Clostridia

Kayla says, my daughter's oat test showed clostridia.

How do we get rid of it once and for all? All right, so first off, I do not agree with oat tests diagnosing clostridia.

Those organic acids are substances that are created by bacteria, but not just Clostridia strains.

So one of my pet peeves is these otests say, hey, look, you've got a marker for Clostridia and you have C. diff, watch out.

And you freak out, okay? which understandable, it says it right there in the labs.

I think it's a little overkill.

Even mechanisms on the gut.

If you look at chronic and prolonged stress, I've spoken about TRPV1 receptors, which if someone has high amounts of hydrogen ions, like hydrogen ion-producing bacteria like E. coli, Clostridia, Clostridium, They're producing the hydrogen ions, and what the hydrogen ions do is they stimulate these receptors in your gut called TRPV1 receptors, and then it creates vascular relaxation, like gastric dumping and diarrhea.

Obviously, chilies can do that as well.

That's because of the capsaicin within the chilies.

Studies show that people who take acid-blocking medications for the long term can become deficient in vitamin B12, which can lead to depression, anemia, fatigue, nerve damage, even dementia, especially in the elderly.

The research also tells us that taking these drugs can cause dangerous overgrowth of bacteria in the small intestine called Clostridia, leading to life-threatening infections.

For many more people, low-grade overgrowth of bacteria in the small intestine leads to bloating, gas, abdominal pain, and diarrhea, many of the common side effects noted in the warning for these drugs.

This can cause what we know as irritable bowel syndrome.