How healthy gut flora prevents acne
Let's take a brief look at the bacterial population in your
gastrointestinal track and see how it affects your acne and health in
general.
As I'm sure you are aware there are both good (probiotic) and bad
(pathological) bacteria residing inside you. Most of them are found
in your small intestine and colon, but they are also in other parts of
your body – including your skin. Actually the number of bacteria is
10 times higher than the number of cells in your body. Combined
they weight up to 4 pounds.
Those bacteria are not just parasites residing in you. You live in a
complete symbiosis with them. As long as we provide them with a
reasonable diet and as long as they remain in good health, these
bacteria provide excellent service in return.
It seems to be that in order for everything to work properly and you
to remain in optimal health at least 85% of the bacteria population
should be good bacteria. I presume that you have acne, so it's very
likely that the bad bacteria have taken over.
Let's take a look at how these probiotic bacteria benefit you:
o They manufacture various vitamins
o They manufacture milk-digesting enzyme lactase
o They produce antibacterial substances that kill or deactivate
hostile, acne-causing bacteria.
o Some probiotic bacteria have shown to have powerful
anticarcinogenic features
o They improve absorption of nutrients
o They reduce high cholesterol levels
o They neutralise many toxins in your body
o They help to recycle estrogen (female hormone) which
reduces the likelihood of menopausal symptoms and
osteoporosis
o They protect you against food poisoning
o Improve your immune system
One could summarise that they fight against and counterbalance
the effect of harmful bacteria has on your body. Earlier we looked at
how overgrowth of harmful bacteria leads to acidity, acne and poor
health in general. You could say that the most important function of
probiotic bacteria is to keep harmful bacteria at bay.
