Re: H. pylori

I am not certain about the causes of your shortness of breath, however, H pylori has been shown to protect against asthma... and some allergies...

>>"It was also stronger in those whose asthma developed at an early age. Those who had H pylori (cagA+) were 40% less likely to have developed asthma by age 15 than those who tested negative for the bacterium."<<

http://www.nationalreviewofmedicine.com/issue/2007/05_15/4_advances_medicine_...

The article is disturbing in terms of this statement...

>>"The key point, says Dr Blaser, is that H pylori colonization is the default human state of affairs, but it's a default position we're fast drifting away from. "About 10% of the US population now has detectable H pylori colonization. I was just in Sweden and Germany, where I'm told the figure is less than 5%. The proportion in the developing world is over 50%, and just a few generations ago the levels in our own societies were 70, 80, even 90%. So H pylori is disappearing really fast, and this disappearance is almost certainly mirrored in other microorganisms we can't detect as easily.""<<

that said, lactobacilli have been shown to treat H. pylori related "diseases".

It is about balancing AND supporting the natural microflora in the gut and intestinal tract with a high quality diet, rich in vegetables... not letting one get the upper hand on the other.

read some of my latest posts on this by clicking on my name and doing a search.

note that gut/terrain microflora, and its expression (how it functions) is dependent upon the environment within the host.

this, along with no, or not enough, competitive microflora like lactobacilli, is why H. pylori can be seen as expressing either good or bad in an individual... as with most any other microflora.

Note that you will likely find cause of, and benefit to kidney issues as well with microflora, and again, this is dependent upon microflora populations and expression.

grz-

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