In the current field of health science, probiotics and gut microbiota transplantation have become a focus of attention. Recently, Professor Dai Wenxin, Director of the Multidisciplinary Diagnosis and Treatment Center for Geriatrics at Hainan Chengmei Hospital, provided a detailed explanation of these two ways to maintain intestinal health.
Gut Microbiota Balance: the Cornerstone of Health
Director Dai introduced that the balance between beneficial, harmful, and neutral bacteria in the intestine is crucial. Adequate and diverse probiotics can maintain the balance of intestinal microecology and ensure human health. Conversely, imbalance will lead to diarrhea, constipation, enteritis and other intestinal problems, and even lead to obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular disease and other systemic diseases.
Probiotics: A Good Helper for Maintaining Gut Balance
Probiotics and intestinal balance complement each other. On the one hand, probiotics maintain intestinal balance by the methods such as regulating the structure of gut microbiota and inhibiting the growth of harmful bacteria; on the other hand, a good intestinal environment is also conducive to the effectiveness of probiotics.
When necessary, people can supplement probiotic preparations appropriately, such as yogurt, probiotic drinks, probiotic capsules, etc. When making a choice, it is necessary to pay attention to product quality and live bacterial quantity, and follow the instructions or medical advice.
The revolutionary treatment method of Fecal Microbiota Transplantation （FMT）
Based on the detection of gut microbiota, the gut microbiota of healthy individuals is transplanted into the patients body to reshape the gut microbiota, improve the gut microenvironment, help restore gut microbiota balance, and ultimately improve health status.
Professor Dai Wenxin pointed out that there are significant differences between gut microbiota transplantation and probiotic regulation:
Microbiota quantity: A bag of regular probiotic products contains only tens of billions of microbial communities, while a single transplant of gut microbiota contains trillions of microbial communities.
Microbiota types: There are less than 30 approved probiotic species on the market, and the product variety is single; Intestinal microbiota transplantation is the process of transplanting the entire gut microbiota of a healthy individual into a patients body, with thousands of different probiotics transplanted at once.
Microbiota precision: Intestinal microbiota transplantation is based on gut microbiota detection, and the "optimal allocation" after donor recipient matching is achieved through a microbiota library. It can accurately target and intervene in the gut microecological environment, with a precision far exceeding that of ordinary probiotics.
Apply crowd: The apply crowd for gut microbiota transplantation and probiotic treatment is different.
Taking platform: Probiotics can be taken as food additives at home, and gut microbiota transplantation as a "medical technology service" needs to be carried out in specific medical institutions.
As a new trend and innovative treatment method in health, gut microbiota transplantation breaks through the limitations of probiotics and can directly and effectively improve the intestinal environment, treat various stubborn intestinal diseases, and bring new hope to many patients.
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