Too Many Antibiotics? Bacterial Ecology That Lives On Humans Has Changed in Last 100 Years

[mf15]

Here you go,our gut bacteria have changed in the last 100 or so years,perhaps if you are going to do FT,it is better to track down a gorilla. Other than that,

perhaps no processed foods,only wild caught fresh fish,organic meat,no hormones no antibiotics,sounds like Paleo and then some.

Perhaps even the reason there is no UC cure,how are you supposed to fix the gut bacteria and bring it back to an earlier time,like it was a 100 years ago.


UC started to increase sometime in the 1920's in the USA, they were already chlorinating water,refregeration and canning were being used,this was prior to widespread use of antibiotics.

Old Mike

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[muppet]

I haven't read your links yet, but given the huge generational turnover of bacteria in general, while antibiotics and changing diet are certainly variables in the equation, given 100 years and millions of bacterial generations, wouldn't we expect to see fairly significant changes in those populations anyway..?

 

[mf15]

Good point but read up on the differences in gut bateria between african and european childred, quite different. Something is going on since about 1920 or so,with cancer,MI,IBD with are large increase in incidence. Of course there is better diagnosis and people died from infection before they may have gotten these diseases but,patterns around the world seem to correlate with Westernization.
Of course correlation is not causeation.
As an aside some people will go into UC remission from fecal transplant. Is there a pathogen being killed off,or a reset of gut bacteria,don't know.

Old Mike