{"id":2114,"date":"2011-04-16T04:30:00","date_gmt":"2011-04-16T04:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.willclower.com\/blog\/2011\/04\/show-notes-bacteria-are-like-darth-vader.html"},"modified":"2016-09-21T09:10:56","modified_gmt":"2016-09-21T13:10:56","slug":"show-notes-bacteria-are-like-darth-vader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/?p=2114","title":{"rendered":"Show Notes: Bacteria Are Like Darth Vader"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Remember when life was simple? Cholesterol was bad for you, fats were bad for you, bacteria were bad for you. <\/span>

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Now we look at them like the modern day villains of the screen — bad, okay, but mainly just misunderstood. Darth Vader just wanted to be close to his son: awww.  <\/span>

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With our diets, the simple world of bad foods has gone all “Darth Vader” on us. There is good cholesterol AND there’s bad cholesterol; there is good fat AND there is bad fat; finally, there is even good bacteria AND there is bad bacteria. <\/span>

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The good bacteria come from any fermented foods, and these have a ton of health properties in them. Your body is needs you to eat bacteria, or you will be more likely to get sick!! You just have to make sure it is the bacteria that comes from foods like yogurts, saurkraut, buttermilk, etc. <\/span>

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I’ll publish a separate list of those food sources, but first you need to know the basics about these bacteria:<\/span>

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What you need to know about probiotics: <\/strong>Probiotics are living microorganisms, i.e., \u201cfriendly\u201d bacteria, usually lactic acid bacteria.<\/span><\/div>\n
The benefits of probiotics are realized by this \u201cfriendly bacteria\u201d shifting the pH of the intestine downward, which creates a less desirable environment for pathogenic (or bad) bacteria. The more \u201cfriendly bacteria\u201d the more lactic, butyric and acetic acids are produced which increase the numbers of beneficial bacteria. People over the age of 60 have 1,000 times fewer good bacteria than younger adults.<\/span><\/div>\n
The World Health Organization (among others) suggests that probiotics, when consumed on a daily basis may be beneficial in one or more ways:<\/span><\/div>\n