Few people are truly aware of the importance of a balanced gut for their overall health and wellbeing. Some may even be unaware that we have a teeming community of microbes inside us! This unseen population of trillions of microbes comprises the gastrointestinal ecosystem that is known as your gut microbiome made up of bacteria, viruses, fungi, and more. The gut “flora” (microbes) is referred to by scientists as microbiota.
The balance of your microbiota, and overall microbiome health and function, is extremely important, affecting nearly every system in your body. An imbalance (often referred to as dysbiosis) of the gut microbiome and microbiota has been connected to many issues in the body including:
- Allergies
- Depression
- Autism
- Obesity and weight gain
- Digestive disorders (GERD, IBS, etc.)
- Yeast overgrowth
- Compromised immunity
and much more!
What Is an Imbalance of Microbiota?
A “balanced” microbiome refers to the optimum synergy in the symbiotic relationship between the microbes themselves, the function of each, and how those processes relate to your body. Generally stated, this is achieved by having: 1) a great diversity of microbiota, and 2) optimal levels of each microbe.
If one type of microbe is allowed to either gain the upper hand or be depleted, there can be repercussions for your health. Examples of such consequences would include fungi (yeast) being able to flourish, leading to yeast overgrowth. A depletion in yeast can also cause issues. Not enough yeast can lead to a lack of enzymes and less nutrients absorption. Then, there are bacteria, such as Clostridium and Fusobacterium, that in some circumstances may become harmful pathogens.
The microbiome really is that delicate of an ecosystem. Unfortunately, it’s all too easy to mess with its balance. In fact, one animal study found that a high-fat, high-sugar diet (the typical Western diet) measurably “shifted the structure of the microbiota within a single day.”
If we’re ignorant of the damage we’re doing, we can inadvertently pile on the damage, through various means. This can create the perfect storm of imbalance that leads to weakened immune function, and other states that have been directly connected to disease or, at minimum, poor health.
4 Common Ways Your Gut Microbiome (Gut Flora) May Become Imbalanced
Here are four of the most common ways you may be throwing your own microbiome and microbiota out of balance.
Risk Factor #1: Using Splenda (sucralose)
There’s been controversy about sweeteners for decades. Usually it’s aspartame (NutraSweet or Equal) and saccharin that get most of the flack, publicly. However, sucralose is not immune to examination or the need for caution. Splenda is marketed as being close to nature and being “made” from real sugar. The reality is sucralose is the result of chlorinating sucrose (sugar). So, it may start out as sugar, but what it becomes sure isn’t natural.
Think of it like butter versus margarine. You take a healthy, fairly inert oil and you hydrogenate it to make margarine, and all of a sudden, it’s not inert or healthy at all!
The process of making sucralose binds chlorine to the sugar molecule, meaning you are intentionally ingesting chlorine, which is a known poison. The processes the body goes through to deal with this toxic substance creates other chemical reactions that are harmful to the body.
On top of this, in order to prevent the chlorine from detaching, so to speak, other spectacularly harmful chemicals are added to the mix. You don’t see these on the ingredients list because they are in amounts that do not require labeling, by law. The chemicals you may be ingesting along with your sucralose include:
- acetone
- acetic acid
- acetyl alcohol
- ammonium chloride
- benzene
- ethyl alcohol
- formaldehyde
- hydrogen chloride
- lithium chloride
- methanol
- sulfuryl chloride
In fact, back in 1976, the creators of Splenda have been reported as stating,
Sucralose is made from sugar, but is derived from sucrose (sugar) through a process that selectively substitutes three atoms of chlorine for three hydrogen-oxygen groups on the sucrose molecule. No artificial sweetener made in the laboratory is going to be neither natural to the body nor safer than unprocessed sugar.”
In a 2008 study with rats consuming sucralose, negative effects were noted to the microbiome and microbiota. After 12 weeks of recovery (not taking the sucralose), the good bacteria and anaerobes were still notably decreased – by as much as 53.9%.
Not only that, the rats that had the lowest doses gained the most weight, though food quantities did not vary. It’s worth noting that an unbalanced microbiome has also been connected to weight gain. The possibility arises that sucralose’s ability to affect the microbiome plays a part in this phenomenon.
