Comment · Mon, June 17, 2013 · Ceretropic
Changing gut bacteria through diet affects brain function, UCLA study shows
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u/MisterYouAreSoDumb · Ceretropic
This is also the conclusion of my immunologist after doing countless blood and allergy tests this past month. He feels, and research is now corroborating, that probiotics in your GI tract and other areas of the body play a huge role in many processes, including immune function and cognition.
When I was young, I had my appendix taken out. When they cut me open, they realized that I did not have appendicitis. They made a mistake, but decided to take it out anyway, since they were in there. I did not think it was such a huge deal at the time. However, a few years ago I went to India on business. I got extremely sick there, and had to go to the hospital. My blood pressure dropped to 70/40, and my heart almost stopped. I was stick for 6 months after that. The doctors could not figure out what it was.
Ever since then, my immune system has been shit. I get sick often, and more seriously. This is why I went to the immunologist last month. After 7 different blood tests, everything came back normal. So we got to talking about the India trip, and my doctor said he thinks my sickness there killed all the probiotics in my system. And now new research is coming out that the appendix is used to store probiotics, so that it can re-introduce them into your system if they are wiped out by sickness. Well I don't have an appendix anymore, thanks to some overzealous doctors. So perhaps that is the source of my issues. I am now on various probiotics, so we'll see how things go in the long run. So far so good.
I think our knowledge on the role of probiotics is lacking, and that they play a bigger part in our health than traditionally thought.