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The Coronavirus COVID-19 Gut-Lung Axis Shortlist

This is about needing balanced microbes in our intestines in order to have a healthy immune response which doesn’t damage our lungs.

That’s the gut-lung axis where our microbiota guide immune response to the new SARS-CoV-2 virus (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2).

When there is a healthy balance of microbiota, a person can be an asymptomatic carrier of the virus. When there is an imbalance of microbiota, known as gut dysbiosis, the host immune system can react adversely, an inflammatory reaction known as cytokine storm leading to damaging neutrophil activity. In short, we become our own worst enemies.

This is why research has shown the elderly are at most risk, because natural aging often includes reduced or absent protective microbiota such as Lactobacillus and Bifidobacteria.

Indeed, studies have shown that fermented foods such as kimchi and kefir are protective, including against coronaviruses. These foods are especially high in Lactobacillus. Zinc is also shown to inhibit coronavirus replication.

So, what can we do to maintain a healthy balance of microbes for an optimal immune response? Here’s the shortlist:

Life Extension Bifido GI Balance — 60 Vegetarian Capsules

Jarrow Formulas Ideal Bowel Support L. Plantarum 299v™ — 10 billion – 30 Capsules

Garden of Life RAW Probiotics™ Men 50 and Wiser — 85 billion – 90 Vegetarian Capsules

Garden of Life RAW Probiotics™ Men — 85 billion – 90 Vegetarian Capsules

Garden of Life RAW Probiotics™ Women 50 and Wiser — 85 billion – 90 Vegetarian Capsules

Garden of Life RAW Probiotics™ Women — 85 billion – 90 Vegetarian Capsules

Probiotic Kyolic Kyo-Dophilus® Digestion and Immune Health 

Natren Healthy Trinity Dairy Free — 60 Capsules

Jarrow Formulas Ideal Bowel Support L. Plantarum 299v™ — 10 billion – 30 Capsules

Homemade kefir, fermented 48 hours for Lactobacillus dominance.

Also, making your own fermented vegetables like sauerkraut and beet kvass (made with lots of fresh ginger).

For vitamin A, five (5) gels/day: Vitacost Cold Water Arctic Cod Liver Oil — 2200 mg – 300 Softgels

NutriBiotic Buffered Sodium Ascorbate Vitamin C Powder — 16 oz
Here’s a liposomal form of vitamin C

NOW Zinc Picolinate — 50 mg – 120 Veg Capsules one cap/day

For vitamin E, foods like sunflower seeds and almonds (also prebiotic for Lactobacillus). 

Life Extension Se-Methyl L-Selenocysteine — 200 mcg – 90 Vegetarian Capsules

Vitacost Vitamin D3 Mini Gels — 5000 IU – 365 Softgels usually 2 gels/day, sometimes 3

Note: topping the food list for zinc is oysters: Crown Prince Naturally Smoked Oysters with Red Chili Peppers Mildly Spiced — 3 oz

Life Extension Se-Methyl L-Selenocysteine — 200 mcg – 90 Vegetarian Capsules

To know your balance, microbial DNA Stool testing:  
https://thegutclub.org/thryve-gut-test-and-probiotics/

For more personalized information, here’s our Microbiome Balancing Private Consult

FitLine Supplements for cellRESET™ program to boost metabolism

Here’s more information about the cellRESET™ program to boost metabolism. For complementary coaching throughout the cellRESET program, please contact:
Anna Molda 561/939-9122 (click for Facebook)

And here are supplements utilized during the program for safe detox:

Activize Oxyplus is an effective vitamin B complex, easily absorbed in safe dosage. It is taken in the morning and afternoon on empty stomach.

Restorate is a mineral complex, highly absorbant, taken after meals and before bed. 

Basics is a prebiotic, probiotic along with digestive enzymes taken before the second meal and can be taken more than once daily. 

Optimal Set includes Activize, Restorate and Basic.

