How do friendly intestinal bacteria proliferate?
Most raw foods, especially those with chlorophyll feed the friendly bacteria in the intestines. Cooked and processed foods inherently feed the harmful bacteria. The ratio of good “friendly” bacteria in the gut, to “harmful” bacteria, should be in the vicinity of 80% good- 20% harmful. Many progressive cleansing nutritionist believe that in today’s world, in most people, that ratio is actually reversed, e.g., 20% good – 80% harmful. This can be due to a variety of factors, primarily the denatured diets we consume and the abundant use of antibiotics. Dairy products are a good source of friendly lactobacillus, especially yogurt and kefir. However, the milk that most people drink today is pasteurized, or heated to about 165 degrees F. So, for the most part, we have lost this source of lactobacillus in our diets and are not receiving the quantities of these bacteria in our diets as we used to. It is a good idea to routinely eat some live culture containing foods such as yogurt, kefir, etc.
Most raw foods, especially those with chlorophyll feed the friendly bacteria in the intestines. Cooked and processed foods inherently feed the harmful bacteria. The ratio of good “friendly” bacteria in the gut, to “harmful” bacteria, should be in the vicinity of 80% good- 20% harmful. Many progressive cleansing nutritionist believe that in today’s world, in most people, that ratio is actually reversed, e.g., 20% good – 80% harmful. This can be due to a variety of factors, primarily the denatured diets we consume and the abundant use of antibiotics. Dairy products are a good source of friendly lactobacillus, especially yogurt and kefir. However, the milk that most people drink today is pasteurized, or heated to about 165 degrees F. So, for the most part, we have lost this source of lactobacillus in our diets and are not receiving the quantities of these bacteria in our diets as we used to. It is a good idea to routinely eat some live culture containing foods such as yogurt, kefir, etc.
