tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196334975274806517.post265146543799448228..comments2024-03-28T06:11:20.882-06:00Comments on Cooling Inflammation: Dr. Oz, Constipation, Soluble Fiber, Food IntoleranceDr. Art Ayershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01727664149735013259noreply@blogger.comBlogger100125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196334975274806517.post-43922304707032787992022-03-30T08:34:54.869-06:002022-03-30T08:34:54.869-06:00It’s very informative and you are obviously very k...It’s very informative and you are obviously very knowledgeable in this area. <a href="https://www.badugisite.net" title="바둑이사이트넷" rel="nofollow">바둑이사이트넷</a>badugisitenethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10944911455475280668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196334975274806517.post-6590653549279381462022-03-30T08:30:13.940-06:002022-03-30T08:30:13.940-06:00I’m excited to uncover this page. I need to to tha...I’m excited to uncover this page. I need to to thank you for ones time for this particularly fantastic read. <a href="https://www.casinositehot.com/" title="바카라사이트" rel="nofollow">바카라사이트</a>casinositehot.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02079275822138067657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196334975274806517.post-60819579588104390122022-02-19T23:23:54.491-07:002022-02-19T23:23:54.491-07:00Thanks for sharing a nice article really such a wo...Thanks for sharing a nice article really such a wonderful site you have done a great job once more thanks a lot <a href="https://www.reelgame.site/" title="파친코" rel="nofollow">파친코사이트</a>reelgame.sitehttps://www.reelgame.site/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196334975274806517.post-3728579374864178442015-08-25T12:54:52.852-06:002015-08-25T12:54:52.852-06:00Anonymous,
The purpose of GMOs is to make money by...Anonymous,<br />The purpose of GMOs is to make money by selling seed, herbicides and pesticides to farmers. The farmers buy the seed/herbicide package only if it is cheaper, provides greater yields and is safer. Selling Roundup resistant soybeans along with roundup does increase sales of Roundup, but it reduces use of other more toxic herbicides. The net result is less gasoline use, less total herbicide use and less total herbicide in soy products. It is also clear that using molecular techniques to make new GMO varieties is less harmful to the plant genetic diversity and safer than traditional plant breeding that has beed responsible for tremendous damage to crop plants, e.g. loss of disease resistance. Pesticide use is dramatically reduced with Bt GMOs. GMOs in general contain lower residual herbicides and pesticides than traditional farming using other herbicides and pesticides. One may not like the business models of companies producing GMOs, but the GMO soybeans and corn are not a problem.<br /><br />My point in discussing morning sickness, was to identify it as a healthy, natural reminder not to eat plants and their teratogenic (birth defect causing) phytoalexins during the first sensitive trimester. Lack of appropriate morning sickness is an indication of an aggressive detox system to eliminate phytoalexins leaking into blood or reduced health that dulls the vomit reflex. Morning sickness is inconvenient, but normal.<br /><br />Thanks for your comments.Dr. Art Ayershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01727664149735013259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196334975274806517.post-50686138728301603052015-08-23T15:27:12.560-06:002015-08-23T15:27:12.560-06:00This is interesting. I had 7 healthy babies &...This is interesting. I had 7 healthy babies & only had morning sickness with 1 of them; consumed many plants per my usual diet with no adverse effects. I feel the morning sickness with my 1st baby was due to poor diet during my college years. <br />From the little study I've done on GMOs, the issue seems to be that much of it has been done for the purpose of creating plants that can withstand more pesticides & remain healthy. Therefore, the health risk isn't really the GMO, it's the addition of toxic levels of pesticides.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196334975274806517.post-1988288964954084912013-05-03T02:18:46.923-06:002013-05-03T02:18:46.923-06:00I have bookmarked your site and plan to read more....I have bookmarked your site and plan to read more. My gut problems started with c difficile toxin and a suspected case of giardia caught from a child who caught it at kindergarten. Resulting lactose intolerance and now suspected histamine intolerance rules my life six years later. Will your methods work to replace gut flora after such problem? I believe the bacteria in my gut may produce too much histamine because of the destruction of others. I am more concerned about curing the histamine symptoms than lactose and wonder if it's possible. