What Would Happen if You Get Rid of All Gut Bacteria? – Dr.Berg

If you wiped out your gut bacteria, your health would suffer.

Timestamps:
0:00 If you somehow got rid of your gut bacteria, you’d be a mess
2:33 These are ways you could lose your friendly bacteria
3:35 In 2017 the FDA issued new regulations about the use of antibiotics for meat animals but there’s a catch

What would happen to you if you were to somehow wipe out all of your gut bacteria? First, let’s take a look at what these bacteria do:

●Recycle 90 per cent of your bile, that’s made in your liver and stored in your gallbladder; thus, you couldn’t absorb vitamin A, D, E, K1 and K2, or essential fatty acids
●Make B vitamins and vitamin K
●Make butyrate, which is produced when microbes eat the fiber you’ve ingested. Butyrate helps with blood sugar regulation along with feeding your colon cells.
●Support your immune system by defending against pathogens
●Maintain the epithelial gap to prevent you from getting leaky gut
●Make neurotransmitters, especially serotonin, which help regulate your mood
●Counter infections
●Keep inflammation at bay
●Help absorb nutrients like vitamins and minerals
●Support your body’s ability to detoxify

I have other videos explaining ways you could lose your friendly bacteria, but I want to touch on antibiotics for a moment. All it takes is one week’s exposure to antibiotics to affect the diversity and quantity of your microbes for six months and up to two years.

Also, if a mother doesn’t breastfeed, the child is more susceptible to allergies and asthma. The same goes for having a c-section instead of vaginal birth.

But the big point I want to make is that 80 percent of antibiotics aren’t sold for human consumption, but for animals as a growth factor. If you buy commercial steak, chicken, or pork that’s not organic chances are it’s been exposed to antibiotics.

In 2017 the FDA issued new regulations about the use of antibiotics for meat animals. Antibiotics for growth or feed efficiency unless supervised by a veterinarian. The bad news is that there’s no official definition of what antibiotic-free means, and no reduction in the number of antibiotics fed to meat animals. That’s because of a loophole. I believe antibiotics should no longer be fed to animals.

I recommend you buy only organic meats to avoid the possibility that you’ll lose the benefits of a variety and amount of friendly gut bacteria.

Dr Eric Berg DC Bio:
Dr. Berg, age 55, is a chiropractor who specializes in Healthy Ketosis & Intermittent Fasting. He is the author of the best-selling book The Healthy Keto Plan, and is the Director of Dr. Berg Nutritionals. He no longer practices, but focuses on health education through social media.

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