Healthy, Anti-Inflammatory Gut Bacteria is Actually Key to Averting the Start of Cancer
- Healthy, Anti-Inflammatory Gut Bacteria is Actually Key to Averting the Start of Cancer
by Daniel Barker, http://www.naturalnews.com/
(NaturalNews) A number of studies have indicated that the “good” bacteria living in our intestines play an important role in managing obesity and preventing disease, and new research has found that gut bacteria also helps in preventing cancer.
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The latest study, conducted by researchers at the University of California, showed that the anti-inflammatory properties associated with certain types of gut bacteria actually slow down or stop the development of certain types of cancer.
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These findings may lead to cancer prevention treatments based on the use of probiotics that regulate the amount of anti-inflammatory bacteria in the intestinal tract.
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As reported by Science Daily:
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“Ultimately, doctors might be able to reduce a person’s risk for cancer by analyzing the levels and types of intestinal bacteria in the body, and then prescribing probiotics to replace or bolster the amount of bacteria with anti-inflammatory properties, said Robert Schiestl, professor of pathology, environmental health sciences and radiation oncology at UCLA and the study’s senior author.”
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According to Schiestl, probiotic treatment is “not invasive and rather easy to do.”
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The role of ‘good’ gut bacteria
Our bodies contain trillions of bacteria cells, and our gut bacteria evolved over millions of years into what are termed “good” and “bad” types; the good bacteria prevent inflammation, the bad bacteria promote it.
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