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How does Yakult help digestion? by Mike Harper

Answer by Mike Harper:

Yakult is a fermented product that is rich in probiotics. In fact, it advertises its brand as a drink that has live microorganisms. Now, you wonder how this product helps in good digestion?

Foods that contain high content of Lactobacillus means that more lactic acid is produced. This is advantageous because a minimal amount of phycitc acid that is potentially harmful to the body is produced. This promotes more minerals in our system and digestion will be simplified.

Lactobacillus is only one strain of bacteria. For us to help boost our digestive system, we should at least take 5 different strains of bacteria everyday which we can find in fermented foods and probiotic supplements.

Some of these food sources are:

1. Dairy Sources  – these include dairy products that are fermented like yogurt, kefir, buttermilk, creme fish, and aged cheese.

2. Fruits and Vegetables – these also includes fermented fruits and veggies like brined pickles, tangy chutneys, brined olives, sauerkraut and pickled beets.

3. Soybeans – fermented soy products such as miso, natto and tempeh are good sources of probiotics.

4. Grains – traditional sourdough bread that has undergone a process of fermentation has a higher proportion of the bacteria Lactobacillus. A high content of this bacteria means that more lactic acid is produced which is advantageous because this means that a minimal amount of phytic acid that is potentially harmful to the body is produced.

5. Non-dairy beverages – Kombucha which is known as SCOBY Mother or Mushroom, is the most notable dairy beverage that is rich in probiotics. Kombucha is beneficial to athletes because it helps in generating more energy and helps in blood detoxification.

Now with all these fermented foods rich in probiotics, why do we still take probiotic supplements?

The regular foods that we consume at times may not be sufficient in providing us with enough probiotics.Thus, we rush to the aid of supplements.

For a complete list of foods rich in probiotics and the probiotic supplements available in the market, go and check Best Probiotics 2015 | Top Probiotic Supplements.

How does Yakult help digestion?

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My answer to What is the significance of methylation status in an individual with early autoimmune symptoms?

Answer by Connie b. Dellobuono:

Dr Lawrence Wilson wrote:

Methylation is one of the body’s most important and most common chemical processes. It is the addition of a methyl group, or CH3, to many chemical compounds to change their solubility, or for other reasons that are explained below.

To assist methylation, a supplement of TMG or trimethylglycine is now part of every nutritional balancing program. This was not part of Dr. Paul Eck’s original research. TMG supplements were added to the program in early 2013.

A SAMPLING OF METHYLATION PROCESSES

Methylation processes occur in hundreds of essential chemical reactions in our bodies. To give you an idea of their importance, here is a small sampling of them:

1. Use in genetics. Methylation is key for making all the chemicals in our bodies. Here is how it is involved:

A. It is used to stop certain viruses that can damage the DNA.

B. It helps grow the chemicals.

C. It stops the production of trophoblast. This has to do with cancer.

D. It suppresses replication of DNA in areas where the body does not want it replicated.

E. Extremely important for neurological chemicals.

F. Extremely important for formation of some chemicals in the blood.

G. It inactivates replication of the X chromosome, which is very important.

H. It is used to cause a genetic trait to come from only one parent, and not both.

I. It prevents some genetic diseases.

J. It helps protect the tags or telomeres on the genes. For more on this subject, please read Telomeres and Geneticson this website.

2. Detoxification. Methylation is a primary method of removing toxins in the phase 2 liver detoxification system of the body. More precisely, methylation converts toxins of all kinds from insoluble, less soluble or fat-soluble compounds into water-soluble compounds. This, in turn, allows the body to eliminate them more easily.

Methylation, in this sense, is somewhat like first tagging toxic substances and then altering them in a way that allows the body to identify them as toxins, and then to eliminate them rapidly and simply. Larger molecules are then able to be eliminated through the bile, while smaller ones pass into the bloodstream and are removed by the kidneys in the urine.

3. Neurotransmitter synthesis and utilization. Methylation is part of the synthesis of dopamine and serotonin. This is one reason why taking trimethylglycine or TMG can help a person relax. However, relaxation may also occur because TMG assists with liver detoxification.