The researchers of this same study also observed a significant effect on important proteins involving nutrient absorption and medicines. Sucralose, therefore, is not as harmless as Big Food marketing departments would have you believe.
Risk Factor #2: Alcohol Consumption
In addition to harming many bodily systems, alcohol also damages your gut microbiome. It can lead to alterations of the gut flora (i.e. small intestinal bacterial overgrowth).
In 2009, a study looking at the effect of alcohol on microbiota found significant dysbiosis (microbial imbalance) with the alcohol-fed rats. In contrast, the imbalance was prevented by administering the probiotic (beneficial bacteria), Lactobacillus. The power of probiotics!
Other studies have demonstrated specific harmful bacteria overgrowth due to alcohol. Conversely, the probiotic Lactobacilli was seen to be severely depleted.
One specific condition associated with alcohol consumption is that of dysbiosis of the small intestine: SIBO – Small Intestine Bacteria Overgrowth. Typically the large intestine contains the greater amounts of bacteria, and a much lower number in the smaller. The problem with SIBO is complex, but to put it simply, the extra bacteria in the small intestine are able to consume nutrients that should be absorbed by the body. This can lead to malnourishment. Also, this breakdown of nutrients can lead to bowel problems and gas.
Many studies looking at the alcohol-microbiome link have been with high amounts of alcohol, looking at dysbiosis and alcoholism. However, a human study by Dr. Scott Gabbard and team at the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center and the Mayo Clinic looked at moderate consumption. They found that even a small amount of alcohol could impact gut health.
Suffice to say, if you know you have a gut imbalance, you want to avoid alcohol while you replenish and rebalance with a good probiotic foods and/or a supplement.
Risk Factor #3: Poor Diet
Diet is by far one of the main culprits for developing an imbalance of microbiota, and any subsequent fallout. Here are the primary reasons:
- Too much sugar and (unhealthy) fat
- Too many carbs
- Too few anti-inflammatory foods, such as fresh, green leafy vegetables
- A diet low in enzymes, antioxidants, anaerobes, fulvics, polyphenols, and resveratrol
- Eating products laden with preservatives, chemicals, pesticides, and antibiotics
- The disappearance of quality fermented foods from our common diet
- Lack of prebiotics in the diet (these feed the good bacteria [microbiota] and allow them to flourish)
- Incorrect supplementation (ie: using probiotic products that are inferior in efficacy or microbe content, such as mass market yogurts)
Risk Factor #4: Using Antibiotics
If there was a countdown, this would be the dramatic finish because antibiotics are likely the worst cause of an imbalanced gut. Especially if used regularly, and in combination with all the above.
It’s simple: antibiotics are life-saving medicines that kill bacteria that in the past, in particular, would have been too much for the body to heal on its own. Nowadays there is a tendency to use these miracle meds even when there is not a life-threatening illness, whether for speed of recovery or to avoid the chance of an infection getting to that level.
So we take them. Even when at times we’re playing a 50/50 game with our ailment actually being a virus. Either way, the antibiotics do their job and wipe out bacteria in our system. The problem then arises in the gut.
As you now know, the gut microbiome is a delicate balance of organisms. However, the “good” and “bad” bacteria are all the same to antibiotics. When you take antibiotics, both are killed indiscriminately leaving your microbiome at risk of other microbes taking over, including resistant bacteria.
Overgrowth of yeast is probably the most well-known result of taking antibiotics. We need yeasts for our gastrointestinal ecosystem, but, as with everything else, in the right balance. There are bacteria in the gut that feed off killing the yeasts and fungi. There are those that, in interacting with the yeast, create enzymes and other chemicals and compounds that promote health.
When yeast is allowed to grow out of control, say, when antibiotics have wiped out these aforementioned bacteria, it can lead to health problems. Yeast overgrowth is under suspicion for being at the root of disease, as well as many common health issues such as urinary tract infections (UTIs), respiratory infections, and sinus infections.
A study on the effects of taking the antibiotic Ciprofloxacin found that up to a third of bacterial varieties were killed with just one dose. While most of the test study subjects had a rebalanced flora by the 4th week following treatment, some did not even after 6 months.
