Well, there's this...caution "gross"

[sylvie]

This is a link to an article about dealing with super bad colon bacteria by transplanting a donor's fecal matter. One reason I am including this is to encourage people to keep the colon flora healthy with fermented foods and probiotics. The other is that as this catches on as in Oklahoma there will be a need for "donations" by healthy people with good intestinal flora.
Not sure if this will pay like blood donations but if folks just want to help someone suffering through a life threatening condition, here's your chance without sacrificing an organ or other invasive collected tissue.
Make of it what you will:
http://www.newsok.com/oklahomans-fecal-transplant-aims-to-kill-colon-superbug/article/3387333

 

[noobiechickenlady]

Corneas? Cool. Lungs? Sure. Hearts? Great. Colon contents? wow...

Think I'm gonna go eat some some more yogurt

 

[big brown horse]

I wonder why they don't just get the folks to eat the good bacteria?

 

[freemotion]

I've seen and read quite a bit on this. It is so sad that our lifestyles (well, not "ours," but you know what I mean!) have gotten to this point.

Yes, once your healthy flora is destroyed by antibiotics and an unhealthy diet of dead and displacing foods, it is very hard to get the balance back, as you will be fighting bad flora with the good until the good wins. Even emotional stress is a factor, and in an out-of-balance digestive tract, acidifying things like coffee and sugar in any form, and any processed foods. This is just too hard for most Americans, so the fecal transplant is needed. Or it just gets to the point where it is so acute that a reversal of habits will not be quick enough.

Yikes. Go read the "fermenting" thread! Lots of great stuff over there!

 

[Henrietta23]

That's it. I'm starting a new batch of kimchee.....
Maybe gross, but thanks for sharing anyway!

 

[patandchickens]

I dunno, plenty of animals eat each others feces when young and sometimes when adult-but-stressed-or-were-ill. Veterinary and animal behavior authorities always treat it as being a matter of improving their gut flora, I have no idea to what extent this has been empirically documented to occur but I would bet it has and it is.

So, maybe gut-content-transplants are not that weird except being a more palatable way of doing it

Pat

 

[Beekissed]

They sometimes steal a cow's cud and give it to a young calf to jump-start their rumen. I guess this makes a lot of sense in that respect.

Colon health is extremely important......just ask my mom! Anyone having a mom who gives a bowel report weekly will know why this is funny...... We recently found out why my mom has frequent constipation.......whenever she is away from my dad her bowels work just fine. Stress is a key factor in her bowel health.

I will tell you all this.....all of our patients with colon cancer always tell me the same thing. They have had bowel problems "all their life".....meaning all their adult life, or actually, when they started paying attention to bowel movements. They report a lot of constipation during their lifetime. If you ask questions you find they have similar lifestyles....such as similar diets and similar activity levels, increased stress levels as well. How your bowels function are a real good indicator of your general health. Pay attention!