Lactobacilli

[Guest guest]

I was wondering if anyone had any experience with the " friendly "

microorganisms of the body. Women more so than men need to be aware

of this. Lactobacilli occur naturally in our bodys (men and women)

and we need them to maintain the ph balance of our systems. When we

do not have them the " bad bacteria " become overpopulated and the " good

bacteria " (lactobacilli) stop doing there job. With men, the range of

balance for lactobacilli is almost endless. But women do not have

that luxury. Our range is much more close and can fall out of balance

a lot easier. If anyone has any information on Lactobacilli and/or a

Vegan source of consuming it, please let me know. I have not found

one yet, and have decided (after a year of being Vegan) to return to

being Vegetarian, consuming dairy, to get my balance back to normal.

 

Any info, would be appreicated

[Guest guest]

Live Cultures from Vegan Yogurts?

Posted: May 28, 2001

 

http://vegrd.vegan.com/pages/article.php?id=414

 

I’m a lacto-ovo vegetarian and am starting to

eliminate dairy products from my diet. However, I will

miss the " live active cultures " that are in the yogurt

I eat. Is there way to get these beneficial flora on a

vegan diet?

 

 

Yes. All of the soy yogurts that I checked in my local

food coop had live active cultures added to them. Some

brands that I tried were White Wave Silk, Whole Soy,

and Nancy’s yogurts. I also tried something called

Fresh Mountain Soya Dessert, which I expected to be

pudding but which was actually a soy yogurt. It too

had live cultures and tasted pretty good. (I’m not a

real big yogurt fan so am probably not the best

taste-tester in this regard; you will definitely want

to run your own tests at home to see which you like

best).

 

But don’t worry too much about eating foods to affect

the flora in your gut. Since you are already a

vegetarian and a soon-to-be-vegan, you don’t need to

worry about this. You might be interested to know that

the environment of the vegetarian gut is quite

different from that of a meat-eater. We vegetarians

have more " friendly " bacteria in our gut and experts

suspect that this helps to explain our lower risk for

colon cancer.

 

Eating legumes, in particular, may promote a healthy

gut because some of these good bacteria like the

sugars found in beans. We can’t digest these sugars,

but the bacteria can. (They do produce some gas in the

process, so think of the gas you might sometimes

experience with bean consumption as a sign of your

good health.) The healthier gut of a vegetarian is

probably due to individual foods like this, but also

to the fact that we eat no meat and eat more fiber.

All of these factors affect the colony of bacteria in

our intestines.

 

So, certainly you can enjoy soy yogurt if you like,

but you don’t need it to be healthy. Just eating a

diet based on whole plant foods is enough.

 

 

--- Jo <dementia8200 wrote:

 

> I was wondering if anyone had any experience with

> the " friendly "

> microorganisms of the body. Women more so than men

> need to be aware

> of this. Lactobacilli occur naturally in our bodys

> (men and women)

> and we need them to maintain the ph balance of our

> systems. When we

> do not have them the " bad bacteria " become

> overpopulated and the " good

> bacteria " (lactobacilli) stop doing there job. With

> men, the range of

> balance for lactobacilli is almost endless. But

> women do not have

> that luxury. Our range is much more close and can

> fall out of balance

> a lot easier. If anyone has any information on

> Lactobacilli and/or a

> Vegan source of consuming it, please let me know. I

> have not found

> one yet, and have decided (after a year of being

> Vegan) to return to

> being Vegetarian, consuming dairy, to get my balance

> back to normal.

>

> Any info, would be appreicated

 

 

“Until he extends his circle of compassion to all

living things, man will not himself find peace. "

--Albert Schweitzer

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Being vegan creates a better breeding ground for the

" good " intestinal bacteria (Bifidobacterium infantis

being the most desired for rebuilding). See link.

 

regards,

 

tev

 

http://www.all-creatures.org/health/beneficial.html

 

Change the Diet – Change the Microflora

 

The partially digested remnants of our meals, after

arrival in our large intestines, become the foods for

our microflora. Each species of bacteria survives best

on specific kinds of nutrients. In short, “friendly”

bacteria prefer to dine on plant-food remnants, and

pathogens thrive when the diet is low in plant foods

and high in meat and other “junk-food.” Therefore,

what we choose to eat determines the predominance of

the bacteria species that will live in our gut. By

changing from a diet based on animal- and highly

processed-foods to whole plant-foods, you can suppress

the growth of harmful bacteria and stimulate those

that are beneficial. Major alterations in the

microflora take place within one to two weeks of

changing a person’s diet.5

 

Supplement (vegan):

 

http://www.auravita.com/products/AURA/BIOA11280.asp

 

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..com%252Fsearch%3Fp%3Dbifidobacterium+infantis+vegans%26ei%3DUTF-8%26fr%3DFP-tab\

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http://innovativemedicine.com/products/catalog/index.php?id=gen014

 

http://www.rockwellnutrition.com/product.asp?itemid=54 & catid=39

 

 

 

--- Jo <dementia8200 wrote:

 

> I was wondering if anyone had any experience with

> the " friendly "

> microorganisms of the body. Women more so than men

> need to be aware

> of this. Lactobacilli occur naturally in our bodys

> (men and women)

> and we need them to maintain the ph balance of our

> systems. When we

> do not have them the " bad bacteria " become

> overpopulated and the " good

> bacteria " (lactobacilli) stop doing there job. With

> men, the range of

> balance for lactobacilli is almost endless. But

> women do not have

> that luxury. Our range is much more close and can

> fall out of balance

> a lot easier. If anyone has any information on

> Lactobacilli and/or a

> Vegan source of consuming it, please let me know. I

> have not found

> one yet, and have decided (after a year of being

> Vegan) to return to

> being Vegetarian, consuming dairy, to get my balance

> back to normal.

>

> Any info, would be appreicated

>

 

 

“Until he extends his circle of compassion to all

living things, man will not himself find peace. "

--Albert Schweitzer