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\n<\/blockquote>\n

I’ve
\nwritten previously on the role the diet plays on modulating a healthy gut
\nmicrobiome and why this is important. This week, I also discussed the role of
\nour microbiome in immunity. Specifically, I reviewed: <\/p>\n

1. How
\nnutrient deficiencies in those with suboptimal gut microbiota put fuel on the
\nfire of inflammatory processes.<\/p>\n

2. The
\nlink between allergic responses and certain bacteria in the gut.<\/p>\n

3.
\nA relationship to vaccination reactions and microbiome health.<\/p>\n

4.
\nThe role of transferring healthy gut bugs from mom to baby.<\/p>\n

You
\ncan read more about these topics here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In
\nthis blog, I want to discuss the role of chemicals on our microbiome and how it
\naffects our health<\/p>\n

The Role on Artificial
\nSweeteners and Microbiota<\/b><\/p>\n

A
\nrecent study in mice demonstrated the negative impact of artificial sweeteners
\non their microbiome and its connection to glucose intolerance. Specifically, researchers
\ntransferred microbiota from mice that consumed artificial sweeteners to
\n“germ-free,” or sterile, mice resulted in a complete transmission of
\nglucose intolerance into the recipient mice.
\n (1-2)<\/i><\/p>\n

According
\nto Science Daily on the study:<\/p>\n

This, in itself, was
\nconclusive proof that changes to the gut bacteria are directly responsible for
\nthe harmful effects to their host’s metabolism. The group even found that
\nincubating the microbiota outside the body, together with artificial sweeteners,
\nwas sufficient to induce glucose intolerance in the sterile mice. <\/i><\/p>\n

Dr.
\nElinav and Prof. Segal tested this effect in humans as well. The first looked
\nat data collected from their Personalized Nutrition Project,
\nthe largest human trial to date to look at the connection between nutrition and
\nmicrobiota. According to the same article,
\n“Here, they uncovered a significant association between self-reported
\nconsumption of artificial sweeteners, personal configurations of gut bacteria,
\nand the propensity for glucose intolerance.” <\/i><\/p>\n

Furthermore,
\nin a week-long controlled experiment, a group of volunteers who did not
\ngenerally eat or drink artificially sweetened foods were asked to consume them.
\nThey were then tested for their glucose levels and gut microbiota compositions.
\nThe findings demonstrated that many of the volunteers began to develop glucose
\nintolerance and changes to their gut bugs after only one week! (1)<\/p>\n

The Gluten-Pesticide Link<\/b><\/p>\n

A
\nEuropean study released in February demonstrated that gut bacteria played a
\nrole in the metabolism of gluten
\nproteins and concluded that 94 strains of bacteria, mostly in phyla Firmicutes
\nand Actinobacteria (Lactobacillius, Sterptococcus, Staphlyococcus, Clostridium,
\nand Bifidobacterium), could play a role in gluten metabolism and possible
\ntreatment for celiac disease. (3)<\/p>\n

A
\nfew weeks ago, my Sunday morning consisted of a few hours reviewing some of the
\nwork of Stephanie Seneff on the connection between the pesticide glyphosate and its role in celiac
\ndisease and gluten intolerance symptoms. This was triggered by an interview between
\nher and Dr. Mercola. (4-6). <\/p>\n

Stephanie reports that this pesticide is
\nsprayed in enormous quantities on this grain. Furthermore, when a diet consists
\nof wheat products in combination with GMOs (genetically modified organisms), the
\nresult could be a “creation
\npesticide factories in our gut<\/a>” creating a
\nsuboptimal and dysfunctional microbiome.<\/p>\n

The various mechanisms of how glysphosphate
\nexposure can manifest in celiac disease and gluten sensitivity symptoms include:<\/p>\n

1…impairment in many cytochrome P450 enzymes,
\nwhich are involved with detoxifying environmental toxins, activating vitamin
\nD3, catabolizing vitamin A, and maintaining bile acid production and sulfate supplies
\nto the gut…<\/i><\/p>\n

2. <\/i>Deficiencies
\nin iron, cobalt, molybdenum, copper and other rare metals due to glyphosate’s ability
\nto chelate these elements. <\/p>\n

3. Depletion
\nin the amino acids tryptophan, tyrosine, methionine and selenomethionine by glyphosate.\n<\/p>\n

4. Celiac
\ndisease patients have an increased risk to non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma and reproductive
\nissues which have also been linked to glyphosate exposure. <\/p>\n

The
\nimplications of these papers are far-reaching and include the following
\nconsiderations:<\/p>\n

1.
\nCould the chemicals on gluten be triggering the rise in celiac disease and gluten
\nsensitivity? <\/p>\n