Someone who is prone to having a lengthy recovery time should definitely be wary of taking too many antibiotics.
Anyone taking antibiotics should be aware of the potential effects and be certain to:
- Take a quality probiotic in conjunction with the medicine, and
- Follow up a course of antibiotics with a proactive plan to replenish the microbiota through diet, avoiding alcohol and sucralose, as well as continuing with a top drawer probiotic that ideally has fermented enzymes
3 Things That PROMOTE Good, Healthy Gut Bacteria
#1. Fermented Foods
The remedy seems pretty simple there… avoid the things that cause the imbalance, and start including good sources of those that help it.
Take fermented foods. For centuries, different cultures have all had their own versions of fermented foods. These cultural treats are not simply tasty, they served a purpose – mainly that of preserving foods before there was adequate refrigeration, and for travel. However, whether by design of accident, there’s much more to it than that.
Fermented foods and substances actually contain a wide range of microbe goodness that is incredibly beneficial for your microbiome. A diverse set of microbiota equals a happy gut. Eating a diverse range of fermented foods and substances will give you a better balanced microbiome.
It begins with the pre-digestion that occurs in the fermenting. The sugars and starches are broken down by probiotics and yeasts. The end result is an array of probiotics that your gut loves, as well as lactic acid.
#2. Anaerobes
The benefits of eating fermented foods and substances is largely due to anaerobes, which are a specialized microbe that assist in the fermentation process, at the same time creating bioactive compounds. These compounds themselves have many benefits, including properties that are antioxidant, antihypertensive, and even anti-cancer. Best of all, anaerobes make the nutrients in fermented foods, and within your own digestive system, more bioavailable to you. This means more is absorbed and utilized by the body.
#3. Fulvic
Something else we used to consume more of in ancient times are fulvic and humic acids. These substances are promoters of a balanced microbiome and help your body to absorb probiotics. Organic vegetables grown directly in the soil are high in fulvic acid.
It is thought the main reason fulvics are so beneficial for our microbiome and health is that they form bonds with bioactive molecules, acting as a carrier for them. Digestive disorders such as leaky gut (food, pathogens, and other particles are able to pass through the intestinal lining into the bloodstream), SIBO, and IBS can be supported or potentially avoided with the use of good fulvics.
Article Summary
The balance of your microbiota, and overall microbiome health and function, is extremely important, affecting nearly every system in your body.
An imbalance of the gut microbiome and microbiota has been connected to many ailments, including:
- Allergies
- Depression
- Autism
- Obesity and weight gain
- Digestive disorders (GERD, IBS, etc.)
- Yeast overgrowth
- Compromised immunity
A “balanced” microbiome is achieved by having a great diversity of microbiota and optimal levels of each microbe.
4 common ways your gut microbiome (gut flora) get out of balance:
- Using SplendaⓇ (sucralose)
- Alcohol consumption
- Poor diet
- Using antibiotics
Great article that covers it all. Thank you Ty Bollinger.
I LOVE this! Common sense health answers that won’t bankrupt a person. Eating these foods is how my healthy 95 year old mother was raised years ago, and she continued the healthy eating with us!!!! God put these healthy foods on the earth for our benefit!
Awesome! Glad to hear you enjoyed it, Chad! 🙂
Truth is always truth, and in fashion. It never loses it’s sweet flavour. Thanks Ty and Charlene, for your sacrifice, search, and wonderful willingness to share your exhaustive, deep, broadranging, mind broadening, research. God bless you, and yours.
Good article. Stay off the antibiotics. Include some foraged ground-growing greens in your regular diet like the other mammals who live outside and don’t get gut problems, to continuously replenish the gut bacteria with the soil bacteria which is *supposed to be* the source of gut bacteria in mammals.
I got Crohn’s & Ulcerative Colitis from antibiotics, and got wrecked further by the ‘treatment’ for those ‘incurable’ conditions. Eventually I learned the simple truth about soil bacteria and started foraging edible ground-growing plants, and got cured. Although I haven’t tried it, I’ve seen you can also buy pre-packaged medical grade HSO’s (“homeostatic soil organisms”) for the same purposes – gut flora repopulation. It comes as a black powder one can sprinkle on their food.
