Antibiotics … you need more Probiotics!
By Health News Magazine

Dr. Luiz is a General & Cancer Surgeon, a Medical Director of Makati Doctors Clinic, and an active Consultants staff Dept. of Surgery Medical Center Muntinlupa.

WHY? Along with killing Pathogenic Bacteria, Antibiotics destroy the balance Intestinal Microflora by destroying the Good Bacteria in your digestive system. Ideally you should start repopulating your system with Good Bacteria after Antibiotics, by taking Probiotics.

What Is probiotics?

Food Medicine which beneficially improves and restore human intestinal microbial balance with the use of GOOD LIVE BACTERIA.

Why probiotics?

The Golden Age of anti-microbial therapy began with the production of penicillin in 1941. Patients now receive one or more forms of therapy with antibiotics with millions of potentially fatal infections been cured. At the same time, this pharmaceutical agent have also become the most misused of those available to the practicing physician. One result of the widespread use of antimicrobial agents has been the emergence of antibiotic resistant pathogen. Other untoward reactions produced by anti-infective agents include toxic effects and hypersensitivity reactions. Antibiotics also cause unique reactions that result from the ALTERATION in the microbial flora of the host. Individuals who receive therapeutic doses of this agent undergo alteration in the normal microbial population of the intestine. Some developed SUPER INFECTION as a result of such change.

Super Infection by this microorganism is due to the removal of the inhibitory influence of the microbial flora that normally inhabits the digestive system. This normal flora (GOOD BACTERIA) produce antibacterial substances like Baeteriocin and Lacidophilin. And the more broad the antibiotics are, the greater is the alteration in the normal flora.

In 1908, Elie Methnikoff, a nobel laureate working at the Pasteur Institute, observed that Bulgaria had an inordinate number of long lived people. He found that Bulgarian diet contained a large quantity of home grown vegetables and considerable amount of yogurt that contains "good live bacteria". Many dangerous disease causing organisms die due to the failure do develop in the food acted upon by Lactobacilli.

For the past 20 years, Dr. Iichiroh Ohhira, a renowed Japanese microbiologist has been conducting research on lactic acid bacteria on how to restore, maintain, and improve human health. This increases the number of good bacteria in our gastro intestinal tract and thus, suppress bad bacteria. He was awarded "Scientist of the year in 1991" after encapsulating 12 strains of good bacteria. Based on his research findings, he strongly believes that maintaining a good intestinal microbial balance is necessary for good health. According to his research, there are more than 100 trillion bacteria in our gastrointestinal as well as in our skin. The flora of these bacteria determines the health condition of our body. If the ratio of good bacteria to bad bacteria is 85%:15% then our body is healthy.

Beneficial effects

Probiotics helps in the digestion of food, manufacture vitamins; increases mineral assimilation; produces natural antibiotics lacidophilin and bacteriocin that control the growth of Bad Bacteria; and strengthens the immune system. More significantly, this helps restore, improve, and maintain intestinal microbial balance after antibiotics, chemotherapy and other factors alter the body's normal balance.

Ninety percent (90%) of all illnesses are caused by the infection of the gastrointestinal tract. The toxic-metabolic by products of bad bacteria can cause chronic illnesses and may even lead to Death.

Keep your bowel healthy by maintaining your intestinal microbial balance and take probiotics everyday. ADVERTORIAL

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The role of Probiotics in Cancer
By Health News Magazine

Our body is made up of around 75 trillion cells and through an orderly process called mitosis, new cells develop/ live and die. Cancer cells are unresponsive to the normal sign to stop reproducing, they' multiply uncontrollably and eventually turn into a tumor.

Cancer is overtaking heart disease and the most frequent causes of death are cancer of the lungs, breast, colon, prostate, leukemia, ovary, and lymphoma.

Rudolf Virchon, in 1850, the father of cellular pathology identified chat cancer is an alteration of natural tissues.

Theodor Bovcrs, in 1902, recognized that cancer was due to abnormal DNA/chromosomes.

Ellerman and Bang, in 1908, identified the initiation of virus for carcinogenesis. Knudsen, in 1971, suggested the combination of inheritance and environment the cause of cancer.

The common denominator in all theories of cancer is the alteration of the cell genetics by direct damage from radiation, chemicals and by bad bacteria or viral integration.

Cancer is an autonomous abnormal growth unresponsive to normal regular growth. Normal cells live and die while cancer cells usually don't die; they are invasive and spread with no boundaries, and evade immune mediated tumor killer cells. They also recruit blood vessels to support new growth called Angiogenesis and they travel to distant sites, metastasis by releasing cancer cells into the blood stream or lymphatic systems.

Although we don't know exactly why some cells become cancerous, we do know that there are
factors that contribute to the formation of cancers.

1. Physical Carcinogens are a radiation that lowers immune resistance. These are dose and time related and prolonged exposure leads to damage or breaks DNA strands. The most susceptible are chose with high mitotic activity like blood and skin.

