Fascinating article about this gene (which I am a Secretor - therefore this really pertains to me). Read the 'Discussion' part as it speaks better layman terms for those that don't want to read the whole scientific thing.
http://journals.plos.org/plosone/articl ... ne.0020113
(FUT2 gene) Strongly Assoc with Bifi in the human intestine
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(FUT2 gene) Strongly Assoc with Bifi in the human intestine
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Dx LC April 2012 had symptoms since Aug 2007
Dx LC April 2012 had symptoms since Aug 2007
That's an interesting article, but my question is, outside of the academic interest, "Does it really matter as far as digestive health is concerned?" 
Tex
Tex
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.
Well it appears after reading some information at two different sites that in order to help with Methylation issues the gut needs to be healed to a certain extent so that enough Bifi bacteria will hopefully connect to the intestinal wall. This in turn helps better absorption of B12 which then helps that methylation cycle.
Because B12 separates from the food and is absorbed in the small intestine as soon as it drops down into it we need proper bacteria in the small intestine so B12 does its job better.
Amazing is all I can say...
Because B12 separates from the food and is absorbed in the small intestine as soon as it drops down into it we need proper bacteria in the small intestine so B12 does its job better.
Amazing is all I can say...
To Succeed you have to Believe in something with such a passion that it becomes a Reality - Anita Roddick
Dx LC April 2012 had symptoms since Aug 2007
Dx LC April 2012 had symptoms since Aug 2007
That's all opinion. No one actually knows enough about gut bacteria to make any chiseled-in-stone type claims. I have a hunch that we can absorb nutrients, vitamins, and minerals just fine without any parasitic bacteria in our gut. Most "experts" assume that they are essential to good health simply because they are there (and getting rid of them for any length of time is virtually impossible), but that's simply because all parasites are persistent (if they aren't, they don't survive in the long run). But they're not there because we need the little bloodsuckers — they're there because they can't survive without us.
Tex
Tex
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.