Dan , thanks to God he gave me a revelation and I cured my colitis with juicing cabbage .. base is lemon ginger fennel carrot apple , then add first a small amount of any cabbage or kale and dark green leaf veg until you get use to the taste , adding more and more cabbage … do this as long as u can 3 or more months … use slow juicer .
if you can do dairy , get unhomogenised organic milk and get yourself kefir culture on the internet , watch youtube tutorial and do your kefir daily … you an get water kefir also ..
Hope it helps
He said he was cured.
Good info. I’m trying to heal my ulcerative colitis and it’s a battle trying to figure out what to do and how to do it to heal the “incurable” according to my doctor. It can be healed
hello dan. I’m glad you got over the disappointment caused by antibiotics. if you have a source of plants grown in soil, you avoid everything what is prepackaged. HSO is good, but you never have all the properties of a food-drug taken directly from the source
Hi Dan, I also have UC and in a very bad flare up right now, can I ask what do you mean soil bacteria, what do you do exactly, I have never heard of this before, but already tried lot of other supplements. Appreciate all the info, thank you!
Have you read about redox molecules for healing? This has saved my brain and gut
Hi Dan Quixot’e
My son has ulcerative Colitis, could you please explain a bit more. Thank you!
Cannot agree with you 100% on that Mark. If you mean the supermarket junk meat that is full of injected hormones and various other nasties then, yes I would agree. But good organic meat a few times a week is good for you. That and a Mediterranean diet could do a lot of good for your body.
In the late 1990s, when I was having bad acne problems on my chin, my GP doctor told me to take antibiotics for a month. I do not think that I needed antibiotics for a few bad pimples on my chin. When my grandmother recommended that I take Brewer’s Yeast vitamin supplements, it worked much better for me and the pimples have disappeared. I had to take antibiotics as a teenager in the early 1990s because I have an abscess in my tooth and take them in 1997 when I had my four wisdom teeth out. In your opinion, do you think that I really needed antibiotics for a few bad pimples on my chin? If my wisdom teeth were not growing and stuck in the surface of my gum and causing me trouble, do you really think that I needed the surgery to have them out and needed antibiotics after that?
Hello. i do not speak English very well, so please be tolerant with my expressing.
First, I want to congratulate Ty for his work.
Mark. The information adding that it is normal to be truncated and incomplete because it is not written for scientists, is for those who do not have much knowledge of biology or medicine. I respect all opinions, but I would like to express my observations. With education, it is easy to go to a vegetarian diet, because we are some vegetarian mammals. but, with exclusion entirely food of animal origin i think is not too happy. Human species consumer the animals of… 2 million years (maybe much) ? This food had a significant impact in our biology. I speack here of everyday man, not a man who practicing different ways to convert a food inside the body.
adela.
Silvia Hello. not too much blame the doctors for his recommendations. they are people too, but so many so they know or believe them, or were imposed. unfortunately, they tend too easily and often prescribe antibiotics or other medicines for a delusions what called preventives. I know what happened to me with wisdom teeth, and one even need had to take antibiotics. From acne, if it not was in a severe form (so I understand) your grandmother advised you well.
as you,i am curious what ty answer, because there are many alternative treatments that i do not know. maybe he can write an article on this topic
Thank you for more wonderful information, Ty. It is so important for people to take control of their own health and thanks to informative, and knowledgeable people like you and many others you have led us to, we can do just that!
Since every single traditional human culture consumes/consumed at least some animal products, are you trying to claim that all traditional human cultures (including largely carnivorous groups such as the Maasai and Inuit) have gut dysbiosis? I find this extraordinary claim hard to believe, especially when you provide no explanation for why this would be so.
“In a study published in the American Journal of Epidemiology, Harvard’s George Mann conducted fifty autopsies on the Maasai tribe in the 1970s and found their bodies were loaded with heart disease–but unlike the arteries of Americans who eat a great deal of meat, the Maasai arteries were also dilated, allowing for more blood flow, due to their high degree of physical activity.” from the book “My Beef With Meat”–Rip Esselstyn
How do I know if my gut is out of balance??