2. Chemical Carcinogens are from cigarette smoking and from taking a lot of heavy metal products like nickel, cadmium, chromium, arsenic and lead. This causes DNA damage.

3. Viral Bacterial Carcinogens, they insert their genetic material into our own DNA and then develop a mutant chat induces changes consistent with neoplastic transformation.

What will happen?

If a mistake happens in the cell ... sooner or later, exposure to ultraviolet lights, chemicals from the environment or even the by products of normal metabolism damages one of the genes in a cell. In most cases this does not lead to cancer.. . If the mistakes add up it becomes harder and harder for the cells to maintain normal growth, as genes that should be on get turned off and genes that should be off are turned on, like DNA Repair Genes which make proteins that correct the errors that sometimes occur whenever a cell copies its DNA.. If repair genes can't do their job, genetic mistakes start to accumulate, tumor develops these restrain cell growth and division. The absence or inactivation takes the brakes off cell multiplication, Growth Genes, if genes that regulate normal cell growth and division become stuck in the "on" position growth continues unabated. If the cells turn Cancerous, free of normal restrains, the now malignant cells break all the rules. They divide uncontrollably, become less attached to their neighbors and invade the space occupied by normal cells. If the tumor's appetite grows, in a process called angiogenesis, malignant cells secrete chemicals that attract and promote the formation of new blood vessels. With a steady supply of nutrients, the tumor can grow without limits. If the Cancer spreads, pieces of the tumor break off and, in a process called metastatis, migrate through the blood and lymphatic cells and colonize other parts of the body and give rise to distant tumors.

Target of Hope for Cancers

New hope for Cancer, back to basics!

There are three cancer fighting capabilities displayed by the friendly bacteria.

First, certain super strains of your friendly bacteria eliminate procarcinogenic substances before they can turn carcinogenic. Among these are the nitrites mentioned earlier. Before the substance can be converted into cancer causing carcinogens in your intestinal tract, specific strains of L. acidophilus step in and neutralize them. Even better, the best of the friendly bacteria super strains have the ability to metabolize any procarcinogens that escape and convert them back into noncarcinogenic substance.

Second, beneficial bacteria are capable of altering certain enzymes (such as bglucoronidase and nitro reductase) that turn procarcinogens into carcinogenic agents. The "bad" bacteria that secrete these destructive enzymes include Clostridium and certain Bacteroides, among others. Obviously, the more dangerous enzymes that are the present in your gastrointestinal tract, the greater your risk harboring cancer causing substances. The ability of active super strains of L. acidophilus bacteria to neutralize these harmful enzymes is one of their most important contributions to cancer prevention.

Third, the immune system's workload is further complicated by the need to cleanse the body of the increasing number of extraneous pollutants and contaminants found in the environment and the food chain. Overloaded with work, the immune system needs all the help it can get from your friendly bacteria. How? When disease causing aliens are able to permeate the intestinal walls and enter the bloodstream, the immune system must spring into action. As long as strong colonies of friendly bacteria line the intestinal tract in full force, these harmful micro organisms will not be able to get through, thus lightening the already heavy workload of the immune system.

Through scientific research, you have seen your friendly bacteria can reduce the threat of potential cancer causing agents in your body and increase your body's immune into inactive carcinogens. Some cancer risk factors are under your control, especially diet.

As you have been seen, simply lowering the amount of fat and red meat you eat can measurably lower your risk of developing cancer. And the friendly bacteria have been shown to reduce levels of dangerous, carcinogen forming enzymes in your gastrointestinal tract, as well as boost the function of your immune system. Supplementing your diet with probiotics, in addition to healthy dietary choices, is one way to help lower your risk of getting cancer.

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Probiotics: The Good Bacteria

After more than 20 years of thorough research, Dr. Ohhira has scientifically concluded that good health prevails when the friendly bacteria in the GI tract are properly colonized and ill health too often is the result of a colony of bad microorganisms. Western scientists are only now confirming many of his early research discoveries.

Based on Dr. Ohhira's research, it would then seem to be a logical conclusion that simply providing large numbers of good bacteria to sick and unhealthy persons should lead to dramatic improvement in their unhealthy condition. Unfortunately, that conclusion is wrong.

The consumption and short-term presence of good bacteria alone does not lead to good health unless the digestive tract is free from the continual onslaught of harmful microorganisms including yeasts, viruses and bad bacteria. The benefits of using probiotics can only be realized when the colonic pH is reconditioned. Simply introducing friendly bacteria in large numbers will not resolve the situation because an unfavorable colonic condition has already been created and such a condition is conducive to the proliferation.

I it is the reason, that we need our daily dose of probiotics for maintenance of well-being and Optimum health. A recommended dose of 3-5 capsules of Dr.Ohhira's OMX per day creates the favourable colonic condition needed for healthy living.

The product is 100 % natural. It is a bovine-free, non-dairy, non-GMO, vegetarian formula product. Chemicals, preservatives, artificial additives, coloring agents and animal by-products are never used. Chemical fertilizers, pesticides and herbicides are not permitted. Pure mountain spring water is the only liquid used in the product.

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