BABY POOP BACTERIA - THE NEW PROBIOTIC:

A new line of research investigating the power of baby poop has an intent source of microbes that could contribute to healthier Metabolism. Many experiments recently showed that certain types of bacteria extracted from babies poops or faeces could promote the production of short chain fatty acids (SCFA) in mice, and in a medium simulating the human gut.

SCFA molecules are a subset of fatty acids that are catabolised by some types of gut microbes during the fermentation of fibre. They are capable of maintaining gut health and protecting against disease, so a probiotic containing baby-poop microbes could provide health benefits by boosting SCFA production in a compromised digestive system says the study.

 

People with diabetes, obesity, autoimmune disorders and cancers have fewer short-chain fatty acids. Increasing them might be helpful in substantially maintaining or even restoring a normal gut environment, and thus leading to an improved health. "Poop transplants," is efficient in treating gut disorder with an influx of diverse bacteria from a healthy digestive system, distilled from a donor's poop. This helps to correct imbalances of microbial habitat when the gut microbiome is dominated by the bacteria Clostridium difficile (C. diff), which can lead to serious gut disorders.

For further Investigation, they wanted to see how a probiotic impacts SCFA production in a healthy gut. They chose to work with baby poop because infants' gut microbiome are typically free from age related Diseases.

Recently, the researchers isolated few bacterial strains —species of Lactobacillus bacteria and species of Enterococcus — in samples from approximately 44 babies, identifying the strains as good candidates which mimic a probiotic of microbes that could survive in a human host's gut and stimulate SCFA production.

They then also tested different doses of the bacterial probiotic blend in mice, as well as in slurry of human faeces meant to mimic the environment of a human digestive system. The scientists found that even single doses are potential of maintaining the healthy microbial balance and increased SCFA production. Still, many trails are needed for us to find baby-poop probiotics on the shelves of our health-food stores.