Vitamin K and apparently all the B vitamins can be synthesized by certain intestinal bacteria such as those obtained from yogurt and acidophil us milk or, in far greater concentration, from pure acidophil us culture. If any of these products are taken daily, the entire bacteria population of the intestine, which make up 80 per cent of the solid material of the stools, become exclusively lactic-acid organisms which destroy the gas-forming and disease, and odor-producing bacteria. The desirable bacteria live only on milk sugar and can die within five days unless milk in some form or milk sugar is supplied them. Powdered milk is an excellent concentrated source of milk sugar, but if milk is avoided, 1 teaspoon of milk sugar (lactose) should be taken with each tablespoon of acidophilus culture. When given a continuous supply of food, the lactic-acid bacteria may grow for weeks or months after yogurt or acidophil us has been discontinued.
Antibiotics taken by mouth kill the intestinal bacteria, thus causing severe vitamin-K deficiencies, which often result in internal hemorrhages and deficiencies of folic acid and many other B vitamins. Conversely, when attempts have been made to produce vitamin-B6 deficiencies in volunteers, a few individuals showed no signs of a deficiency for an entire year, presumably because the vitamin was amply supplied by the intestinal bacteria. Some persons remaining on diets lacking vitamin B2 or other B vitamins have developed no symptoms until oral antibiotics were given. Frequently ten times more B vitamins have been, excreted in urine than was obtained in food, Under many circumstances, therefore, health can depend on the amount of vitamins produced in the intestines.
The growth of these valuable bacteria also depends on the general diet. Rats have remained healthy without vitamin Bl when allowed starch or pectin, which supported the growth of desirable organisms, but have developed a severe deficiency when honey or sugar (glucose) was given instead. A pantothenic-acid deficiency in rats can be relieved by giving vitamin C, which stimulates the growth of the intestinal bacteria capable of producing the B vitamins. If the diet supports vigorous bacterial growth, animals can remain healthy and their tissues and blood contain high levels of B vitamins in spite of none being given in the diet.
Carrots, cabbage, and other vegetables containing "roughage" (cellulose) markedly increase both the growth of the valuable organisms and the amount of B vitamins, particularly pantothenic acid, in the blood, urine, and feces. Conversely, the number of intestinal bacteria and the amount of B vitamins in the blood and urine drastically decrease when animals are kept on a "smooth" diet lacking fibers. Even mixing filter paper with smooth foods causes improvement. Such findings explain in part why vegetarians rarely have heart disease, high blood pressure, digestive disturbances, constipation, and many problems common among non-vegetarians.
When putrefactive bacteria are allowed to grow, they produce histamine, causing allergies, and liberate quantities of ammonia, which irritate the delicate intestinal membranes, pass into the blood, and cause nausea, vomiting, decreased appetite, and other manifestations of toxicity. In many disease conditions, the toxicity of ammonia from this source imposes serious problems. Because yogurt and acidophilus milk or culture destroy putrefactive bacteria, they should be used liberally during all illnesses.
Some individuals harbor intestinal bacteria that produce a vitamin-Bl-destroying enzyme, common in the feces of persons suffering from constipation; and people eating raw fish and shellfish, which contain this same enzyme, often develop vitamin-Bl deficiencies. The bacteria producing this enzyme, however, are themselves destroyed by yogurt or acidophilus organisms.
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