Hello everybody, this is good news for those who practice IF although this is unclear it appears that fasting increases some gut bacteria and lessons others which could protect against a stomach infection.
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Hello everybody, this is good news for those who practice IF although this is unclear it appears that fasting increases some gut bacteria and lessons others which could protect against a stomach infection.
Here's the article please see:
Thanks Jerry, interesting. I remember many years ago seeing a doctor because after a dose of food poisoning, I wasn't feeling right. He suggested I eat nothing for 24 hours, in case their was pathogens remaining, to allow them to flush out. It worked, but maybe that wasn't the mechanism; maybe the pause allowed my microbiome to regroup 🤔
However, I am always cautious with studies using animal models, particularly non-primates. The results of mouse studies often don't translate to humans, and indeed in this case it doesn't seem to me that mice are a good model of us.
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This pathogen causes gastroenteritis (food poisoning) in humans and in antibiotic-pretreated mice.
So they have to mess with the mouse microbiome before they start.
Even if the effect is the same in humans, I wonder it's benefit. Salmonella is a food borne bacteria. It's nearly impossible you would get it in your system when fasting, because you have eat something.
But still, the next time I get food poisoning (probably in France, I always get food poisoning in France), I will try fasting to see if I can recover quicker.
Maybe fasting put the body under stress which is the equivalent of giving it a good kick up the backside. We don’t seem to thrive on constant ‘foot on the gas’. Too many similes?😱