4. Folate metabolism and cardiovascular health. Methylation is involved in converting homocysteine, which is a dangerous amino acid when in excess, back into methionine, an essential amino acid. This, in turn, is converted to other amino acids in various biochemical pathways.

About 50% of the earth population appear to have genetic variants of the MTHFR enzyme causing them to have some difficulty resynthesizing methionine from homocysteine. This can be a factor in cardiovascular disease, mental illness such as depression, and perhaps other health conditions such as fatigue and exhaustion.

While doctors may tell you the problem is “genetic” and therefore incurable, our evidence is that it is not incurable. The problem with the RNA can be due to toxic metals such as copper and mercury, that somehow interfere with genetic transcription, or the “writing” of the RNA from the DNA. For much more on this subject, please read MTHFR Defects on this website. In other words, the problem is not due to defective DNA, which would be hard to change. It is due to zinc deficiency and other problems involved in the copying of the DNA. For more on genetics, read Genetic Defects And Nutritional Balancing on this site.

5. Hormonal regulation. By assisting the liver and for other reasons, methylation is involved in balancing hormones, such as restoring the proper balance of estrogens, for example. This helps reduce the tendency for cancer and for many other health conditions related to a hormone imbalance.

6. Reduces inflammation. This occurs for many reasons. Among them are toxin removal, hormone balancing, neurotransmitter synthesis, and others.

7. Helps protect the mitochondria. By protecting the mitochondria, methylation helps adaptive energy production greatly. Without adequate methylation, one becomes very tired.

8. Restores the level of SAMe in the spinal fluid and elsewhere. SAMe or S-adensylmethionine is a common chemical found in the body. It functions as a methyl donor once it has been restored to functioning by the action of methyl groups. It can be given as a supplement to prevent depression, and it has other mental and physical effects on the body. It is quite costly, so we do not use it and instead we use other methyl donors such as trimethylglycine or TMG, folate,methionine, cysteine, taurine and others.

9. Required to make coenzyme Q10. This vital substance is needed for heart health and for energy production within the mitochondria.

10. Tends to increase muscle mass. This can be important in wasting diseases such as cancer, and for general health. This aspect of protein synthesis aided by extra methylation is widely known in the livestock industry. Methylatingagents are added to some animal feeds.

11. Other. Methylation reactions are very common in the body and involved in most body functions, to some degree. This is why compromised methylation can cause or contribute to almost all health conditions. Most people today have inadequate methylation, and this is why we supplement with TMG.

METHYLATION BIOCHEMISTRY

To facilitate the attachment of a methyl group to a toxin or other molecule, methyl groups or CH3 can take the form of an anion with 7 or 8 free electrons, or a cation with 6 free electrons. The words anion and cation have to do with the electrical charge of the molecule and nothing more. The correct electrical charge is required for the methyl group to attach to a variety of toxins and other molecules in the body.

EVERYONE NEEDS MORE METHYL GROUPS

Most everyone, in our experience, does not have enough methyl groups. This is the case even if a person is healthy, and even if a person eats a very healthful diet. This may be due to some type of pollution that interferes with the body’s production of methyl groups.

It might also be due to a toxin or stress that everyone is exposed to today that increases the body’s need for methyl groups. This is a current subject of research in nutritional balancing science.

What is the significance of methylation status in an individual with early autoimmune symptoms?

My answer to Can I develop an immunity to most food born pathogens?

Answer by Connie b. Dellobuono:

In the Bolivian Amazon, a Yardstick for Modern Health

Parasites and infections are the two disorders for the Bolivian women, group with longest lifespan (diet includes meat and cassava). If these food-born pathogens overpower your body, you cannot fight them (with compromised immune system such as the young and old). Do take meds prescribed by your docs. Docs found parasites in the brain of a senior who died of Alzheimer’s disease. Wash produce with salt or diluted vinegar. Cook your meat well. Consume vinegar, cilantro and other greens. Do not go barefoot if possible. Maintain good hygiene.

