No, Sol, my answer was more an extrapolation of what I learned in biology back in school. Your information is definitely interesting!
How do we colonize the gut naturally, if not by eating "contaminated" food? Are you saying that the probiotic varieties or those specific preparations are too fragile to do that job, whereas other forms would survive? Mike D. > Mike, I have never seen proof that probiotics survive far enough into > the GI tract to establish/colonize, though I have seen some info that > seemed convincing that they do not. Have you seen a reliable study or > test result that shows that they do get through to colonize? The > bacteria species that sporulate that I've seen in probiotic products are > not ones I want colonizing my gut, but that's just my personal take on > it. sol > > > At 04:04 PM 2/17/2010, you wrote: > >Deb asks: > > > I always wondered how the probiotics make it thru the stomach > > > acid....does anyone know? > > > >Ooh! Ooh! I know! <waves hand> > > > ><grin> > > > >They're probably in the form of spores, which have to be tough enough > >to survive drying out, temperature swings, and, presumably, > >inhospitable pH environments. > > > >Probably the reason many of those intestinal organisms became human > >symbiotes is because they made spores that could survive in the > >environment and be consumed with food. Our ancient ancestors didn't > >always wash their food, after all! > > > >I just looked, and the Wikipedia article on spores seem like it'd fill > >in the blanks. (I skimmed.) > [Mike Devour, Citizen, Patriot, Libertarian] [[email protected] ] [Speaking only for myself... ] -- The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org To post, address your message to: [email protected] Address Off-Topic messages to: [email protected] The Silver List and Off Topic List archives are currently down... List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
