Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Blog #5 Good bacteria vs. Bad Bacteria

 Some bacteria that helps your body is lactic acid bacteria Lactobacillus and Bifdobacterium which can be found in yogurt.Yogurt is literally an active culture. These bacteria inside the yogurt helps protect your body from colon cancer and colon tumor. Yogurt contains low fat and low lactose source of calcium. The sour taste in plain yogurt is caused by the bacteria inside, yogurt is the best known source of probiotics. Probiotics are bacteria that help your body , protecting it and fighting against the bad bacteria that might harm your body. With the probiotic bacteria inside yogurt. yogurt helps to improve your digestiion and reduce risks of intestinal infection. In addition, probiotics improve your body's immune function so you wouldnt get sick with a cold that often and helps you breath. Not only that probiotics raise the lactose tolerance for people who are lasctose intolerant. Not only that yogurt prevents yeast infection and improves the cholesterol profile, lowers LDL and raises HDL cholesterol.

Escherichia coli is one of the harmful bacteria found in the human body and animal bodies.Escherichia coli or E-Coli is the most common of the species of coliform bacteria, E-Coli has a small life span compared to other and more general coliform. This bacteria is found in the intestines of humans and animals. E-Coli comes from stormwater run-offs the sewer and overflow or a contamination come from birds, and dogs on beaches, since the beach has water from the ocean. It was commonly know to have come from cow on farms not many years back called O157-H7. To prevent E-Coli from entering your body or even near you, just clean up fecal material left by dogs. In addition, keep all food on the beach or anywhere wrapped in plastic such as a sandwich bag. To prevent infants from catching E- Coli keep them in diapers and remove items that attract birds anywhere near you, your family and the house E-Coli leads to darrhea and sometimes even kidney failure. It tends to infect young children and the old or elderly, caught by eating uncooked food or under cooked food or contaminated ground beef. It can also be transmitted by drinking contaminated water and some veggies.
http://natsci.edgewood.edu/wingra/wingra_bacteria.htm 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Probiotic
http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-probiotic-yogurt.htm

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