STOP Foodborne Illness – Pathogens 101

The world of foodborne microbes contains a mix of approximately 250 different types of bacteria, viruses, parasites, molds, and algae that are known to cause disease in humans and are therefore called foodborne pathogens. What they all have in common is that they are most often too small to be seen without a microscope, they have simpler structures and functions than higher plants and animals, and they are able to be cultured in laboratory settings with prescribed methods that aid in their identification.

The term foodborne pathogen loosely describes the microbes that are found in animals (in farm/zoo animals and pets) and in the environment (soil, water and air) that make people sick regardless of how they became infected. Usually, infection happens by direct ingestion of a contaminated product, but it can also happen by contact with other individuals or contact with an animal or pet. Some foodborne microbes make people ill by forming toxins in foods that affect the gut or the neurological system. When an illness is caused by a ingesting a toxin and causes an intoxication it will generally make people sick faster than other foodborne pathogens which cause an infection.

Bacteria

Bacteria are the largest group of problematic foodborne pathogens by far. They are small, one-celled microbes that come in many shapes and are capable of reproducing themselves. Typical cell shapes include spherical (cocci), rod-shaped (bacilli), and curved or comma-shaped (spirillar). These shapes can be seen under the microscope when the bacteria are stained in the laboratory with a Gram stain or dye. Whether or not bacterial cells stain Gram-positive (retaining a crystal violet color) or Gram-negative (those losing the color) also aids in identifying what bacteria are present and what treatments to administer. An important substructure of bacteria is the flagella, a hair-like tail that is responsible for bacterial movement. Bacteria are also classified and identified on the basis of their flagella. Much of modern foodborne microbiology is devoted to keeping pathogenic bacteria out of food products and preventing their growth if they are present. Salmonella, E. coli O157:H7, Listeria, and Shigellaare well known species of foodborne bacteria.

Viruses

Viruses are thought to be the leading cause of foodborne illness in the United States based on the percentage of people ill, even though there are only a few viruses that are important foodborne pathogens. Viruses are much smaller than bacteria and cannot live outside a host, such as an animal or the human body. They are not cells but look more like particles (they have a protein coat, not a cell wall); reproducing only when they invade living cells. Although they do not multiply in food products, it can take only a few viral particles to make a person sick. Viruses are easily transferred from one food product to another, from contaminated water to foods, and from infected food handlers to foods. The two most well-known foodborne viruses are Hepatitis A and Norovirus (also known as Norwalk virus). Antibiotic drugs will not help in treatment because antibiotics fight against bacteria not viruses.

Parasites

There are about 20 different species of that are known to cause illness in humans from contaminated food or water. They range in size from microscopic single-celled organisms known as protozoa to visible worms known as helminthes. But, what they all have in common is that they derive their nourishment from other living organisms known as host organisms. When the parasites live and reproduce in the tissues and organs of animal and human hosts they can then be excreted in feces and go on to infect other individuals. There is a hard shell covering to some varieties of protozoa that permit them to survive for lengthy periods of time in water waiting to infect another host. Examples of protozoan parasites include Cyclospora, Giardia, and Cryptosporidium. A well-known foodborne helminth is Trichinella, an intestinal roundworm.

Other Pathogens

There are several types of molds (fungi) that are foodborne pathogens, and algae found in plankton can cause paralytic shellfish poisoning. Several other types of toxins found in seafood can also cause illness. Mad Cow Disease, also known as Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE), is a degenerative brain disease of cattle caused by prion particles that can be passed to humans who consume beef contaminated by the brain, spinal cord, or nervous tissue of diseased animals. Heavy-metal contamination and synthetic plastics such as melamine have also been found in recent years to cause human illness and is the subject of ongoing research.

Can I develop an immunity to most food born pathogens?

My answer to Is liver cancer curable? If the patient had unlimited resources and access to the worlds best doctors …

Answer by Connie b. Dellobuono:

Rest, whole foods (organic raw eggs, Vit C rich foods), fasting and nurture are ways we helped our dad who had liver cancer.