You crave carbs like crazy. ( jmho)
Fatigue, yeast infections, bloating, inflammation around the body. Stomach problems. Constipation- diarrhoea. And if left untreated, neurological dis-ease and other disease of the body (IMO)
Wld be good to know more about soil thang!
You may also feel rather bloated and gassy after eating certain foods, and your bm’s may be too loose or constipated.
Mark, are you talking about the animal protein where the animal was pumped with low grade antibiotics and growth hormones RBGH and RBST and fed on genetically modified corn and other grains, then you are right. Unfortunately that is what is in abundant supply all over North America. The best proteins with a balanced combination of minerals and vitamins, especially B12 come from animal meat like beef, lamb and chicken, that have been grown on natural grass ( not GMO grass), plant leaves, hay and have been allowed to roam, perch, scratch, lay eggs in the nests. This is what our ancestors ate who had continuous energy, almost disease free and never had diseases like diabetes, high cholesterol, joint degeneration, high blood pressure and CANCER…..
Monsanto, together with greedy and equally irresponsible partners, all, selfish beings have caused a serious health hazard for unsuspecting consumers. Personally I have anger for how this situation has been allowed. I would think that creating a means of poisoning millions of people comes under the title, mass murder, or genocide. . Sadly however in a profoundly corrupt world it it seems to be done, I wonder if the recent German buyers of Monsanto will change tactics???
I was eating plant based but learned we all have cancer cells in our bodies. Sugar feed cancer cells. Plant based diet tends to be high in carbs. Even eating whole grains and legumes. I switched to organic meats a dental veggies and some lower sugar fruits. Best wishes.
The printikine diet and the recommendations by Dr. Joel Furhman, Dr. William Davis and Dr. David Perlmutter have ideas for grain free, gluten free diets with healthful fats that seem to make sense.
My thoughts exactly Mark!
There is one major problem consuming animal muscle meats. Incomplete digestion within the small intestine. Cooking muscle meats coagulates proteins making them even more difficult to break down into amino acids. Undigested animal protein that enters the colon feeds putrefactive bacteria. These bacteria release toxins and inflame the inner lining of the colon. A chronic condition state of inflammation and toxins against the colon wall leads to polyps and them colon cancer. A high intake of fiber in the diet lowers this risk factor. It does not matter is the beef is grass fed or raised on feedlots. Muscle meats are very difficult for us to digest fully. Plant-based diets can provide all essential nutrients with the exception of B12 which can be easily supplemented with a sublingual tablet of 1000 mcg methylcobalamin once a week.
Great explanation of the cumulative effects of eating meat!
I suffer terribly from acid reflux and lately I am getting an abnormal amount of gas flatulent and huge amount of gross belching . I am getting as in last 3-4 day stomach pain and for the last few months a lot of diarrhea. My diet is a healthy Mediterranean diet with lots of berries & greens and good spices. What am I doing wrong?
Hi Danielle –
Thanks for your comment.
Unfortunately, we are unable to give any kind of medical advice. The best advice we can give you is to consult with one of the doctors we interviewed in the Global series.
Please note that we are not able to select an expert for you.
We’ve created a page with the experts’ contact info as it was available to us.
Here’s the link to the actual webpage:
http://thetruthaboutcancer.com/experts-info-sheet/
We do have one more resource you may be interested in. During our Live Event 2017 series, Dr. Patrick Quillin suggested contacting The Institute of Functional Medicine to locate a practitioner in your area.
If you are interested, here is the link to search for a Functional Medicine Practitioner in your area: https://www.ifm.org/find-a-practitioner/
Wishing you endless love and good health always!
Hi my name is Ron……. I have lyme disease! The blood test came back negative ….. but I’ve had 8 out 10 symtoms .I’VE SEEN THESE TICKS WHEN I HAVE A BOWEL MOVMENT . I know its something Doctors give a dam about ?? Could you help me find cures !
Hi Ron –
Thanks for reaching out to us about this.
Please know that you are in our prayers.
