I remain fascinated by the various forms of life in us and on us. I have read that we have tiny critters all over us and quite a variety of them in our mouths and intestines. We recently read of research results in Brain and Behavior that indicate there may be a link between having the right bugs in our digestive system and not having mental illness. A year ago, for the first time ever, I received a prescription for an over-the-counter capsule of restorative doses of gut bugs to take along with an antibiotic. Previously, I had taken Culturelle capsules but this time, the pharmacist recommended Florajen 3, a new and especially powerful dose of all the better bugs.
The pediatric neurologist Martha Herbert has suspected gut bug deficiencies and wrong bugs in her search for the origin of autism. I guess there is the possibility that missing some normal critters or having too many of the wrong kind can interfere with the proper extraction of the nutrients the body needs, especially before and close after birth. Since so many kinds of organisms are involved and so little is known about the effects of each, much work remains. Further, the combinations of various strains are extremely numerous so the effects of getting firm knowledge about the interactions of our meds, our foods and our gut bugs may take a while.
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Bill
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