Gut Problems Effect Longevity

We have emphasized the bad effects of poor digestion for many years now. Now the Journal of Healthy & Longevity has divulged that a Russian Nobel Prize winning scientist discovered how friendly bacteria found in "soured" foods can help you gain maximum life extension — without illness or disease. The secret was first revealed by Elie Metchnikoff who discovered that the Bulgarians in the Caspian Mountains lived very long lives — without illness and disease. In studying eating habits, he found they drank a fermented milk product known as kefir.
His observation prompted him to write Metchnikoff’s longevity without aging theory. His theory is that by eating a lot of good bacteria, or probiotics found in traditional "soured " foods like yogurt, sauerkraut, buttermilk and kefir, the harmful effects of bad "gut" bacteria can be neutralized and the transit time of food in the large intestine is dramatically decreased.
In other words, the Bulgarians enjoyed superior digestion. Food absorption and elimination by eating fermented foods with every meal. The Bulgarians did not allow old decaying foods to ferment in their intestines and become a breeding ground for parasites, germs, viruses and disease! In other words, sour foods give you sweet healthy.
The problem is today’s processed and sugar-enhanced kefir is not nearly as effective as the old-fashioned goat’s milk kefir used by the Bulgarians. My grandparents fed us goat’s milk on a regular basis. In the yogurt and kefir commonly found in supermarkets, the numbers of live "bacteria" are very low in comparison with the huge numbers of bad bacteria alive and well in the American gastrointestinal (GI) tract.
The result of our poor-eating habits is this: there are literally thousands of over-the-counter and prescription drugs to help ease the pain and discomfort associated with indigestion, constipation, diarrhea and inflammation of the bowel. In fact, stomach problems are the #1 complaint heard by American doctors.
Colon cancer is the second most frequently diagnosed disease in the U.S. with over 160,000 new cases per year. Irritable bowel syndrome (or IBS) affects up to 17% of the population. We are digging our graves with our spoons and forks. It doesn’t have to be that way. Longevity researchers have documented that using the "good" bacteria found in "soured" foods can help rebalance and rebuild the GI tract which could be the key to maximum life extension.
Many traditional and Integrative Doctors have claimed that "DEATH STARTS IN THE COLON." The opposite is also true: "Long life starts when you rebalance and rebuild the colon.
OVERCOME a wide range of health problems once you improve digestion and speed up the transit time of the colon.
RESTORE vigor and vitality to your body, far into the future, regardless of your age or current physical condition — once you solve the mystery of proper food absorption.
The last food I have is a 6 ounce container of low fat-low sugar yogurt and the first thing I consume in the morning - immediately upon rising - is a full glass of spring water. No coffee - 1 cup of coffee takes out 3 cups of water from the digestive tract. Within the hour I have an elimination.