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Little Bugs, Big Bugs... Lots of Bugs are the next BIG thing!

Posted by Dr. Dan Moore, The Natural Vet on 8/8/2014
Little Bugs, Big Bugs... Lots of Bugs are the next BIG thing!

I am not talking about spiders, ants or even bed bugs – though the later has certainly been in the news. Viral flu or cold bugs are NOT the topic either…. But I promise there are millions upon millions of the culprits in the body and some experts say trillions. In fact, there are 100 times more of these bugs in the body than all the TOTAL number of cells in the human body. Other animals such as dogs, cats, horses and cows have them too.

There are no exceptions – all animals are loaded with bugs! Millions of species and millions of bugs occupy all animal bodies. Some are good, some are bad. The good news is that IF you and your animal friends have more of the good bugs chances are you and your animals are healthy. On the flip side, if you have more bad bugs than good bugs more than likely you are sick and going downhill fast.

The good guys and the bad guys do have, however, one big thing in common. …they are all bacteria – tiny microbial bugs that cause BIG THINGS!

Sometimes good things, sometimes bad things!

Up until recent years many doctors and even experts in the field thought all bacteria were bad. Antibiotics, of which the word which essentially means against life, kill both good bugs AND bad bugs. Overuse of antibiotics have created “super bad bugs” by a process called resistance. The same thing is happening with dewormers.

Indiscriminate use and deworming by the calendar instead of deworming strictly based on need has created super worms that even harsh chemicals no longer kill. I have been on my soap box for nearly twenty years preaching the hazards of calendar rotational deworming and the need for fecal exams instead.

I have been preaching that a healthy immune system through healthy nutrition is superior over use of drugs and medication too.
Now, as each day passes , health care professionals around the world are learning that the makeup of the massive bacterial populations of all animal bodies, and even possibly some worms in the gut may very well be the PRIMARY FACTORS in our health status. Antibiotics and indiscriminate use of dewormers is on the way out! Probiotics are in!

Coexistence with bugs and worms start at birth or at least shortly thereafter. Studies have shown that naturally born babies are healthier than those delivered by C-section. It is believed that this is likely due to exposure of the baby to bacteria in birth canal during delivery. Babies that get mothers milk are healthier too, though this is hardly news to those that raise animals. Newborn animal babies that don’t get the first milk called colostrum almost always die despite heroic efforts to save. Of course colostrum delivers immunity but could it also deliver good bugs?

Especially important to me as a veterinarian is that studies have shown that children of families with dogs are healthier than those without dogs – Maybe dog kisses too aren’t that bad after all! Of course, we all already knew that, right?

Would you believe that gut bacteria may be linked to obesity?

Washington University has done a study that shows good bacteria improve weight and metabolism – at least in mice. Two doctors from the Netherlands say that further research may find ways to use intestinal microbes (bacteria etc.) to diagnose and even treat Type 2 diabetes. Another study from the Netherlands has shown that taking fecal material from a healthy person and transplanting it into a person infected with Clostridium difficile, a bacteria causing colitis and diarrhea, was 94% successful in helping reduce symptoms of the disease.

Yuk! BUT...

Clostridium difficile infects millions of people – this could be big!

Big Companies too, are already on the move…

Nestles' Gerber now has an infant formula containing bifidobacterium bacteria that supports the immune system of infants. A leading biologist from North Carolina State University, my undergraduate alma mater by the way, has written a whole book, best selling book I might add, on the subject called “The Wild Life of Our Bodies: Predators, Parasites and Partners That Shape Who We Are”. He sees a link in the overuse of antibiotics and antibacterial wipes with an increase in autism, arthritis, multiple sclerosis, lupus, inflammatory bowel disease and more. Now that’s scary!

One study that I read, showed that even ONE DOSE of an antibiotic can change our entire gut bacteria population (called flora) forever!!

