Bacterial diversity is important. The health of the gut flora or micro biome is of critical importance to the health of the host, dog or human. Animals have acomplex ecosystem containing trillions of bacteria cells in thousands ofdifferent bacterial species. Many of us will ‘top up’ the bacteria in our gutby taking a pro-biotic such as Yakult, Actimel or live yoghurts which containshundreds of billions of bacteria in every litre. For optimal effect bacteria inour gut need to be in balance. Cotswold RAW offer a range of herbal supplements to use to maintain a natural, healthy micro biome. All Cotswold RAW complete meals, contain Butchers Blend and cold milled flaxseed.
Footnote.
Tim Spector is Professor ofGenetic Epidemiology at King’s College London and has written many books andarticles on the subject. In a recent article (The Times, 6th July2017) he describes how he lived with a hunter-gatherer tribe in Africa and atewhat they ate. He saw a huge improvement in the diversity of his microbiome. He notes that the tribe appear to beimmune from many western ailments such as asthma, diabetes and variousautoimmune conditions. Two years agothe Professor persuaded his son, Tom, to live solely on MacDonalds for ten daysand showed that his gut flora diversity fell by 40 per cent, losing around1,400 different bacterial species! Read his book, ‘The Diet Myth’