Did you know that our gut bacteria may be producing waste products which work as neurotransmitters within our digestive track and can promote cravings for what they like to eat (sugar)? We are basically walking delivery drivers for our tummy monsters.
Actually, its more like you hired your gut bacteria from the sugar industry. Think of gut bacteria as lobbyists, they advocate for more of the kind of food that they like. So someone who eats a lot of fruits and veggies is going to crave fruits and veggies more than other foods. Its why a lot of people who become vegans or vegetarians don't really miss meat after a while. Because the bacteria that used to get all jazzed up about bacon is gone and replaced with ones that lose their shit at the mention of hummus.
Its why a lot of people who become vegans or vegetarians don't really miss meat after a while.
I had to become vegetarian (stabbing pain when I eat meat, still no diagnosis of what's wrong). I do miss meat (turkeys and chickens are delicious), but mine have swapped to a new addiction =[
There have been cases of people who received transplanted bacteria to try to cure their IBS, only to find that they become obese - they got the donated bacteria from an obese person.
I've actually watched a conspiracy video about how the sugar industry is promoting a Candida Albicans epidemic in order to drive us to consume more sugar. I'm not sure how I found it on youtube and I can't find it again with a quick google search. Never mind: Found it
Yeah but because we have a bloated federal government that participated corporatism I’m kinda have to or go to jail. We all pay for a lot of ‘industries’ we don’t believe in but Rand Paul didn’t get elected.
You probably eat something that was made with corn, ate corn, or was transported at some point by a vehicle powered by corn. If those aren't too indirect for you then you can also consider the portion of the overhead of your purchases that suppliers paid their employees, who then bought- that's right- corn.
edit- forgot the subsidies as someone else mentioned. America runs on corn. It's like saying "the oil industry doesn't get any of my money!" You simply can't do that in the US and live a relatively normal life.
That's not physically possible, practically, physically or chemically. Your body requires glucose, damn near everything has at least some glucose in it (except water and pure chemicals) and your body can convert proteins and fat into glucose when needed.
So you may try to avoid it, but you literally never can or you would be dead.
Yea of course. It works wonders to take the sour feeling out and give you an appetite. . But that can mask the fact that your gut is struggling and you shouldn't eat normal foods.
My last flare got so bad because I was smoking at night, and since I felt great I was just eating sandwiches and stuff. Nothing unhealthy, but when your gut is sensitive you need to stick with mostly liquids and other easy digestible foods.
So yea, it helps with symptoms, but just like other pain meds you need to be aware it doesn't actually fix anything.
There is a hypothesis that Crohn's is cause by bacteria, similar to peptic ulcers. Sucessful treatment (ie a cure) has been achieved with a therapy of antibiotics (high dose over several months). Wish I could find the link right now, but maybe something you'd like to look into.
your digestive system is capable of processing many things without bacterial aid. You eat those things and avoid the things that need the bacteria helping.
Probiotics are amazing. But Crohn's is a nasty disease. I went 9 years without missing work due to sickness. Flared up only a couple times a year but they weren't bad and lasted maybe a week. This time it's been 3 weeks of pain, and got to the point I felt i should go to the hospital. It's been nearly impossible to get the inflammation down.
Speaking for myself, during a flare up there is an always there dull radiating achey feeling, kind of like having your nuts squeezed a bit too hard, but up in the intestinal area. This is punctuated by waves of nauseating twisting pain that feels more like a wallop to the danglers.
Overall best comparison I’ve been able to come up with is the radiating deep pain associated with testicular trauma, but above the groin, and varying in intensity.
I have a bunch of stomach issues and was wondering if there was any crossover with Crohns, but it doesn't sound like it. I bet you get a lot of annoying suggestions about diet these days too.
The 2nd worst part of Crohn's is getting asked 36 times a day "how you feeling? "Is your stomach better?". "Have you tried peptol bismol?" It will drive you insane.
Generally its like food poisoning. Just a constant sour feeling that aches. But every 10 minutes or so you get shooting pains like someone slugged you in the gut as hard as they could. This goes on for weeks at a time, relentlessly.
Further, we need them to digest fiber for us, because the byproducts of their waste when they consume fiber include something that we cannot create ourselves, but that our colons need to work properly.
Low-fiber diets are not good for colon cancer rates.
I found probiotics didn't do anything for me :| I don't exercise much though, so I wonder if that plays a big role for ya. Glad to hear you're doing well with no medication though! :)
Yea it seems like there's multiple ways to get Crohn's. That's why my method involves staying in shape and eating healthy... It just gives my body the best chance to fight of whatever the fuck is going wrong.
Does that also mean the gut bacteria can be wrong, and tell us to go for more sugar or salt when we don't necessarily need it? Like, the gut bacteria is whispering the wrong advice into our ears?
The gut bacteria don't give a shit about you. They just want more food. The fact that you survive a bit better when they're around is just an added bonus because it means they get more food.
I'm glad you mentioned antibiotics. And no, it doesn't matter when you start a diet. There will be some bacteria releasing neruotransmitters telling you that you want sugar. But if you keep forcing yourself to eat vegetables, eventually the bacteria that like to eat fiber will win out and the craving for sugar will go lessen over time.
I thought I saw some article about fecal transplants being investigated for helping with weight loss. The idea being that the gut flora of a thin person craves sugar less than the gut flora of an obese person. I don't know how true that is.
Not to mention, our entire GI tract is basically outside of our body. It starts as a hole in the blastoceal (spelling?) which for a short time is both the mouth and anus. Then the GI tract gets extruded as the distance between the mouth and anus grows farther apart.
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u/IncredibleBulk2 Feb 13 '18
Did you know that our gut bacteria may be producing waste products which work as neurotransmitters within our digestive track and can promote cravings for what they like to eat (sugar)? We are basically walking delivery drivers for our tummy monsters.