So what are the alternatives for good health?
Overall, man still does not know everything and never will…

So personally, I rely on naturally sourced foods, minerals and ingredients as much as possible. I take what man does know, formulate the best I can from it and then fill in the gaps with natural. Certainly good nutrition is upmost! No doubt, the less we and our animals get our food from bags or boxes the healthier we will be.

Many, myself included, have also been using and suggesting probiotics for years. BUT…Can you believe that up until just a few years ago the “powers to be” wouldn’t even let us use the word probiotics – we were required to use the exact words… “direct fed microbials”! Sort of confusing huh?

Just to be clear, PRO means…. related to or pertaining to “good”. BIOTIC means ….pertaining to “life”. I am sure you agree that a “good life” is better than a bad life or against life (antibiotic) - be it for animal or man!

So before you take your antibiotic or medicine or give any antibiotic or medicine to your animals, think about the bugs. Is the medicine truly helping or hurting? Is it really needed or would a good probiotic formula help even more?

Regardless, feed the good little bugs with probiotics. They just may be and science is proving that LITTLE BUGS ARE THE NEXT BIG THING!

By the way, our Bug Check daily supplement for pets and horses is loaded with probiotics thus making it more “multi-purpose” and beneficial by working even more from the “inside out”. It’s easy to forget that the skin is the largest organ of the body and often it is with the skin and coat where results are noticeable when products are beneficial.

Of course, Bug Check is even more than probiotics and just for those bugs on the inside.

Smiley Face!


So What's Next?

Since it's introduction in 2001, we have always recommended that BUG CHECK be provided for your horses all-year-round because of all the natural goodness contained within that can have be so impactful throughout the year.

But if you've still waited to provide, it will soon be "that time" when you will start thinking about Bug Check and it will soon be about that time when we start fielding questions about the extreme challenges your horses and pets are being bugged by due to a milder than normal winter in your region or simply the natural cycles that will occur.

You should also know that just simply keeping Bug Check "in the system" is going to increase the potential benefits and support when the time comes when you are faced with the next season pesky challenges. Those that provide year-round- know this.

We know providing something called "Bug" Check year round, when your horse or pet is not being "bugged on the outside" sounds crazy at first. Fortunately for those animals, every day and every year, more and more come to know that our BUG CHECK works for supporting your companion animals against what bugs them on the outside... Bug Check is fortified to provide support against what bugs them on the inside too! Or as you can see in... " How many Bugs can Bug Check check? "


Smiley Question:
"How much bugs would Bug Check check if Bug Check could check bugs?"


Answer:
"Bug Check would check as much bugs as Bug Check could check because Bug Check can check bugs."
(repeat as fast as you can Smiley )



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Whether it is supporting against "gut bugs" with the quality Lacto-Sacc probiotics from All Tech or supporting the skin and coat and supporting against oxidative stress... Bug Check "can check" lots of what bugs our companions and is truly a year-round targeted support product that should always be considered as an inclusion to the daily regimen you provide.

As we shared as recently as a few days ago... When Bug Check won the award for most innovative product at the 2001 Equitana, it was based on several factors but probably one not so profound as our use of Grape Seed as a major component in a natural product formulation for horses! We were the first!

FREE SHIPPING CONTINUES ON BUG CHECK PRODUCTS!

For what is now over 15 years , our Bug Check product continues to support thousands of horses, cats, dogs and others, everyday from what "bugs" them on the outside and inside... all while working from the inside-out!

It's easy to forget that first, it's more than "just" a bug product doing work to support the skin and coat on the outside, and then second, that it's supporting on the inside with antioxidant (anti-rust) ingredients and probiotics to proactively, naturally and nutritionally support against those challenges that "bug" the gut and so much more. And by the way, not just any probiotics, but All Tech 's Lacto-Sacc probiotics .

And again, there's much more— much much more!
As always, I appreciate your support and appreciate that you have chose The Natural Vet, either within this year or many years ago, to be "the place" for the natural solutions you need to indeed "turn it all-around".

We look forward to each new day and the new opportunities that day brings to be of service to you and yours!

Sincerely,

Dr. Dan Signature

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