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   Healing Your Gut Is Healing Your Body    
      
      
   Saturday, January 31, 2015 by Jay Stillman    
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   At Stillman and Friedland we keep looking out for you, by checking  the latest   
   research for better health and healing.  If you have had an accident, or   
   injury, you know from your own experience that surface bruises and cuts heal   
   up sooner, deeper wounds    
   take more time to resolve, and conditions like arthritis and muscle injuries   
   seem to hurt month after month, year after year.      
      
      
   You may feel that your healing process is only inching along or not even   
   moving at all.    
      
      
   How can you accelerate and improve the quality of your healing?  As we have   
   discussed in this blog, diet is a powerful factor in your healing process.    
      
      
   We all know that damaged tissues must be rebuilt and repaired, and the   
   materials you give your body to do that job are what you eat.      
      
      
   Surprisingly, while we think about what we eat as only for ourselves, there is   
   a whole population of gut flora (microbes) which we are also feeding, and they   
   have a major impact on our health and healing processes.    
      
      
      
      
      
   A recent article, available on the NIH website, describes a research study on   
   how diet affects inflammatory processes, specifically regarding auto-immune   
   inflammatory disease, similar to human arthritis.  The study involved changing   
   the diet of mice and    
   observing changes in gut flora, and the disease responses which resulted. The   
   two key points are:    
      
      
      
   "...diet-induced changes to intestinal bacteria can influence susceptibility   
   to auto inflammatory disease.    
      
   The results could help guide new approaches to treat auto inflammatory   
   diseases in susceptible people.    
      
      
   This study involved a control group of wild mice eating their natural mouse   
   diet, and a group of lab mice bred to be susceptible to osteomyelitis, an   
   inflammatory condition which affects their feet.  The lab mice were divided   
   into two groups; one was fed    
   a "regular diet" and the other was fed a high-fat diet.  The mice fed a   
   high-fat diet were protected from osteomyelitis, and did not have a strong   
   presence of a specific microbe, Prevotella.  Conversely the regular-fed mice   
   had high levels of the microbe    
   as well as raised levels of interleukin-1?? which is linked to inflammatory   
   osteomyelitis.  It appears that the high-fat diet did not "feed" the microbe   
   linked to osteomyelitis (it is also possible that the microbes it does feed   
   are hostile to Prevotella)   
   .    
      
      
   According to the researchers, "mice that were fed a diet rich in fat and   
   cholesterol maintained a normal body weight, but were markedly protected   
   against inflammatory bone disease and bone erosion", so can the same high-fat   
   diet work for humans?    
      
      
   In another NIH article, human rheumatoid arthritis is also linked to   
   Prevotella.  Raising the fat content of your diet and reducing inflammatory   
   carbohydrate foods, especially grains and sugar, can help reduce   
   inflammation.  Easing inflammation will    
   speed your healing process.    
      
      
   Remember, one of the most common auto-inflammatory diseases is arthritis,   
   which may develop following an accident or injury.  While you can use NSAIDs   
   (non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs) such as ibuprofen to ease your pain,   
   these drugs have can have    
   a detrimental effect on your digestive tract, and do not solve the root cause   
   of your problem.  It's simpler and healthier to switch from breakfast cereal   
   to eggs scrambled in butter, and take sugared drinks and juices off your   
   menu.   Bon appetite and    
   good health!    
      
      
   From Stillman and Friedland law firm, because we care. jay@jstillman.com    
   615-244-2111    
      
      
   FOR FURTHER INFORMATION:    
      
      
   Click here for our collection of posts and links regarding diet and healthy   
   recovery from pain and injuries.    
      
      
   See also:    
      
      
   http://youtu.be/mN7CPlzpcvM    
      
      
   http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/F R-2015-01-20/html/2015-00723.htm    
      
      
   http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/F R-2015-01-20/html/2015-00722.htm    
      
      
   * This blog entry should not be construed as medical advice or treatment for   
   any specific person or condition. Only a licensed medical professional can   
   properly diagnose and treat physical conditions. If you have any question   
   regarding your health,    
   please consult with your healthcare provider.    
      
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