2. Is
\nthe reason gluten sensitivity and celiac disease are also so prevalent, but not
\neasily diagnosed, related to an immune response not due to the wheat protein itself,
\nbut to an altered gluten protein that results from its interaction with
\nglysphospate? (Specifically, the paper proposes some probable mechanisms of
\nauto-immunity induction to the enzymatic breakdown of gluten via
\ntransglutaminase through either ammonium glyphosphate to the lysine residue in
\ndeaminated gluten or nitrosylating
\ntransglutaminase cysteines.)<\/p>\n

3.
\nCould this explain the explosion of various food sensitivities and autoimmune
\ndiseases modulated by intestinal permeability? <\/p>\n

Interesting,
\nI looked up a study on ancient form of wheat that was not processed or altered.
\nThis small study of 12 celiac patients did not exhibit the typical
\nimmunological response, as measured by a small intestinal biopsy, as they would
\nexhibit to commercial. (7)<\/p>\n

Does
\nthis mean an organic diet that contains this form of gluten is safe for celiac
\npatients? <\/p>\n

I’m
\nnot willing to go that far yet. First of all, this was only one small trial and
\njust because the patients weren’t reacting in the intestinal mucosa, doesn’t
\nmean there weren’t sensitivities and immune responses in other areas of the
\nbody.<\/p>\n

However,
\nin time with modulating our diet and microbiome and cutting out chemicals be
\nthe answer to cutting down the number of chronic diseases and people suffering
\nfrom autoimmunity?<\/p>\n

I’ve seen clients no longer exhibit symptoms
\nwhen they’ve incorporated dietary and lifestyle changes and implemented healing
\ntheir intestines with “the Four R Approach.” Anything is possible when the body
\nis treated with TLC in my opinion!<\/p>\n

Sources:<\/p>\n

\n

1.Weizmann Institute of Science. Certain gut bacteria
\nmay induce metabolic changes following exposure to artificial sweeteners. ScienceDaily.
\nRetrieved September 17, 2014.
\nwww.sciencedaily.com\/releases\/2014\/09\/140917131634.htm<\/p>\n

2.Jotham Suez, Tal Korem, David Zeevi, Gili
\nZilberman-Schapira, Christoph A. Thaiss, Ori Maza, David Israeli, Niv Zmora,
\nShlomit Gilad, Adina Weinberger, Yael Kuperman, Alon Harmelin, Ilana
\nKolodkin-Gal, Hagit Shapiro, Zamir Halpern, Eran Segal, Eran Elinav. Artificial
\nsweeteners induce glucose intolerance by altering the gut microbiota. Nature,
\n2014; DOI: 10.1038\/nature13793<\/p>\n

3.Alberto Caminero, Alexandra R Herr\u00e1n, Esther Nistal,
\nJenifer P\u00e9rez-Andr\u00e9s, Luis Vaquero, Santiago Vivas, Jos\u00e9 Mar\u00eda G Ruiz de Morales,
\nSilvia M Albillos, Javier Casqueiro. Diversity of the cultivable human gut
\nmicrobiome involved in gluten metabolism: isolation of microorganisms with
\npotential interest for coeliac disease. FEMS Microbiol Ecol. 2014 Feb 6. Epub
\n2014 Feb 6. PMID: 24499426.<\/p>\n

4.Mercola, J. Why the Use of Glyphosate in Wheat Has
\nRadically Increased Celiac Disease. Mercola.com. September 15, 2014. <iframe
\nwidth=”640″ height=”360″
\nsrc=”\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kwmwdHCbKJg?feature=player_embedded”
\nframeborder=”0″ allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n

5.Samsel, A & Seneff, S. Glyphosate’s Suppression
\nof Cytochrome P450 Enzymes and Amino Acid Biosynthesis by the Gut Microbiome:
\nPathways to Modern Diseases.
\n<\/i>Entropy
\n<\/i>2013<\/b>, 15<\/i>,
\n1416-1463; doi:10.3390\/e15041416. <\/p>\n

6.Samsel, A & Seneff, S. Glyphosate, pathways to
\nmodern diseases II: Celiac sprue and gluten intolerance. Interdiscip Toxicol.
\n2013; Vol. 6(4): 159-184. doi: 10.2478\/intox-2013-0026<\/p>\n

7.Department of Surgical and Gastroenterological
\nSciences, Padua University, Italy. Lack of intestinal
\nmucosal toxicity of Triticum monococcum in celiac disease patients. Scandinavian
\nJournal of Gastroenterology (Impact Factor: 2.33). 12\/2006; 41(11):1305-11.
\nDOI: 10.1080\/00365520600699983<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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