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C. difficile – Are your guts ever normal again?

Digestive Health | Last Active: Jul 15 5:56pm | Replies (646)

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@nurseheadakes

I have been reading for days all of your bouts of infections and treatment plans and have to give you all some information to help you along. The c.diff bug is a sinister bug that always lives in your gut. It is an opportunistic little bug that takes advantage of times when your good bacteria in your gut are not at their best. Meaning, there are not enough of them to fight the c diff bugs to keep them at bay. When you take ANTIBIOTICS...they wipe out ALL OF YOUR good biotics (your microbe) that keeps you healthy and well. The area of 32 feet of gut is a lot of space to cover and your c diff loves to live in it and rule it. The rule of the game then must be finding how to change the game so the the c diff doesn't like to live in this environment. Putting good things in your mouth and stomach begins in learning about what is clean and wholesome for you. First step - learn about your diseases so that you know what is the cause and how you can minimize the effects of them in whatever way that you can. Minimize the use of process foods, dirty foods, fatty foods and soda. Water is essential for your body since it is 80% of what you are made of. Prebiotics and Probiotics can be found in clean foods. Look that up on google or read about it in Anthony William's Book - Medical Medium Life-Changing Foods. I have a c.diff gut and will always have one but I don't let it rule my life. I rarely take my refrigerated probiotics but have them when I need them. I have yogurt on standby. I use lactaid milk because I can't tolerate milk products. Two meals a day for only fruits and vegetables. I start out my day with the celery juice that may seem like a waste and I can't see what it does for me on the outside but boy does it show in the lab values for my diabetes, weight management, and immune systems. I have included cucumbers and parley in my morning drink to jazz it up! My warm water has lemon slices in it that I sip throughout the day. In the morning I have an 1/8 tsp of Metamucil in my tea cup since the bowel are sluggish but the stools are working dandy after years of constipation and GERD. There is a starting point and an end point for everyone but it begins with the first step. Research your journey and find what works and doesn't work - keep track with your GI doc/NP so that you can find the path that will help you look at food as being helpful and not a hindrance to you health.

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This still is my mantra to this day. Anyone who wants to live through this viral pandemic will need to keep their liver, spleen, thyroid, and pancreas working diligently to keep these bugs under control. Using prebiotics, biotics, and postbiotics in various forms, be it in clean food, supplements, green food, and water will help your body fight the good fight to destroy and stave off this ongoing assault. Listen to you body, learn what works and does not work. Use your intelligence to map out a plan for yourself in what helps you stay strong. Write it down. What works for you may not work for your immediate family because you are unique and have a medical history specific to your exposures and experiences. Your body remembers and seeks to find the perfect equilibrium - that is why YOU need to make the decisions, not someone else. Do your homework, trial and error will help you set your guidelines. We are here to let you know what has worked for us in our journeys but only YOU can make the decision.