against these harmful bacteria, help prevent infections, and strengthen our immunity; these are called "probiotics." Probiotic bacteria are small, living organisms that regulate the balance of microorganisms in the intestines. In other words, probiotics aid in natural protection and help the normal functioning of digestion. Probiotics are also effective in the synthesis of many vitamins. The intestines of babies fed with breast milk contain plenty of these bacteria. Certain illnesses we experience can reduce these beneficial bacteria.
The gut flora is formed by the mother's vaginal flora ingested during birth. In the first 48 hours after birth, Enterobacteria, Staphylococci and Streptococci dominate the colon; after the first week, Bifidobacteria come to dominate the fecal flora. Over the following weeks and months, the gut flora matures, reaching a mature flora level by age 3. Our gut flora lives together with us.
The condition in which the balance of the gut flora and the number of bacteria that make it up is disrupted is called "dysbiosis."All the characteristics and functions described above can only continue while the flora is healthy.
The combination of one or more factors from the list below causes dysbiosis (disruption of the gut flora) to occur, whether quickly or over a long period of time.
- Unbalanced diet
- Carbohydrate-rich foods
- Refined foods
- Ready-made foods
- Foods with additives
- Late-night meals
- A diet lacking sufficient water
- An acidic diet
- Heavy metals
- Hormones
- Medications
- Antibiotics
- Painkillers
- Rheumatism medications
- Cortisone
- Antidepressants
- Exposure to various toxins
- Uncontrolled and excessive use of medication
- Abdominal surgeries, particularly cesarean sections, and operations that involve intensive antibiotic use
- Vaccines
- Stress and emotional strain
- The gut flora's balance can sometimes also be disrupted by climate change.
THE CONSEQUENCES OF GUT FLORA DISRUPTION
Thanks to both the help of advancing technology and the contribution of the growing number of complementary medicine physicians, along with the use of quantum medicine, it has become possible to view the body as a whole. This distinction has revealed the presence of dysbiosis underlying allergies, asthma, eczema, skin diseases, neurodermatitis, depression, chronic fatigue, pain syndromes, latent acidosis, food sensitivity, reflux, gas, constipation, all intestinal diseases, and conditions resistant to treatment, and has made it possible to treat these conditions through this route.
The disappearance of the protective layer that the flora forms on the intestinal mucosa increases intestinal permeability. Insufficiently digested food particles and unneutralized toxins pass into the bloodstream. Due to dysbiosis, the accumulation of substances in the intestines that cannot be digested or excreted (as in chronic constipation) — if elimination doesn't improve — causes these substances to remain in the same place for a lifetime, becoming a constant source of toxins through fermentation and putrefaction processes.
As a result, the burden placed on the liver, kidneys, connective tissue, and lungs increases. Toxins that the liver cannot neutralize enter the bloodstream. The immune system becomes excessively stimulated by insufficiently digested protein particles. This situation shows that the existing toxic load in autoimmune diseases and chronic illnesses arises through the intestines. This means that what we need to do for the lasting treatment of all chronic diseases is to examine the gut flora and correct any existing disruption in it. Yet today, it is impossible to free patients with high blood pressure, diabetes, allergies, high cholesterol, and rheumatic diseases from dysbiosis and lead them to lasting health by condemning them to a life dependent on medication.
This is because 80-95% of serotonin (the happiness hormone) is synthesized in the intestines. In the presence of dysbiosis, a person will have a serotonin deficiency. This is a very realistic explanation for depressive mood even in a person whose only complaint is chronic constipation. The expression of happiness in a person's eyes once their constipation resolves is not only a finding related to bowel emptying, but is also related to the person's increased serotonin level.
You can find more information on this and related topics in my books "Beautiful, Happy and Healthy," "Why Are We Living Wrong," "Discover Life," and "The Emotional Brain and Gut."