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196334975274806517.post-58242059178095034712013-03-25T08:08:45.284-06:002013-03-25T08:08:45.284-06:00On second thought the tea is much more potent than...On second thought the tea is much more potent than compost and probably contains the same parasites- bad idea. So when you suggest eat soil clinging vegetables are you suggesting the benefits of the bacteria outweigh the risk of the chances of contracting a parasite. I'm trying to reconcile this idea with my paranoia of parasites. In another post you advised a commenter not to sample small amounts of soil around his community because of the risk of parasites (if I understood your response correctly). Where then is the fine line and what is the difference between eating soil clinging vegetables and small amounts of soil. Just trying to understand. <br />AnonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196334975274806517.post-65643331073026526242013-03-25T01:23:07.183-06:002013-03-25T01:23:07.183-06:00Hi there I came across your blog searching for a r...Hi there I came across your blog searching for a remedy for my four year old son's chronic constipation. I plan on implementing your diet suggestions (as much as possible with my carb loving kid). Anyway your ideas stuck a familiar cord to a lot of research I've done on organic gardening and the soil food web, specifically Jeff lowenfels book teaming with microbes. I got me wondering if compost tea might be a safer alternative to consuming actual soil as it might have less of a risk of parasites while still getting the bacteria. Wondering what your thought are on this. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196334975274806517.post-51546998878596679902013-02-13T15:53:19.618-07:002013-02-13T15:53:19.618-07:00Lauren,
You should be able to fix all of your prob...Lauren,<br />You should be able to fix all of your problems by repairing your gut flora.<br /><br />Your medical treatments/antibiotics ruined your gut flora. Since bacteria make up most of your stools, it is expected that you will have constipation and since those bacteria are directly involved in the development of your immune system, it is expected that your health will be compromised by autoimmunity.<br /><br />Medical people know that healthy gut flora consists of hundreds of different species of bacteria and that typical probiotics grow only on milk and do not survive in the gut. Hence, probiotics will not fix constipation, because constipation indicates a severely compromised gut flora with a hundred different species missing.<br /><br />Most people return to health after antibiotics, because they have other sources of bacteria, e.g. other healthy people, pets, dirt floors. That is why people with mates, pets, farm animals and sloppy food preparation are healthier. Hygiene can prevent healing from antibiotic damage.<br /><br />What is a clean whole balanced diet? You need to be eating "muddy" raw veggies. The bacteria that you need for your gut health are commonly found in soil and feces. I think that you are too good at avoiding both sources. <br /><br />Let me know how you do.Dr. Art Ayershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01727664149735013259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196334975274806517.post-19295231025313101742013-02-13T00:51:42.996-07:002013-02-13T00:51:42.996-07:00Hi Dr. Ayers,
I have been following your blog for...Hi Dr. Ayers,<br /><br />I have been following your blog for quite some time now, you have helped me greatly in my journey to debunk my health problems. My worst symptoms right now are constipation, fatigue and hair loss/bad skin. I am aType 1 Diabetic (since I was 12, I am now 25) which was always very well controlled. I contracted a staph infection last year, was on mass amounts of IV/oral antibiotics and my health spiraled downhill since then. To the point where I had to quit working and move home with my parents because I can't manage the symptoms. I have never had digestive problems in my life. I now have a diagnosis of IBS-C, suspicion of Fibromyalgia, no energy or appetite, insomnia, muscle pain, depression/anxiety, etc. I am just totally in the dark. <br /><br />My question for you is that I have been eating yogurt, fermented food, bone broths, etc. and take probiotics daily(PB8 and Raw Women) but it doesn't make a difference at all. I was about 70% raw vegan before this ordeal, exercising every morning 6 days a week. Now I am totally debilitated. I try to eat a clean whole balanced diet with some meats but I never feel any better. I am considering fecal transplants since absolutely nothing is helping my constipation and related symptoms. <br /><br />Do you know why I am having such a hard time from the antibiotics almost a year later, why diet and probiotics are not helping, and if a fecal transplant is really my only chance at recovery?