Gosh, its been a while since I've posted. I've been a bit preoccupied these last few months. More on that later.
I'm going to go back about six months ago when I was browsing through the book store looking for a book to read. I stumbled upon a book titled The Germ Files by Jason Tetro. I read the back page and was immediately intrigued and so I bought it. My interest in health and wellness and and my Guardian Angel lead me to this book for a reason. The reason being was about two months after I finished reading the book I was diagnosed with a bad infection in my hip replacement. In February I had been sick with two things, stomach bug and sinus infection. When the doctor isolated the bacteria in my hip it was a normal one from our mouth and nose. It most likely snuck by my immune system when I was sick and made itself a happy home in my hip replacement. Nasty little bugger! It's pretty rare but it can happen, the hip replacement is free of my immune response so the little bugger was able to grow. I had the whole hip replacement removed and a temporary one placed for ten weeks. Of that ten weeks I was on IV antibiotics for six weeks. My first thought was my poor intestinal bugs are going to be brutally attacked. I ate as much whole food as possible in hopes that the good bugs could jump aboard a piece of broccoli and escape the antibiotics. I also was drinking a probiotic drink everyday and to my surprise my intestinal tract made it through the assault quite well. This book definitely helped me to understand my intestinal bacteria community living with in me and how bacteria effects our overall health. Here are other interesting things I learned from the book. First of all, our immune systems are truly an amazing system that is very underrated. What it can do is mind boggling. Unfortunately, it can go hay wire and do bad things to us also as it does in autoimmune diseases. We have billions of bacteria in us and on us. We have bacteria that are friends and foes, for good health we want more friends than foes. This book goes over all the bacteria, good and bad, in us and how to keep the good ones as the winners. If you are a germ freak then this book would be a good read for you so you can learn to live without worrying about germs, because we need them and they need us. It's a great read for everyone that is looking to be healthier. One last thing, there is new research that shows that the correct balance of the good bugs in our large intestine can lead to feeling happier. Apparently, they release the happy chemicals into our bodies. They are psycho-biotics and manufactures are trying now to grow them for distribution. Eat a banana a day and you will keep the good bugs of your large intestine happy and you might find yourself feeling a little happier also. Also, add fermented food to your diet as it is loaded with the good bacteria we need for good health.
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