Dr Mercola wrote:

Further, a number of human trials have demonstrated the anticancer effects of vitamin K1. In a study published in the August 2003 Alternative Medicine Review, of 30 patients with hepatocellular carcinoma, a type of liver cancer, who took oral vitamin K1, the disease stabilized in six patients, seven patients had a partial response, seven others had improved liver function and in 15 patients the abnormal prothrombin normalized.

Gonzalez's Three-Pronged Approach to Cancer Treatment

Although most of the studies done on this approach were done on pancreatic cancer, Dr. Gonzalez uses it to treat ALL cancers, from brain cancer to leukemia. His treatment, which is based on Kelley's work, consists of three protocols: diet, supplements and enzymes, and detoxification.

The Dietary Protocol:

The cornerstone of the treatment is a personalized diet based on your nutritional or metabolic type (which happens to be a key component of my own optimized nutrition plan).

Dr. Kelley originally had 10 basic diets and 90 variations that ranged from pure vegetarian and raw food, to heavy-protein meals that included red meat three times a day.

"In terms of diet, Kelley… found that patients diagnosed with the typical solid tumors: tumors of the breast, lungs, stomach, pancreas, liver, colon, uterus, ovaries, and prostate needed a more vegetarian diet," Dr. Gonzalez explains."But he had all gradations of a vegetarian diet; one that was 80 percent raw, one that was 80 percent cooked. So even on the vegetarian side, there were all different variations.

Some had minimal animal protein, some had fish, some had also red meat.

A patient with immune cancer (leukemia, lymphoma, myeloma, and sarcomas, (which are connective tissue cancers that are related to immune cancers) tended to do best on a high-fat, high meat diet.

… Then there are balanced people that do well with a variety of foods, both plant foods and animal products, but they don't tend to get cancer.

Cancer tends to occur on the extremes, the extreme vegetarians-those that tend to be too acid-or extreme meat eaters, who tend to be too alkaline. Balanced people don't tend to get cancer too much. So we continued the individualized approach, as did Kelley."

Individualized Supplementation and Enzyme Protocol:

The second component is an individualized supplement protocol, designed for your particular metabolism.

"For example, our vegetarian patients need completely different supplements from our meat eaters. The vegetarians do very well with most of the B vitamins, while the meat eaters don't. The vegetarians don't do well with vitamin A, but the meat eaters do. The vegetarians do well with vitamin D; the meat eaters not so well with large doses, and so on," Dr. Gonzalez explains.

"The meat eaters do well with calcium ascorbate as a vitamin C source, while the vegetarians do well with large doses of ascorbic acid. So the supplement protocols are very individualized and very precisely engineered."

Omega-3 fats are also prescribed, but even here Dr. Gonzalez prescribes different types of omega-3s depending on the patient's nutritional type. In his experience, vegetarians, or carbohydrate types, tend to fare better on flaxseed oil, which contains alpha linoleic acid (ALA) – a plant-based omega-3.

"It is thought that the conversion of the plant-based ALA into the fish-oil based eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) is not that efficient," he says, "But we find that our vegetarian patients actually do it very well and don't use the fish oil or animal-based omega-3 fatty acids as effectively."

Chia and hemp seed oils can also be used.

Protein types, on the other hand, appear to need the EPA and the DHA and do better on animal-based omega-3 such as krill oil.

"They don't do well with flaxseed," he says. "Those are the people who can't make the conversion."

In addition to vitamins, minerals and trace elements, he also prescribes large doses of pancreatic enzymes.

"The essence of Kelley's work was based on the work of Dr. Beard, which goes back to the turn of the last century, about 110 years ago. Beard was a professor at the University of Edinburg, an embryologist actually, not a medical researcher, who first proposed that pancreatic proteolytic enzymes are the main defense against cancer in the body and are useful as a cancer treatment," he explains.

When treating cancer, however, he found it's important to take the right ratio of active and inactive enzymes. The inactive precursors are particularly active against cancer. They also have far longer shelf life, and are more stable.

