2023-11-17 16:16:31
Dear friend, dear friend,
In recent years, contemporary science has seized on a notion validated by all traditional medicines for a long time: your health is linked to your stomach.
In particular, researchers are interested in the intestinal flora, which they now call microbiota or microbiome.
Your digestive tract, particularly the colon, is home to 10,000 to 100,000 billion bacteria and other microorganisms(1).
A fascinating world inhabits you!
These bacteria have their own genome.
Their genes are not yours. There is an intelligence in your body which is not your intelligence, but which is in permanent interaction with your neurons.
Isn’t that confusing?
This collection of living beings that occupy your colon forms a complex ecosystem.
More than 160 species of bacteria occupy the space.
There are also many viruses, many yeasts or fungi, parasites and protozoa that are like solitary cells or colonies of independent cells.
A large proportion of viruses are “phages”. Their role is to kill bacteria.
They thus ensure good regulation of the bacterial population.
The main functions of the microbiota
Not only are these living organisms present in you but they are also very active.
They feed, they digest, they produce waste, they multiply and they die.
In doing so, they ensure(1,2) :
- good regulation of your metabolism;
- effective protection once morest numerous pathogens which are eliminated by these bacteria at work;
- a permanent brake on the development of harmful bacteria;
- the breakdown of food you have eaten;
- the proper assimilation of many nutrients from these foods.
For example, certain pathogens are no longer destroyed or harmful bacteria begin to grow.
Your microbiota is unique!
We now know that there is no ideal microbiota and that each person has their own balance.(3).
Even twins have a unique microbiota(3).
Your microbiota would even have bacteria, which without you, would not exist.
Scientists say that they are subject-unique or subject-dependent.
This balance is built according to your history.
The first bacteria came when you were born, from your mother or from the hospital if you were born by cesarean section.
Then, your microbiota was influenced by your diet and lifestyle.
If you were breastfed and always consumed organic foods, including lots of quality fiber, this helped give you good bacteria.(4).
Your microbiota will have been damaged if you have consumed antibiotics or even other medications such as the contraceptive pill.
Likewise, regular stress and processed foods will have a negative influence on your microbiota(4).
Modeling human stools: we can’t stop progress…
A study from October 20, 2023, carried out in the United Kingdom, completed this table(5,6).
Newcastle University researchers analyzed food interactions with gut microbes using computers.
They proceeded, as is often done today, by modeling.
The scientists used 1,600 human stool samples.
Study participants came from 15 different countries.
871 participants were healthy and 790 had a digestive disease such as Crohn’s disease, type II diabetes or irritable bowel.
The authors of the study analyzed the microbes present in these stools.
In total, they identified 955 species of microbes.
Here are some conclusions reached by this study:
1/ Schizophrenia patients did not have a poorer microbiota than the others.
2/ The poverty of the microbiota can be associated with digestive diseases.
3/ People affected by Crohn’s disease lack a bacterial species called Roseburia intestinalis.
This bacteria consumes hydrogen sulfide gas which would promote inflammation.
The absence or lack of regulation of this gas would play a role in the appearance or development of Crohn’s disease.(5,6).
Who is Madam Roseburia intestinalis ?
It is a bacteria belonging to the firmicutes family.(7,8).
It is anaerobic which means that it grows in an environment without oxygen.(7,8).
It is a classic bacteria in its shape although it is rather elongated and a little curved(7,8).
It has a flagellum, which is a small tail that allows it to move.
There are 5 common species of Roseburia in humans: Roseburia intestinalis, R. hominis, R. inulinivorans, R. faecis, et R. cecicola.
In most healthy humans, all of the Roseburia accounts for 3 to 15% of the microbiota(8).
But the bacteria is not present in babies.
Doctors think that it sets in during breastfeeding and the start of feeding.
Lack Roseburia represents a health risk!
The presence of bacteria from the family Roseburia in the microbiota ensures the production of butyrate(7,8).
However, this substance regulates the production of cytokines.
These immune system alert proteins are useful provided they are not produced in excess because this creates a situation of chronic inflammation(9).
Other work from 2021 indicates that the lack of Roseburia in the microbiota of patients can cause(7) :
- irritable bowel syndrome;
- a drop in melatonin production;
- a slowdown in intestinal mobility;
- heart problems;
- type II diabetes;
- liver problems;
- kidney problems
- metabolic dysfunction.
- inflammation in the brain.
Scientists therefore evaluated things in both directions:
- patients with digestive diseases lack Roseburia ;
- people who lack Roseburia are more likely to be ill.
In any case, it is in your interest to make your body work so that it produces more Roseburia !
How to get your levels back up Roseburia ?
The first factor is universal: the passing years cause the proportion of Roseburia in your microbiota.
But there are also ways to raise it. You can, for example(8) :
1/ adopt a Mediterranean diet rich in plants and more particularly in fiber. Green vegetables in particular provide you with food for your good bacteria and help them multiply.
2/ reduce your animal protein intake without deleting them.
3/ Consume cereals and seeds complete.
4/ Eat fruit.
5/ Avoid gluten.
6/ If necessary, consume prebiotics or probiotics.
You can also ask your doctor to have your gut bacteria levels measured.
Naturally yours,
Augustine of Livois
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