ProShape Amino is an amino acid complex of BCAAs and aromatic amino acids in an absorbent form, effective in reducing visceral fat in organs; 3 capsules taken once daily.

Herbaslim Tea is a tasty tea to drink throughout the day for detox.

Other recommended products:
D-Drink for detox.

Munogen for  circulatory health via nitric oxide.

A new way to improve health, including weight loss and slowing of the aging process, has recently been introduced in the USA from Germany. The program is quite popular in Europe, called cellRESET. It’s a combination of low carbohydrate diet and strategic supplementation. The supplements are designed and manufactured by PM International based in Speyer, Germany. The company was founded in 1993 and is privately owned, earning $500 million annually and works with top European scientists and government agencies.

It’s a 28 day detox plan along with ongoing maintenance program. For most people, it’s a new way of life toward improved health! This program takes the best of new scientific understanding about what promotes a healthy metabolism and makes it simple.

This is not to be considered a weight loss plan, but weight loss is a benefit of improved metabolism. Please note that a low carb diet may also improve an anorexic condition and foster needed weight gain. cellRESET is also a way to turn back the clock, actually lowering metabolic age. One way this is accomplished is through a reduction in visceral fat which is the fat stored in organs of the gut and abdominal fat.

The first 7 days of the diet is 4 meals per day of animal proteins only. These are called “white days”. This is the most difficult part of the program. After the first week, a combination of meats and vegetables are consumed called “green days”. There are a few more “white days” throughout the duration of the program. No bread, pasta, potatoes or sweets are allowed except one piece of fruit on green days. With 4 meals per day, no one goes hungry!

There are four types of supplements used throughout the program to help with safe detoxification:

Amino acids, B-vitamins, minerals and a combination prebiotic fiber with probiotcs and digestive enzymes. These supplements have been designed and manufactured for maximum absorption and safety. A special blend of herbal tea is also used for detox.

Personally, when I discovered this program in 2015, it was almost exactly what I had designed for myself after several years of health research. But this program sets the rules for easy compliance and the supplements are well-designed combinations to support the body during transition to health.

If you would like to learn more about the program, please contact me directly. There are also opportunitites to become a Team Partner and earn income while helping family and friends become healthy and prevent metabolic diseases such as diabetes, heart disease and cancer.

Here’s more detailed information about the program and the supplements:
What is the cellRESET program?

Here are the FitLine Supplements for cellRESET™ program to boost metabolism

For complementary coaching throughout the cellRESET program, please contact:
Anna Molda 561/939-9122 (click for Facebook)

Vitacost Product Recommendations

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The Gut Club is a Vitacost affiliate. For reorders, please return to this page and click on the Vitacost logo to begin your new order. We’ve selected the best, most cost-effective and safe products for your gut health. 

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Source Naturals Vitamin C Sodium Ascorbate Crystals — 16 oz

NutriBiotic Buffered Sodium Ascorbate Vitamin C Powder — 16 oz

Source Naturals MSM Powder — 16 oz (can mix with Sodium Ascorbate in water)

Vitacost Cold Water Arctic Cod Liver Oil — 2200 mg – 300 Softgels

Life-Flo Pure Magnesium Flakes — 2.75 lbs (may use orally dissolved in 8 oz water in 1/3 teaspoon dose)

Life-Flo Pure Magnesium Oil — 8 oz (topical use)

Vitacost Bitter Melon Fruit — 900 mg per serving – 240 Capsules

YS Eco Bee Farms Propolis — 1000 mg – 90 Capsules

Life Extension Bifido GI Balance — 60 Vegetarian Capsules

Jarrow Formulas Ideal Bowel Support L. Plantarum 299v™ — 10 billion – 30 Capsules

Garden of Life RAW Probiotics™ Men 50 and Wiser — 85 billion – 90 Vegetarian Capsules

Garden of Life RAW Probiotics™ Men — 85 billion – 90 Vegetarian Capsules

Garden of Life RAW Probiotics™ Women 50 and Wiser — 85 billion – 90 Vegetarian Capsules