"That would be my advice – get an enzyme that isn't completely activated," Dr. Gonzalez says. "More active isn't better when it comes to pancreatic enzymes, just like more and more D isn't better than getting the right dosage. You want the right proportions of activated and inactive-most of it as an inactive precursor."

His proprietary enzyme formula is manufactured by NutriCology. According to Dr. Gonzalez, pancreatic enzymes are not only useful as treatment for active cancer but are also one of the best preventive measures.

Antioxidants, such as astaxanthin, are also very helpful, both in the prevention and treatment of cancer.

The Detoxification Protocol:

The third component is a detoxification routine. Coffee enemas are used to help your liver and kidneys to mobilize and eliminate dead cancer cells that have been broken down by the pancreatic enzymes.

Coffee enemas, although often scoffed at today, were actually used as part of conventional medicine all the way up to the 1960s, and were included in the Merck Manual, which was a handbook for conventional medical treatments into the 1970s.

"They fell out of favor not because they didn't work, but because the drug industry took over medicine, so things like coffee enemas were kind of laughed at," Dr. Gonzalez says. "So Kelley learned about coffee enemas from conventional literature and incorporated them into his program and found them extremely helpful."

When you drink coffee, it tends to suppress your liver function, but when taken rectally as an enema, the caffeine stimulates nerves in your lower bowels, which causes your liver to release toxins as a reflex. Other detox strategies include colon cleanses and liver flushes developed by Kelley.

It's important to realize, however, that conventional coffee should NOT be used for enemas. The coffee MUST be organic, naturally caffeinated coffee, and were you to do this at home, you'd also want to use non-bleached filters to avoid introducing toxins into your colon.

"[Organic coffee] is loaded with antioxidants," Dr. Gonzalez says. "In fact, there are recent studies showing that coffee loaded with antioxidants can have an anti-cancer effect and that coffee may actually help suppress cancer.

But you have to use organic coffee, it has to have caffeine, and you have to use a coffee maker that doesn't have aluminum, and preferably no plastic."

Dr. Gonzalez also relies on sodium alginate as a detoxifying agent.

"We have a preparation that we put together and it's very effective… It's an algae and it chelates heavy metals and halides. I never use intravenous chelation; we just use sodium alginate."

He recommends taking three capsules three times a day, away from meals, for six weeks to detoxify your body of heavy metals, such as mercury, and halides.

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Coffee, a major dietary source of caffeine, is among the most widely consumed beverages in the world and has received considerable attention regarding health risks and benefits.

We conducted a genome-wide (GW) meta-analysis of predominately regular-type coffee consumption (cups per day) among up to 91 462 coffee consumers of European ancestry with top single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) followed-up in ~30 062 and 7964 coffee consumers of European and African-American ancestry, respectively.

Studies from both stages were combined in a trans-ethnic meta-analysis.

Confirmed loci were examined for putative functional and biological relevance. Eight loci, including six novel loci, met GW significance (log₁₀Bayes factor (BF)>5.64) with per-allele effect sizes of 0.03–0.14 cups per day. Six are located in or near genes potentially involved in pharmacokinetics (ABCG2, AHR, POR and CYP1A2) and pharmacodynamics (BDNF and SLC6A4) of caffeine. Two map to GCKR andMLXIPL genes related to metabolic traits but lacking known roles in coffee consumption.

Enhancer and promoter histone marks populate the regions of many confirmed loci and several potential regulatory SNPs are highly correlated with the lead SNP of each.

SNP alleles near GCKR, MLXIPL,BDNF and CYP1A2 that were associated with higher coffee consumption have previously been associated with smoking initiation, higher adiposity and fasting insulin and glucose but lower blood pressure and favorable lipid, inflammatory and liver enzyme profiles (P<5 × 10⁻⁸).

Our genetic findings among European and African-American adults reinforce the role of caffeine in mediating habitual coffee consumption and may point to molecular mechanisms underlying inter-individual variability in pharmacological and health effects of coffee.

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