thanks for the compliment Jonathan but please note the info came from mercola.com I hope I did not do a disservice to the info in my editing of it!! There were links in the original and I would encourage any interested party to go to www.mercola.com and check it out in it's entirety. davido
On Sun, 12 Dec 2004 12:55:50 +0900 "Jonathan B. Britten" <jbrit...@cc.nakamura-u.ac.jp> writes: > David Osbourne has posted some superb information here about > antibiotics and I and others are certainly much obliged for this. > > Regarding the following section, I have one comment: > > A simple and very low-cost probiotic known as EM-1 is well worth the > > time to learn about. I have posted perviously links to some > useful > sites; check the archives. A quick refresher: > > EM -- essential microorganisms -- are most widely used in > agriculture. > They are not approved for human use and one takes them at one's > own > risk. I have done so for several years after learning how to make > EM > in Japan. I am not an MD and can not recommend EM; readers must > use > their own judgment. > > A chief advantage in making one's own EM Extension is low cost. A > > liter of EM costs about twenty dollars at the current exchange rate. > > I mix 100 cc of EM, 100 cc of molasses, and and 1800 cc of water in > a > two-liter pet bottle. I wait a few weeks, and I have a mixture > very > close to the original EM. Ideally, one keeps the brew at a warm > temperature during this time, but in truth one gets an acceptable > brew > even at room temperature, provided one starts with warm water to > get > the whole process started. > > I believe that EM creates a beneficial internal environment in the > human intestines, and can be especially useful in one is concerned > > about deficient intestinal flora, as Mr. Osbourne has described. > I > will stop here, and recommend again that anyone interested in this > topic educate himself/herself, and also join the free yahoo EM > health > group. (em-hea...@yahoogroups.com) > > The moderator is a man named Vinny Pinto, who has provided countless > > pages of free information. He also has an extensive and detailed > > e-book for sale, but one need not purchase this to get all the > essential information -- it really is free online. > > For those on a budget needing probiotics, EM may be one good > answer. > > em-hea...@yahoogroups.com > > Thanks > On Sunday, Dec 12, 2004, at 05:05 Asia/Tokyo, David S Osborne > wrote: > > > Keep your bowels moving. If antibiotics kill off your friendly, > > intestinal bacteria, once you cease taking antibiotics youll run > a > > higher risk of infection by other, more hostile bacteria. These > > bacteria > > will be quick to find and exploit pockets of debris that could be > > collecting and putrefying in your intestines if you happen to > become > > constipated. So, be sure to keep your digestive tract as clear as > > possible until you can repopulate it with friendly bacteria. > Psyllium > > hulls fiber from your local health food store is the best, bulk > fiber > > to > > use, as long as you dont have a history of intestinal > obstruction. > > Psyllium not only relieves constipation. It also slows diarrhea > by > > absorbing excess water.