Unfortunately, we are unable to give any kind of medical advice. The best advice we can give you is to consult with one of the doctors we interviewed in the Global series.
Please note that we are not able to select an expert for you.
We’ve created a page with the experts’ contact info as it was available to us.
Here’s the link to the actual webpage:
http://thetruthaboutcancer.com/experts-info-sheet/
We do have one more resource you may be interested in. During our Live Event 2017 series, Dr. Patrick Quillin suggested contacting The Institute of Functional Medicine to locate a practitioner in your area.
If you are interested, here is the link to search for a Functional Medicine Practitioner in your area: https://www.ifm.org/find-a-practitioner/
Hope this is helpful. Please let us know if there is anything else you have questions about. <3
Always informative, although I feel I should have a Dr’s degree by now!
This makes really good sense and I can vouch for the importance of taking care in this body region. The process I have used for sometime has relied on natural food products from which I can boast great success. No more bloating or stomach protuberance (beer belly remarks etc)
Plumbing system just fine and really enjoying my revised food choices.
I really wish the leaky gut community would stop talking about Autism like it’s a disease. It’s not a disease. It is a different neurological blueprint.
Here’s the thing: Autism runs in families. I am autistic, and I was vaccinated. I even turned blue and became non-responsive after my MMR at two months. My little half-brother is autistic, and he was vaccinated. Our nephew displays many traits of the same type of Autism. He was not vaccinated. He is very high-functioning, though, and we believe he wouldn’t be as high-functioning had he been vaccinated like his aunt and uncle (though we’re both still relatively high-functioning, too… our nephew is just more high-functioning than us).
It seems to me that rather than Autism being a disease caused by toxins or imbalances, it is a different neurological blueprint that is extremely beneficial for the human race, as we tend to be highly intelligent and artistic people and have made many beneficial contributions to the fields of science, technology, math, art, literature, and philosophy. We are more prone, however, to negative side-effects of known neurotoxins because of this different neurological blueprint, which is why children may start regressing and displaying traits of low-functioning Autism following their vaccinations or other causes of imbalances.
So Autism in and of itself is not a bad thing. It can be aggravated by toxins and imbalances, and seeking health is important if we are to be high-functioning, but Autism in and of itself is not a negative symptom or disease to be eradicated. That would deprive the human race of some much needed diversity. Autism doesn’t keep me from being who I really am. It makes up a huge part of who I am. Saying that how God made us is wrong perpetuates this idea society has that autistic people are bad, or at least not as good as neurotypicals.
I leave you with two quotes.
“[W]hen parents say, ‘I wish my child did not have Autism,’ what they’re really saying is, ‘I wish the autistic child I have did not exist and I had a different (non-Autistic) child instead.’ . . . This is what we hear when you pray for a cure. This is what we know, when you tell us of your fondest hopes and dreams for us: that your greatest wish is that one day we will cease to be, and strangers you can love will move in behind our faces.” – Jim Sinclair
“Neurodiversity may be every bit as crucial for the human race as biodiversity is for life in general. Who can say what form of wiring will prove best at any given moment? Cybernetics and computer science, for example, may favor a somewhat autistic cast of mind.” – Harvey Blume
I found the article to be very interesting and informative as I always had problems with my intestinal tract. However after going on a vegetarian diets about 20 or so years ago I haven’t had any problems again.
Could you please post the SUMMARY.
Thanks
Andrea
Hi Andrea,
If you scroll up to the top of the article, you will see a clickable link that says: “In a hurry? Click here to read the Article Summary…”
You’ll be able to skip to the article summary from there.
Alternatively, you can scroll to the end of the article and see the summary starting with the heading “Article Summary”.
Hope this helps. 🙂
Regarding all the above discussion related to type of diet: According to the writings of the late Dr. Nick Gonzalez, he chose specific diets for his cancer patients based on numerous factors, including ancestry, blood type, personality type, and the nature of the specific cancer. Some of his patients were placed on totally vegetarian diets, while others were instructed to each a small amount of 100% grass-fed beef daily. This demonstrated to me there IS no “best diet” for everyone – only the diet that is best for YOU. Long-term, total vegetarianism does appear to have its drawbacks, however, unless one does a lot more than simply continue to eat the “Standard American Diet,” minus the meat/fish. With OR without meat/fish, the S.A.D. will get everyone in trouble!!
