Bacteria are our planets greatest ally. There’s only a very small number of ‘bad guys’ that cause illness and disease (less than 3% of all known bacteria).
Mitochondria are found in almost every cell of your body and are responsible for producing our body’s energy and are a type of bacteria that evolved with humans
A healthy digestive tract has about 2kg’s of bacteria – approximately 10x more in numbers than your body has cells
The bacteria in your digestive tract play a big role in digesting the food you eat, and ‘excreting’ the amino acids that our bodies need to stay healthy
Bacteria in your stomach communicate with your brain using feedback loops to tell you what they want to eat – which you respond to by craving some types of food over other types of food
The healthier your diet, the more good bacteria you have in your digestive tract, the more beneficial vitamins, amino acids and gases are released, the stronger your immune system and the healthier you will be in general
A prevalence of good bacteria will out-compete disease and inflammation causing bacteria, preventing a wide range of immune diseases that are becoming increasingly common, such as insulin resistance, degenerative diseases, arthritis, allergies, etc.
A healthier diet also helps to prevent and fight cancer (which recently became the leading cause of death in the world), prevent tuberculosis, and can greatly assist people with AIDS to live a normal life.
Using disinfectants, bleaches and anti-biotics everywhere all the time also kills all the good bacteria that are actually needed to keep the bad bacteria at bay, and by killing all of them we create a sterile environment which is more suitable for bad bacteria to breed and is aiding them in becoming ‘super-bacteria’ with increasing resistance to our bacteria killers.
Benefits of good gut bacteria