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Mercola’s ideas are interesting, but I was suggesting that the total amount is more important than anything else. It could be that at certain levels of bacterial load, that diversity of species makes a difference. Beyond a certain level, however, diversity of species might basically be irrelevant, as there would be excessive amounts of endotoxin, serotonin, lactate and such produced by the sheer volume of bacteria, regardless of species.
I don’t think a sterile gut is even possible, outside of a lab setting. But also, I’m not suggesting its necessary, either. Imagine a bacteria scale from 0-100, with 0 being a sterile gut. While 0 would produce the ideal level of endotoxin (that being none), pretty much any level from 1-10 might produce a level that organs like the liver could easily handle. Maybe from 11-20, problems could occur, and diversity might matter more. From 20-50, more pronounced disease symptoms might show up, and diversity of species becomes irrelevant, and over 50 you have serious sepsis issues, again going up the scale. Being at a 5 on this scale would be fine for basically everyone.
I also think a long term course of antibiotics might be useful, and I don’t think they would have to be “forever,” not in the vast majority of cases. Things like higher body temperature, metabolism, and better stomach acid production all work to keep gut bacteria in check. If a course lasting a couple months, say, is used to thwack down bacterial load to 10% of what it originally was, that would mean about 10% of the endotoxin/serotonin/lactate and such would be produced. At this level, metabolism might naturally increase, leading once again to the natural ability of the body to keep gut bacteria in check, no more antibiotics needed.
Some so called “probiotics” may actually have more antibiotic type activity. Lactobacillus is anti-inflammatory (whether alive or dead), and lowering inflammation can help lower bacterial count. Mutaflor is another interesting “probiotic,” and it’s known action is more “antibiotic,” almost like a hired bacterial mercenary.
“Mutaflor is not a traditional probiotic in that it is not a form of bacteria that you take hoping that it benefits and helps your internal gut flora through the addition of good bacteria. In fact, quite the opposite. Mutaflor is a bacteria that actually kills excess bad bacteria in the gut.
Mutaflor actually operates by starving forms of bad bacteria in your gut of oxygen; thus killing them off. This is why most users report diarrhea when first beginning use. This is the result of the bad bacteria dying off, exiting the body, and the body re-adjusting.”