Garden of Life RAW Probiotics™ Women — 85 billion – 90 Vegetarian Capsules

Probiotic Kyolic Kyo-Dophilus® Digestion and Immune Health

Natren Healthy Trinity Dairy Free — 60 Capsules

Bragg Organic Raw Apple Cider Vinegar — 32 fl oz

Life Extension Se-Methyl L-Selenocysteine — 200 mcg – 90 Vegetarian Capsules

Nature’s Way Boron Complex — 3 mg – 100 Capsules

NOW Zinc Picolinate — 50 mg – 120 Veg Capsules

Vitacost Methyl B-12 Melts Cherry — 5000 mcg – 60 Sublingual Lozenges

Vitacost Phytosterol Complex with Beta-sitosterol — 120 Tablets

Jarrow Formulas Prebiotics XOS Plus GOS — 90 Chewable Tablets

American Biotech Labs Silver Biotics® Your Daily Immune System Support — 16 fl oz. (for topical use)

Vitacost Niacinamide (Vitamin B3) — 500 mg – 200 Capsules

Heather’s Tummy Care Tummy Fiber™ Organic Acacia Senegal Can — 16 oz

Heather’s Tummy Care Organic Acacia Senegal Tummy Fiber — 16 oz

Garden of Life Dr. Formulated Organic Fiber Unflavored — 6.8 oz

Vitacost B-50 Complex — 100 Capsules

Vitacost Complete B-100 Complex — 100 Capsules

Vitacost Vitamin D3 Mini Gels — 5000 IU – 365 Softgels

Life Extension Florassist® GI with Phage Technology — 30 Liquid Vegetarian Capsules

Vitacost ROOT2 BioCell Collagen® with 100 mg Hyaluronic Acid — 100 mg per serving – 60 Capsules

Doctor’s Best Nattokinase — 2000 FU – 270 Veggie Caps

 
Frontier Natural Products Organic Ground Ceylon Cinnamon — 16 oz
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

The Gut Club on Facebook

The Gut Club pages on Facebook are currently where most of the action takes place:

Here is The Gut Club Facebook page for current topics about gut health. This is a public page for general information and discussion.

And here is The Gut Club Stool Test Discussion Group. This is a closed group for privacy. Please post test results (Thryve, Biomesight, GDX, etc.) here so we can learn and share information about microbial balance as driver of health.

Please consider purchasing a Biomesight Microbiome Test at discounted rate. Also Thryve kits including probiotics at 30% discount.

See you in cyberspace!

Drink High Alkaline Water to Raise Protective Gut Microbiota

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Have you been following all the news about the microbiome the past few years? This field of science has been exploding and represents a true paradigm shift in health and medicine. Science is rapidly revealing the reciprocal relationship we have with our microbes. Quite simply, we depend on a healthy balance of microbiota for our health and survival.

Now, let’s make the case that the health mechanism behind high alkaline water isn’t just about creating antioxidants, but in maintaining an environment by which our protective microbiota thrive. This environment is the small intestine where most of our water is absorbed by far:

The small intestine may be construed as the center of all health. And it’s here where a balance of microbes is crucial. This is where our nutrients are absorbed or malabsorbed. This is where all health begins, or it’s the beginning of the end!

Most people would think that drinking high alkaline water would make our intestines more alkaline, but the opposite is true. Drinking high alkaline water actually favors the growth of microbes which maintain the intestinal pH at healthy acidic levels.

Contrary to popular belief, the so-called alkaline diet is one that feeds the protective microbiota in order to maintain a healthy acidic gut. A low acid gut means acid reflux where the cure is to raise acid. When the gut produces acid, bicarbonate is sent into circulation to maintain healthy alkaline blood. Such are the inverse relationships of our compartmentalized bodies. These inverse relationships include gut-brain and intracellular pH. But it all starts in the gut where our water is absorbed.