Love it, Marilyn!
And we totally agree! Thanks for sharing. 🙂
We appreciate you!
So what are fermented foods? What exactly? Can you give some examples. This basic info is absent from your post, and i cannot work out why. Incomplete article friends. Organic veggies, yes great.
Are you up for providing some fermented food examples here please? Thx.
Hi Bri, great question! We have published a few articles on fermented foods in the past that you may enjoy:
https://thetruthaboutcancer.com/fermented-foods-reduce-cancer-risk/
https://thetruthaboutcancer.com/sauerkraut-superfood-video/
https://thetruthaboutcancer.com/how-to-do-an-elimination-diet/
I tried to pin this article and Pinterest is blocking it, perhaps you could challenge them on this. Thanks, it is a great article.
Do you have anything on Multiple Mieloma? After a medulla transplant on 2017 and daily intake of Revlimid chemo andmany other pills for different purposes I suffer many side effects and multiple daily acid diarrheas. Doctor don’t connect this cancer to food intake sinces several país of my chromosomes mutated. Thanks for your work and the information you share with us.
Hi Alba!
Thank you for reaching out to us about this.
I’m sorry to hear about your diagnosis – I will be sure to say a prayer for you!
Unfortunately, we are unable to give any kind of medical advice. But we do have an article on this topic on our website.
https://thetruthaboutcancer.com/cancer-survivor-story-eric-vincelette/
The best advice we can give you is to consult with one of the doctors we interviewed in our Global Quest series.
We are not able to select an expert for you, but we’ve created a page with the expert’s contact info as it was available to us.
Here’s the link to the actual webpage: http://thetruthaboutcancer.com/experts-info-sheet/
We do have one more resource you may be interested in. During our Live Event 2017 series, Dr. Patrick Quillin suggested contacting The Institute of Functional Medicine to locate a practitioner in your area.
If you are interested, here is the link to search for a Functional Medicine Practitioner in your area: https://www.ifm.org/find-a-practitioner/
I’m also attaching the info about the Hope4Cancer clinic in Tijuana, MX if you’d like to reach out to them.
http://www.hope4cancer.com/
https://hope4cancer.com/schedule-a-call/
Please also see the resources below in case they will be helpful to you.
From our beginning, we have supported charities that really help these cancer patients.
HealingStrong:
http://healingstrong.com/
https://www.facebook.com/healingstrong
HealingStrong supports MANY cancer patients and are amazing. HealingStrong, a nonprofit organization, is supported 100% by volunteers, who are experienced in using natural strategies. The organization’s mission is to educate, encourage, equip, and empower those seeking comprehensive natural strategies to heal strong and stay strong.
HealingStrong Connect Groups meet monthly in various areas of the U.S. and South Australia to link others interested in natural strategies, holistic protocols, and local resources. Their groups focus on mind, body and emotional healing based on Biblical promises, as they believe the God of the Bible is our healer. For more information on how to start a group, or become involved in one, please go to: http://www.healingstrong.org/groups, and like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/healingstrong.
Cancer Crackdown is so awesome and helps patients without a lot of money get supplements and treatments and even helps them raise money:
http://cancercrackdown.org/
https://www.facebook.com/CancerCrackdown
Also, the Independent Cancer Research Foundation is another charity that we support, also known as Cancer Tutor. They have been a TREMENDOUS help for cancer patients and have a TON of life saving information they give out freely and they do real research into treatments for cancer that are outside of the toxic Big Pharma Big 3:
http://www.theicrf.com/
The best that we can suggest is to contact Healing Strong and Cancer Crackdown for any need in financial resources.
We also support Mary Beth’s “Nick Gonzalez Foundation” which is bringing Nick’s protocol to the people…which is one of the most powerful cancer killing protocols out there.
I hope this is helpful! Please don’t hesitate to reach out to us again if there’s anything else we can help with.
Wishing you and your family endless blessings and love!