<br /><br />Thank you so much for all you do. If you are not able to answer my question I will follow up with all of your many suggestions.laurenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08430356163941677555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196334975274806517.post-19141439166281308992013-01-30T12:03:27.276-07:002013-01-30T12:03:27.276-07:00Dr. Art Ayers you are GOD. I started reading you...Dr. Art Ayers you are GOD. I started reading your post like 8 months back after finding out from doctor after endoscopy that I been suffering from h.pylori colonization from childhood. At the age of 30 I was almost like an Autistic kid my body was so inflamed that I can not even look in to peoples eye. I was repeatedly given anti biotics because of growing up in India with all the water born pathogens. Result was I lost all the good gut flora to teach my immune system how to operate. <br /><br />Let me share my story. To cure H pylori doctor gave me antibiotics nothing happened for 2 days still I can feel burning sensation and on third day after reading your post went to Walgreen for very first time in life took a probiotic with lacto bacillus. That night slept like a baby and next day woke up with zero fibromyalgia. <br /><br />Past year has been humbling experience for me. I owe you a gratitude for educating me about gut flora.All the modern day doctors seem to look only for your insurance money and not your functional well being. The force that caused me the illness has also sent me you to solve it. Please help other ignorant people too.Kudos!!<br /><br />Rajnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196334975274806517.post-4417760739654430082012-11-20T18:41:27.667-07:002012-11-20T18:41:27.667-07:00I'm trying to heal my leaky gut on the GAPS di...I'm trying to heal my leaky gut on the GAPS diet, using a bunch of supplements and eating fermented foods, bone broths etc... however I'm pretty positive I'm histamine intolerant, should I be worried that fermented foods (being naturally high in histamine) will prevent the leaky gut from healing? I'm paranoid the release of histamine damages the gut lining, as I've heard some other people are.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196334975274806517.post-58342689794223432632012-11-14T19:56:30.424-07:002012-11-14T19:56:30.424-07:00my toddler seems to be lactose intolerant (for lac...my toddler seems to be lactose intolerant (for lack of a better word), otherwise he is healthy. I have been trying to give him yogurt to help, and recently started giving him a little bit of milk. he does fine with yogurt, but the loose stools have returned since i tried to give him milk. <br /><br />You mentioned yogurt with live culture, (is this a yogurt you get at the grocery store, or do you have to add something to the yogurt as well?) Is there a type/brand of yogurt you recommend? <br /><br />My son received formula (we adopted him) and then he has had almond milk since he stopped formula as I was under the impression that dairy milk was bad, (after watching some food documentaries etc), so we felt it best to not have him on it, but it seems that may have led to his lactose intolerance. <br /><br />Any suggestions you have as to help him tolerate milk would be appreciated. <br /><br />Also, I started exercising a lot and trying to eat healthier, and ever since then, I can't even enjoy an occasional treat like cookies or cake. I have always been fairly healthy and exercised, so I don't know why all of a sudden I get bloated and feel crummy afterwards.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196334975274806517.post-58554909291835990592012-08-11T19:25:13.937-06:002012-08-11T19:25:13.937-06:00Dr Ayers, thanks for the info on the vitamin d su...Dr Ayers, thanks for the info on the vitamin d supplementation dosage. I do intend to have my level checked again at my follow up with the doctor in a couple of weeks. If it remains unimproved, I will think about taking the higher dose for a while and then recheck.<br /><br />I lost a nice 6 pounds and trimmed my middle nicely on the 6 week cure this past spring. I've gone back to my old habits and have gained half of the weight back, but look just as fluffy in the middle as before. Argh. Low carb has always worked well for my general well being...if I could just stick to it... I have not used any veg oils except olive and coconut for many years now. <br /><br />So it is really the low carb thing and the exercise/stress reduction stuff I really need to get on. Both my vein doc and my cardio doc (currently having a workup for frequent pvcs...hopefully nothing more...we will see later next week) say I need cardio exercise, which I have never done regularly at all (excuse being not enough energy or time with 4 kids and a busy life). If you have any opinions about cardio or not for circulation and palpitation problems (or opinions about exercise in general), shoot away.<br /><br />I really look forward to knowing what a low-inflammation life feels like. I feel like I'm finally on the right track. Thanks again for your thoughts.<br /><br />SarahSarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15023858336293019185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196334975274806517.post-63447119647578052852012-07-28T13:09:33.648-06:002012-07-28T13:09:33.648-06:00Sarah,
I am glad that you are addressing your vitD...Sarah,<br />I am glad that you are addressing your vitD deficiency. I am not an MD, but my impression is that a D deficiency can sometimes only be reversed by doses of 10,000 IU per day or weekly prescription doses of 60,000 IU until inflammation is lowered enough to restart skin production. I think that you will have to check again to make sure that your treatment is working. The D3 supplement is only used until your inflammation is under control. It is not routine.<br /><br />One of the best treatments for sinus problems is humming. Humming is more effective than antibiotics for sinus infections, for example.<br /><br />Keep me updated.Dr. Art Ayershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01727664149735013259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196334975274806517.post-27223929884193611092012-07-24T11:08:41.728-06:002012-07-24T11:08:41.728-06:00Dr. Ayers,
