Stress and the Microbiome – Lifestyle Medicine
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  • [object Object]@lemmy.world
    52·
    2 days ago

    If you can eat whatever you want, be glad. Once gut microbiome is damaged, it’s pretty much irreparable without fecal transplants (and even that sounds like it only helps the intestines, not the stomach).

    That said, kefir helps a lot, but only short-term.

    • Nighed@feddit.ukEnglish
      61·
      2 days ago

      I’m not sure that’s true. How would it get there originally, other than through what you eat?

      • [object Object]@lemmy.world
        214·
        2 days ago

        If you seriously don’t understand how bacteria get in your innards, you should probably spend a couple hours reading about how your own body works, what with it being your sole manifestation in this finite life.

        Firstly, indeed you’re likely to ingest some bacteria with crappy food from a shitty food place. Now guess which regions and social stratums are likely to buy prepared food more than others, instead of cooking at home, while you’re registered on feddit.uk.

        Secondly, people occupying the same space have been shown to exchange gut bacteria pretty quickly. Unless you’re exclusively working from your own home, get ready to catch some helicobacter pylori or escherichia coli now and then.

        P.S. It’s also possible for bacteria or parasites to re-infect you by being around your ass, mainly by remaining on your fingers after your scratch your bum. For which the cure is, don’t scratch your ass with your fucking fingers.

        • deHaga@feddit.uk
          31·
          2 days ago

          Nonsense. The microbiome can be repaired, it just needs the right foods, right sleep, right amount of time.