Hooray, poop is healthy....

I read a piece on Discovery Daily about fecal transplants. I'd never heard of such before. From experience in working in hospital settings for many years, I do know that taking antibiotics can create a need for probiotic supplement. When I have to use a round of antibiotics, I just get some yogurt afterwards and use that for a few days. I've not considered a regular regimen of probiotics as I've heard that their use in the older population (I'm 68) needs to be studied further.

That may be the reason we Indians are less susceptible to infections than you quarantined Americans.. Seriously, if you all had to survive out here...it would be very difficult... I dont touch antibiotics if I can help it..so when I get those things prescribed, they go down the flush..lol My maid has a better way of being probiotic..she places the broom upright by my headpost...and with just one tablet of paracetamol, I am up on my feet the following morning. I dont know if it is the broom and the bacteria on it, or the paracetamol has something that makes a better culture for the bacteria. But in general, mine are one day fevers..:)

This is kind of strange and a bit creepy! I didn't read the whole article because of that! I do have to agree it sounds like it is very helpful and can help in more ways then one. I also hate people who don't wash their hands after they go to the bathroom! That is so disgusting!

You mean that we really are supposed to wash our hands after using the bathroom, I've never done that Seriously though, I was a biology major in college and as such I had the opportunity to learn a lot about the normal flora and fauna of the human body and how those do help us to fight disease. Think about the fact that when you are on antibiotics, you will typically suffer from stomach problems as well because the antibiotics aren't picky and they will just kill off everything.

I also have been taking probiotics. I have heard of people drinking their own urine for health benefits, but I have never heard of them using feces. I don't know if I would want to do that, but I guess if you have tried everything else, and were sick enough you would try it.

Probiotics are great for your digestive track and your immune system. Antibiotics kill the bad bacteria but the yalso kill the good bacteria. If for some reason you do have to do an antibiotic regiment, you should increase your probiotics once your finish taking your medication.

Er thanks for the link but I still see poop in the same light, and I note "It's a strange concept to use stool, which has always been looked on as something dirty," said Dr. Lawrence Brandt. I know of urine therapy, but up till this discussion and the link I have never of thought of poop therapy. Will it be in tablet form, or just... no I won't even go there.

I have known for a long time that dogs sometimes eat their own (and other dogs') feces for a good reason. I also knew that it takes one quite a while to get back to normal after taking antibiotics (which kill both the good and the bad bacteria), so I have thought for a long time that it would make a lot of sense if we could have a culture of 'good' bacteria to restore our stomach flora to a healthy balance. Actually making a solution of the feces of a healthy person seems a little extreme but it is probably the best and simplest way of getting the right balance of fresh bacteria. I think that I wouldn't mind having the treatment at all (if I needed it), so long as I didn't actually have to drink it!

Okay, what's up with me opening my friends discussions like this right when I am eating? This is the second time in a week..:P That link you shared? Totally gross, even if I was eating. I do know that natural is most often better, (like you said, not when one has a serious infection) because I use garlic as a natural antibiotic. If I do end up having to use medicine, I immediately start eating yogurt for the live culture, it replaces the "good bacteria" that medicine wipes out.

HAHAHA! This is something new but I still couldn't get myself to go for this kind of medication. I don't even want to imagine people doing this but if it helps why not? hahaha!

There are drinks that has probiotics being sold here in our country. I am not sure if they also have it in the US. My kids love drinking them. And so were my siblings when we were kids. But I never liked the taste of it. It tastes like medicine and I'd puke if I happen to smell it.

I tried it for a long time it did not work at all. Started with it because of my allergies. There is a lot of info about probiotics and in my country also a big part of the meds (so the dry kind of probiotics = pills) are even dangerous because of the wrong bacteries living in it. It's also not that effective as the "living" kinds (you find them in yoghurt). I started a new diet now, looks as if it works for me, hope for my son as well. And if it comes to washing hands, you always must wash them after you used the bathroom. Also important to clean the doorbutton/heck frequently. It's proved that that is way more dirty (full of bacteris) as the toiletseat is.

Isnt that something. Very interesting. never knew that. I had heard something like this on the tlc channel. Some say that in countries they drink urine to fight diseases.

we have something called yakult which i never liked even as a child. i promised myself to add probiotics like yogurt drinks (which i like) and yakult so i tried it again recently. ugh, i still don't like the taste even when i poured it in a mug and added water to it. i'm sure it's healthier than flavored yogurt drinks because i hear natural yogurt is better, the sour one. so what's the name of the pill you take? i remember watching a documentary wherein singapore reuses wastewater and probiotics play a part in it. can't remember the name of the program but here's where it's mentioned. http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/04/04/from-wastewater-to-drinking-water/ http://www.athirstyplanet.com/be_informed/what_is_water_reuse/who-is-reusing aside from germy doorknobs and faucets, i also remember reading way back that you should use your elbow when flushing. won't work for clumsy people like me, easier to close the lid then push the button!

Oh, my! Your title was enough... but I don't think I'd want someone else's offal put into my body! It's just strange. I think I'll start taking probiotics... Seriously, it makes sense. We do such awful things to our bodies then expect them to just carry on. GMO foods, foods with no nutrition, "foods" with only fat and salt and sugar in them... our bodies are miraculous in that they keep on keeping on when everything seems to be against them.

Who came up with that sh!tty idea? I'd be saying I was cured too after and infusion of that crap. No more thanks, I do believe I'm cured! It's a miracle!

All natural is good. Let your body create antibiotics to fight against any stomach problem. Don't depend to any medicines. Being healthy will fight against any sicknesses in natural way.

And too much anti-biotics kills it all. Then its back to square one.

I have known that Probiotics are good for our intestines. It helps to build up healthy intestines. Probiotics are better than antibiotics in combating virus or bacteria. This is the first time I heard that our own poop can heal diseases. How are we going to use poop therapy? Are we going to eat our own poop or apply on the diseased parts? I heard of urine therapy which the patient drink his own urine or apply urine on the diseased skin.

When I was growing up having a dog, I yelled at him as he was munching his poop. I still did not think that he was sick every time he did that. Most of us would not care too much on what is going on after we flush our toilet. Who cares what's going on the drain, the pipes, the sewer, and so on. Sometimes, we might have to realize that our water may have been contaminated before undergoing filtration. I can think of the word RECYCLING. I thought recycling fecal matter for treatment is a new trial is recent years. There was a mylot discussion I responded to last year that relates to this. It was recycling poop for consumption after undergoing some process.