Meat-digestion-pathogenic-bacterias
We continue to discuss the effect of animal proteins on human health.
Farmed meat may contribute to excessive cholesterin. The body struggles to excrete it and deposits it onto the vessel walls. Over time, the vessel passage inside may narrow down resulting in a poor blood circulation in the affected vessel. This process may result in a heart attack and another cardio-vascular event. Cardio-vascular disease is number one death cause in a civilised world.
Another fact about meat products that is worth mentioning is about the rotting effect by aeroboputrefactive microflora invited by meat digestion.
Interestingly, these days, the existence of anaerobic microflora in the gut, is the norm and is accepted as a standard part of the digestion process both by doctors and the society, so that we can even read about it in the textbooks on physiology.
It is hypothesised that our digestive tract was not originally designed for the digestion of animal proteins. If it was, like the digestive tract of predators, it would be shorter and would function much faster to prevent anaerobic processes (of rotting).
Yet, our digestive tract is long and fairly slow. If we add to it the presence of mucilage that may congest the gut of an average person to the maximum, it functions even slower than it is supposed to. No wonder that the anaerobic microflora may flurish in such environment.
But let’s put the emotions aside, and focus instead on the fact that right after an animal is slaughted, the process of disintergration starts immediately with a release of ptomaine (an extremely toxic post-mortem poison). When we eat the meat of a slaughtered animal, our excretion systems, especially the liver, get activated to get rid of this toxin. It is important, therefore, that our liver functions well and is not congested to do this job effectively. Plant-based diet with a variety of fresh fruits and vegetables, especially leafy greens, may be able to support this process due to the presence of antioxidants from phytonutrients of the fresh produce. Liver detoxification is a nutrient-demanding process. Interestingly, individuals who eat an unbalanced diet (e.g. a meat-dominated diet with excessive sugar intake and occasional vegetables) often complain at an unpleasant odour from the mouth, skin, hands, feet, sweat, urine and/or feces that may be attributed to fermentation of undigested foods inside. Ineffective exretion may encourage the growth of the putrefaction bacteria that in turn leads to the growth of the opportunistic pathogenic microflora.
According to Dr Sovetoff, an urologist, MD, if a patient with some sort of an urological infection, has a test for bacterial inoculation for flora (a very reliable precise test to identify the causative agent of the infection), it often turns out that the agent of the infection is present in microscopic quantities: so small, that it does not have a material impact on health, while the opportunistic pathogenic microflora dominates entirely, representing 99% of the total bacterial mass.
What is the conclusion then?
A healthy microflora is represented by only two types of bacteria: 90% of Bifidabacterium and 10% of Lactobacillus. Any other type of bacteria in the gut belongs to the opportunistic pathogenic microflora.
The above is very important to understand. Bifida-and lacto- bacterias are our symbiotic microflora that under no circumstances can do us any harm. These bacteria can reside in the gut in small or big quantities, although the more of them, the better. We can only benefit from them, they can never ever do us any harm.
When the opportunistic pathogenic microflora flourishes under favourable conditions, it is able to cause inflammation. It happens when the immune system stops coping with the pathogens being suppressed. If the pathogenic bacteria is present in insignificant quantities, it is not dangerous. It just sits there, waiting for a favourable moment to grow. As soon as the immune system is compromised, its quantities immediately increase. It may lead to inflammation. Most of the sexually transmitted diseases, for instance, are linked to activation of the opportunistic pathogenic microflora. Putrifaction bacteria may be encouraged by indigestion in the gut and is the most dangerous and resistant to treatment. A typical example of an opportunistic pathogenic microbe is blue pus bacillus and Proteus.1 Patients who suffer from the conditions caused by those bacterias, know that they are the most serious conditions to treat. If a bacterial inoculation for flora test reveals the presence of such bacteria, even without knowing anything about the patient’s diet, medical doctors may be able to predict with a very high probability that the patient’s treatment may be long and difficult.
The conclusion is, therefore, that an unbalanced diet dominated by animal protein foods and lacking plant-based produced from fresh vegetables and fruits that provide food and transport for the beneficial bacteria in the gut, may invite an opportunistic pathogenic microflora.
It is important to note that any microflora can live in our body in a certain nutritious environment. In that sense, petrifaction bacteria itself is not guilty that we, the hosts, have prepared so many “treats” for it in our gut. In other words, we have created a welcoming environment for it inviting a “guest” for a feast. The mucilage, thick and liposoluble, formed during the digestion of animal proteins, may be this very environment that may be nutritious for the putrifaction bacteria to thrive on.2
References:
1. Armbruster CE, Mobley HLT, Pearson MM. Pathogenesis of Proteus mirabilis Infection. EcoSal Plus. 2018;8(1):10.1128/ecosalplus.ESP-0009-2017. doi:10.1128/ecosalplus.ESP-0009-2017.
2. Odamaki T, Kato K, Sugahara H, Xiao JZ, Abe F, Benno Y. Effect of probiotic yoghurt on animal-based diet-induced change in gut microbiota: an open, randomised, parallel-group study. Benef Microbes. 2016 Sep;7(4):473-84. doi: 10.3920/BM2015.0173.
