The mounting cases of Enterovirus D68 and associated paralysis among children are a very disturbing trend. washingtonpost/news/to-your-health/wp/2014/09/30/spread-of-enterovirus-d68-takes-an-alarming-turn-with-reports-of-paralysis-what-we-know-and-dont-know/ And now; Enterovirus D68 combined with antibiotic resistant Staph have led to tragedy: cnn/2014/10/01/health/enterovirus-68-death/index.html ***** Unfortunately, we cant put our children in a bubble. But we CAN protect their gut bacteria, so their gut bacteria can protect THEM. Graduate student Iris Pang (Immunobiology), working with former postdoctoral fellow Takeshi Ichinohe has shown that “commensal” bacteria in the intestines actually play an important role in fighting flu infection in the lungs. Her recent publication about this ground-breaking research in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences has attracted much attention in the scientific world and led to the publication of articles in American Scientist , Nature, and Scientific American. Iris’ study is the first to demonstrate that commensal bacteria provide a signal to the body that prepares other organs, in this case the lungs, to mount an immune response against viruses. Antibiotics, which suppress bacteria in the gut, seem to impair the bodys ability to send those signals. yale.edu/graduateschool/publications/news/201202/research-immunobiology.html ***** WHAT WE CAN DO TO PROTECT OUR CHILDRENS BENEFICIAL GUT BACTERIA (AND STRENGTHEN THEIR IMMUNE SYSTEMS) Get them: OFF ARTIFICIAL SWEETENERS realclearscience/journal_club/2014/09/17/artificial_sweeteners_aiding_the_obesity_epidemic_108848.html OFF PROCESSED FOODS grist.org/food/gut-punch-monsanto-could-be-destroying-your-microbiome/ (including grain-based products rt/uk/173476-pesticide-toxic-uk-poison/) OFF ANTIBIOTIC AND HORMONE FILLED MEAT AND DAIRY PRODUCTS ewg.org/meateatersguide/a-meat-eaters-guide-to-climate-change-health-what-you-eat-matters/other-meat-concerns-antibiotics-hormones-and-toxins/ OFF PESTICIDE LADEN FRUITS AND VEGETABLES (The pesticides are often inside the plant tissues, not just on the plants) ewg.org/foodnews/summary.php SIGNS OF DISRUPTED GUT BACTERIA OBESITY: The wrong mix of microbes, can help set the stage for obesity and diabetes from the moment of birth. scientificamerican/article/how-gut-bacteria-help-make-us-fat-and-thin/ MENTAL/EMOTIONAL CHALLENGES: Keeping anxiety and depression under control, Bercik suggests, may improve inflammation in the gut; and treating inflammation in the gut may improve mood by altering brain biochemistry. apa.org/monitor/2012/09/gut-feeling.aspx and npr.org/blogs/health/2013/11/18/244526773/gut-bacteria-might-guide-the-workings-of-our-minds FOOD ALLERGIES: Scientists took a group of mice with peanut allergies and gave them the gut bacteria Clostridia, a bacteria found commonly in humans. After administering it, they found that the mice no longer had food allergies. kcet.org/living/food/food-rant/reason-behind-increasing-food-allergies-discovered.html and https://sciencenews.org/article/gut-bacteria-may-prevent-food-allergies ASTHMA: Low gut microbial diversity in the intestines of infants can increase the risk for asthma development. These are the findings of the age 7 follow-up in a multi-year study. sciencedaily/releases/2014/01/140107092831.htm VULNERABILITY TO PATHOGENS AND DISEASE Immunological dysregulation is the cause of many non-infectious human diseases such as autoimmunity, allergy and cancer. The gastrointestinal tract is the primary site of interaction between the host immune system and microorganisms, both symbiotic and pathogenic. In this Review we discuss findings indicating that developmental aspects of the adaptive immune system are influenced by bacterial colonization of the gut. We also highlight the molecular pathways that mediate host–symbiont interactions that regulate proper immune function. Finally, we present recent evidence to support that disturbances in the bacterial microbiota result in dysregulation of adaptive immune cells, and this may underlie disorders such as inflammatory bowel disease. This raises the possibility that the mammalian immune system, which seems to be designed to control microorganisms, is in fact controlled by microorganisms. nature/nri/journal/v9/n5/abs/nri2515.html and livescience/39444-gut-bacteria-health.html For more comprehensive information, I highly suggest reading Dr. Martin Blasers new book, #MissingMicrobes: martinblaser/ HOW TO GET YOUR CHILDRENS GUT BACTERIA BACK ON TRACK PROBIOTICS These good bacteria are considered to be live microorganisms which when administered in adequate amounts confer a health benefit on the host, according to the World Health Organization. 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