I almost missed another gem from a popular nutritionist about bowel cleansing. This time, the nutritionist criticizes those who cleanse the intestines and try to get rid of mucus.
On this point, I fully support the popular nutritionist. Getting rid of mucus is stupid. Because mucus is very important for our intestines. It protects us from germs and other nasty things.
Then the incomprehensible began. The nutritionist writes that there is no need to rejoice in getting rid of mucus. Because this is the most valuable thing your bacteria produce by chewing on fiber and oligosaccharides. And he also writes that it is mucus that protects the walls of our intestines from these bacteria themselves getting into the blood.
That is, the nutritionist thinks that the mucus is produced by the bacteria themselves. Why do bacteria need it?
The mucus in the intestines is complex. It has two different layers. The structure of the slime resembles a web. It is called the "network". We have already discussed this here.
here. The net catches bacteria and keeps them out of the intestinal wall.The mucus in the gut is produced by the gut itself. To protect against bacteria.
The bacteria don't make mucus. Why would they? To prevent ourselves from getting into our bloodstream through the intestinal wall? So it is not profitable for them. The mucus interferes with bacteria.
Fiber and other oligosaccharides are associated with mucus only because if bacteria do not have enough fiber to feed them, they will eat mucus. And this slime will be less. That is, the bacteria don't make mucus. They eat mucus. The opposite is true.
Have you seen similar stories before? Well, that is, the nutritionist had an idea in his head. Somehow she got there.
