Good Bacteria VS Bad Bacteria

BACTERIA, good and bad live in balance in body. If the balance is ruined, the health of someone will be ruined.

If the condition of flora in the intestine is stable, the number between good bacteria and bad bacteria is in balance. Bad bacteria will produce poison which can cause diarhea and produce enzim which push the forming of carsinogenic compound in digestive tract.

On the contrary, good bacteria will produce natural antibiotic which help the wholeness of intestine mucosa, metabolism process, and the increasing of the body immunity.

“The balance between bad bacteria and good bacteria helps the digestion. The consequence, the risk of digestive infection can decrease and minimize the diarhea and constipation risk,” said Medical Council of Asian Pacific Society of Gastroenterology Thailand Prof Emeritus Wandee Varavithya in international seminar featured “Probiotics for Optimum Health” as a topic in Bogor Agricultural University, last week.

If the amount of bacteria is inbalance, in another word the bad bacteria is more dominant, then the stomach is susceptible to infection until causing stomach queasy. The data show, the rate of this intestine disorder will keep increasing in all over the world. One of the them is because of life style change.

According to Varavithya, life style, especially the eating pattern which now is followed tends to decrease the consumption of fibrous food. This condition is thought as one of the cause of digestive disorder.

Beside that, the usage of diarhea drugs also contributes to digestive disorder. Another factors being the cause are chemotherapy, radiation, stress, and climate change.

The slow intestine transit has been a common problem, especially for the women and old man. If this is allowed without handled, the long term impact can cause colon cancer or large intestine cancer.

The head of Study Program of Master of Food Science Bogor Agricultural University Prof Betty Sri Laksmi Jenie said, that until now the cause of colon cancer for sure is still unknown. However, there are some factors that are thought strengthening the risk of the illness.

“The wrong eating pattern causes colon cancer because of the obstructed disposal system in intestine and push the appearing of  carsinogenic compound in body which can cause cancer,” Betty said.

Finally, a research about fermented milk containing Bifidobacterium animalis DN-173 010 showed that this kind of milk is proved having benefit for body.

“Consuming fermented milk with Bifidobacterium animalis DN-173 010 content continually for 14 days, is proved being able to normalize the time of transit in human body up to 21%-50%, better than consuming fermented milk with another bacteria content,” said The Head of Research of France Danone International Institute Dr Jean Michel Antoine.

Bifidobacterium animalis is one of probiotic bacteria—living microorganism or known as good bacteria—functioning in transit smoothness.

Bifidobacterium animalis DN-173 010 showed high ability to survive in digestive system and gave advantageous impact to health in colon. Even, this kind of bacteria showed high ability to survive although it has passed through the high temperature heating process.

Dean of the faculty of Human Ecology from Bogor Agricultural University Prof Dr Ir Hardinsyah MS said, probiotic is able to produce toxin and inhibit bacteria.

“Probiotic is able to increase health thoroughly because of the ability to produce toxin, inhibit bacteria, and increase immunity, and also to help absorption,” Hardinsyah said.

Source:

Hapsari, H. 2007. Bakteri Baik VS Bakteri Jahat. Seputar Indonesia No.895/3^rd year [19 December 2007]