The current population exceeds 300 million people and 150 million domestic cats and dogs! The computer models that project human and animal health over the next 50 years must reveal great opportunity for the pharmaceutical industry; Drug stores are popping up everywhere.
People and their pets are already on more medication then ever before: Many are on multiple medications. Yet medications do not cure. Oddly, they are designed to mask the symptoms instead of resolving the actual causes. That hardly seems scientific. Today, not only are people and their pets getting the same diseases; they are transferring them to each other. The key to health is in understanding the gut. The more bioavailable the food you eat, the better; this means the nutrients are easily readily absorbed and digested.
Digestion and elimination are time sensitive. Too long, or too short causes problems.
"Fully 90% of all disease is caused by an unhealthy digestive system" The Royal Society of Medicine of Great Britain.
Why have American doctors and veterinarians not picked up on this fact? Why, indeed!
Gastro-intestinal (GI) diseases usually start out as relatively simple conditions. Symptoms might include eczema, eating disorders, foul smelling gas, loose stools, diarrhea, vomiting, and light constipation.
Advanced GI diseases like IBS, Crohns Disease, chronic constipation, chronic allergies are the result of GI imbalance combined with severe intestinal wall inflammation. Immune disorders and diseases soon follow.
Contrary to popular medical opinion, most human and animal disease is reversible- as well as genetic predisposition in animals! The steps to make sure that you, and your pets, get healthy and stay healthy are relatively simple, and far less costly than doctor visits, medications, and health insurance!
The intestinal wall is the gatekeeper. This is where blood picks up nutrients from the digested food, and takes them to feed every cell, tissue and organ in you or your pets' body. The severity of illness is directly related to the degree to which the intestinal wall and GI tract have been compromised.
In extreme cases, the intestinal wall is so inflamed that neither nutrients nor waste products can pass through. Advanced GI and Immune disease soon follows. Until the inflammation is addressed the benefits of improved diet, or medications will be negligible! Sadly, prednisone is the medical professions anti-inflammatory of choice. Like antibiotics, this is case where the treatment needs a remedy.
When GI and immune disease is treated with the right combination of natural anti-inflammatories, healing soon follows. Soil-based organisms (SBOs) are scientifically proven to resolve routine GI disorders.
SBOs are probiotics. The correct blend of SBOs will maintain proper GI balance, neutralize acidity, and move fecal matter out in a timely manner. They are essential to maintain or restore intestinal balance in humans and animals.
Why Soil-Based and Not Dairy-Based? Two good reasons: 1) many humans and pets have problems digesting milk. 2) Dairy based probiotics are not hearty enough to survive the strong stomach acids.
Daily SBO supplementation, not only prevents most cases of routine cat diarrhea, but doing so will virtually assure that neither you nor your pets develop a chronic disease. SBOs are only available as supplements.
As with all things, not all SBO products are created equal. Many only contain a few SBOs by volume. Some are mixed with dairy based probiotics. Look for an SBO product that is virtually 100% SBOs and dairy free.
The author is Robert Hart, VP of Vitality Science. His articles have been published in national magazines, Ani-Med (an ASPCA affiliate), Pet Style, Professors House, Natural Awakenings and numerous pet websites and organizations. Vitality Science formulates all-natural remedies and supplements for cats, dogs, ferrets, pigs, and horses. Pet Flora, their flagship product is human grade. To learn more visit http://www.vitalityscience.com/
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