Thanks for your comments. I just saw ...Dr. Ayers,<br /><br />Thanks for your comments. I just saw my family doctor for a physical and asked for my vitamin D level to be checked. You were right in suspecting my vitamin d level to be low. It was 24. :-/ And that was after a couple of months of regular sun exposure and daily doses of 2000 units of D3 per day. I am hopeful that getting my levels up will help alleviate some of my inflammatory symptoms. I'm taking 6000 units per day now.<br /><br />The vein thing continues to be an issue, and I'm still in the process of having the dysfunctional veins removed, but I would love to prevent reoccurance in the future. Just yesterday I saw an allergist for some ongoing sinus issues. They are NOT allergy based, but definitely inflammatory for unknown reasons. I believe I have "vasomotor non-allergic rhinitis". Doc gave me the non-allergic rhinitis diagnosis, but after reading a bit about that, there are a few different kinds, and mine seems to fit very closely with the "vasomotor" type. Interesting. Of course, I was prescribed a steroid nasal spray, which I don't intend to use.<br /><br />I have been quite faithful with the fish oil and will continue, so hopefully with ramping up my adherence to your anti-inflammatory diet, and getting my D levels up, I'll be feeling better. Some joint pain I was having in my thumb joint has already greatly diminished.<br /><br />Thanks again for the comments.Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15023858336293019185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196334975274806517.post-34634548527715079212012-07-19T11:55:41.837-06:002012-07-19T11:55:41.837-06:00Sarah,
As I see it, the mensrual cycle is a cycle ...Sarah,<br />As I see it, the mensrual cycle is a cycle of inflammation. Inflammation is highest when the uterine lining is shedding and lowest when progesterone is highest. The start of your period is inflammatory and that is when bodywide inflammation will be greatest.<br /><br />I would expect that all of your symptoms are aggregated by inflammation and can be reduced by the anti-inflammatory diet that I recommend on the top of this page. I expect that you are vitamins D deficient and many of your symptoms can be controlled by eliminating vegetable oils and supplementing with fish oil. Sleep and stress reduction will also help.<br /><br />I think that contributing factors for varicose veins are inflammation-based compromise of connective tissue, extra weight and inadequate exercise.<br /><br />Let me know if this helps.Dr. Art Ayershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01727664149735013259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196334975274806517.post-88940034780966780142012-07-19T11:32:12.995-06:002012-07-19T11:32:12.995-06:00Margaret,
I think that NICU's frequently ignor...Margaret,<br />I think that NICU's frequently ignore research that clearly shows that using only feeding products derived from human milk via mother or milk banks greatly reduces complications. Nursery nurses also contaminate otherwise exclusively breastfed babies even against instructions to save effort on their part. Many hospital staff mistakenly think that a single bottle of formula will make no difference. Milk banks are also the sensible and cost effective choice instead of formula for young babies that can't breastfeed.<br /><br />So, there are easy ways to make sure that the specialized gut flora of newborns is established in hospital settings. The question you pose is what to do after the hospital has botched the gut flora as revealed by constipation.<br /><br />Hygiene is the biggest problem. A clean home is hard on toddlers with constipation. The biggest threat is the kid's compromised immune system due to its dysfunctional gut flora. Babies ingest thousands of different species of bacteria from soil tracked on to the floor. Those bacteria are needed to establish a healthy gut flora. Only a minuscule fraction of the bacteria can cause a problem and it is much more unhealthy to be around people if the kid has only been exposed to sanitized places. Clean day cares are much less healthy than playing in the dirt in the back yard. Antibiotics are always a risk for gut flora and probiotics are good temporary help.<br /><br />I have dozens of articles on this site on related topics. Let me know how you do.Dr. Art Ayershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01727664149735013259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196334975274806517.post-5344998419444496082012-06-24T22:43:10.309-06:002012-06-24T22:43:10.309-06:00I read through your post. I was wondering if prema...I read through your post. I was wondering if premature babies, who are in NICU given all sorts of drugs may have their gut flora gone by the time they go home. We foster a 15 month old who has had constipation since coming to us at the age of two months. I am now wondering what to do since every doctor has pushed Mirlax and no one has talked about the flora. What do you think?margaretnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196334975274806517.post-79178896583697819762012-05-08T04:32:32.927-06:002012-05-08T04:32:32.927-06:00dr ayers