Studies conclude that certain bacteria, the anaerobes, thrive best in negative ORP (oxidation reduction potential) and this is exactly what is provided by consistent use of high alkaline drinking water. This ORP represents the antioxidant value of high alkaline water. It allows for the growth of protective microflora, especially the lactic acid bacteria such as Lactobacilli and Bifidobacteria. These bacteria guard against overgrowth of gram-negative, toxin-producing aerobes.

These toxin-producing aerobes are also important to health, but they shouldn’t be overgrown in the small intestine as this leads to malabsorption syndrome and is associated with metabolic diseases such as diabetes, obesity, cancer and neurodegenerative disease. A recent study shows how pathogenic bacteria such as E. coli thrive in an aerobic environment fueling their aerobic respiration.

So, by creating an environment with a high negative-value ORP drinking water which is high alkaline water, we’re helping our protective microbes to guard the intestinal fort.

How’s that for counterintuitive? High alkaline water creates a healthy acidic gut!

To purchase a high alkaline water machine, The Gut Club recommends:

Water for Life USA
(The Gut Club founder, Keith Bell, has used their machines for over 10 years and both equipment and service have been excellent.)

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2019 UPDATES:

Profound new research:

Positive effect of an electrolyzed reduced water on gut permeability, fecal microbiota and liver in an animal model of Parkinson’s disease

https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0223238
“Higher abundances of butyrate- producing bacteria such as Blautia, U.m. of Lachnospiraceae family, U.m. of Ruminococcaceae family, Papillibacter, Roseburia, Intestinimonas, Shuttleworthia together with higher butyric acid levels were detected in PERM+ERW group compared to the other groups. In conclusion, the PD animal model showed increased intestinal permeability together with hepatic inflammation correlated with altered gut microbiota. The positive effects of ERW co-treatment observed in gut, liver and brain of rats were linked to changes on gut microbiota.”
 
“A clinical study shows that the negative ORP of ERW creates a gut environment by which protective microbiota, especially anaerobic bacteria, thrives allowing a protection against pathogenic bacteria in patients with irritable bowel syndrome [31].”

Effects of Alkaline-Reduced Drinking Water on Irritable Bowel Syndrome with Diarrhea: A Randomized Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Pilot Study

https://www.hindawi.com/journals/ecam/2018/9147914/
“Microorganisms have their own intrinsic reduction potential (Eh) for each species, and aerobic and anaerobic bacteria grow at different oxidation-reduction potentials. Aerobic bacteria require a positive potential of +400 mV and facultative anaerobic bacteria require negative electric potential between −300 and −400 mV. Electrochemically generated reduced water has a negative potential of 0 to −300 mV, while the tap water has a potential of +300 to +450 mV [38]. By drinking reduced water, it is possible to improve symptoms of functional bowel disease by accelerating the growth of anaerobic bacteria (Lactobacilli and Bifidobacteria) and inhibiting the growth of aerobic pathogens.” (2018)

Here’s where The GUT CLUB is compiling research about high alkaline water, redox, negative ORP and how this can lead to a beneficial flora shift where anaerobic bacteria flourish:

Welcome to The Gut Club!

The Gut Club welcomes you as we learn and share information about intestinal health as driver of general health. This website is devoted to members of The Gut Club to create awareness about the importance of the gut to overall health. This includes mental and emotional health known as the gut-brain connection.

Our intent is to share information as a community to provide support in the treatment and prevention of illness. There is so much to learn, so please become a member and let’s begin our journey together.

Membership is FREE.

Membership is required to participate in the forums, core activity of The Gut Club. It’s about learning and sharing as a community of gut enthusiasts, people interested in prevention and longevity and people in need of support for themselves and as caregivers.

Our headline image, Ileum Skyline, is the inner lining of the small intestine, about 1/8″ high. On the other side is another 1/8″ and together this is the most important 1/4″ of the body; internal and external environmental issue of the highest order. It’s here where nutrients are absorbed or malabsorbed. And here where microbes maintain the lining and interact with the host immune system, a reciprocal relationship. We’re in this together.

 

 

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