thanks for your help previously now
i h...dr ayers <br /><br />thanks for your help previously now<br />i have started with yogurt just yesterday and getting stinky/green diarhea is my gut bacteria changing?<br /><br />how long before i can stop with this?<br />i hope i wont need any fecal transplants?<br />i'm on a lacto veg diet (adventists) and low vit d (already got a heat stroke this summer) and no fish oil(adventists rule). i thought i'll remind you and take advise on the next steps i need to be taking.<br /><br />yogurt has stopped my anxiety too and sudden onset of low sugar symptoms like fatigue and sleep.<br /><br />i'm in my late twenties.<br />thanks.<br />-jakeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196334975274806517.post-2133055878356817612012-04-16T08:32:00.040-06:002012-04-16T08:32:00.040-06:00hello Dr. Ayers,
Along the same lines as the post...hello Dr. Ayers,<br /><br />Along the same lines as the poster who wondered if adequate sleep should be added to the anti-inflammatory diet and lifestyle list, I was wondering about stress reduction. Perhaps this is what you were getting at with the vagal stimulation suggestion, since you noted in another post that the efficacy of stress reduction and acupuncture both point to the vagus nerve being stimulated.<br /><br />Is this what you were getting at with the vagal stimulation bit? <br /><br />Also, do you have any thoughts on varicose vein pain "flaring up" during the first couple of days of the female cycle (think pelvic cramping and burning, aching leg pain along the large varicose veins) and whether or not this is inflammatory or not, and should using the anti-inflammatory suggestions help with that kind of pain as well. What causes varicose veins in the first place? In my case, they started with pregnancy and got progressively worse with each of 4 pregnancies, to the point where I ended up with a horrible case of thrombophlebitis after the birth of my 4th child. Just wondering if the inflammation came first or whether the vein relaxation and increased blood volume(from pregnancy) caused injury and then inflammation. <br /><br />Just wondered if you had ever looked at any study regarding this and had any thoughts on it.Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15023858336293019185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196334975274806517.post-74248031808617163162012-04-12T22:08:44.123-06:002012-04-12T22:08:44.123-06:00Taylor,
I think that eating a variety of soil,espe...Taylor,<br />I think that eating a variety of soil,especially compost, would provide good input for the development of versatile, healthy gut flora, except that it would also,provide exposure to lots of parasites and pathogens.<br /><br />The bottom line is that healthy sources of gut flora have not been explored, prolly because they would be an economic disaster to the medical industry. Medicine is only expensive and required in bulk, because gut florals hard to repair in a medical context.<br /><br />Thanks for your comments.Dr. Art Ayershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01727664149735013259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196334975274806517.post-67490581452207867192012-04-11T21:36:33.216-06:002012-04-11T21:36:33.216-06:00Art, I'm still wondering if you think that con...Art, I'm still wondering if you think that consuming a little bit of soil here and there would be effective. I'm talking about just putting a quarter teaspoon of soil in a couple of ounces of water and swigging it down. Maybe take it from different places around town (away from chemically treated lawns and away from roadways of course) from different types of soils and fora stands and just eating it? Seems to me that would introduce a huge variety of bacteria into the gut flora.TCO348https://www.blogger.com/profile/15972478226700429070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196334975274806517.post-8330618615250578282012-04-05T04:11:11.679-06:002012-04-05T04:11:11.679-06:00Thanks a lot for the reply Dr. Ayers. Perhaps caff...Thanks a lot for the reply Dr. Ayers. Perhaps caffeine is what is creating the false hypoglycemia for you since it works as a vaso-constrictor and has glycogen sparing effects which is what is causing the carb cravings by reducing glucose in the blood and further preventing the remaining glucose from reaching far enough into the brain.<br /><br />From your description i find milk to be exactly that - powerful! :)<br /><br />-JakeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196334975274806517.post-855054009854412322012-04-04T11:37:50.946-06:002012-04-04T11:37:50.946-06:00Hi Asim,
You are of course correct in including sl...Hi Asim,<br />You are of course correct in including sleep as an essential component of a healthy life style. It is more important than exercise and an integral part of circadian cycles. Sleep, vitamin D, melatonin, etc. make up a very large discussion.<br /><br />Thanks for the reminder. I will update my diet and life style guidelines to include sleep.Dr. Art Ayershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01727664149735013259noreply@blogger.com