30% of Human Genome is Activated by Gingivitis [bioflilms]

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- " Gingivitis is reflective of a problem known as biofilm formation "

- " Biofilms are also formed in your sinuses and digestive tract, and can

be bacterial and/or fungal in nature "

- " the excess consumption of sugar during the holidays is a primary time

when biofilms go wild. "

 

 

30% of Human Genome is Activated by Gingivitis

- Byron Richards, CCN

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In another blow to the reductionist logic of Western Medicine it appears

that an ongoing problem in your mouth may cause multiple health problems all

over your body. Researchers have found that almost 1/3 of the genes in

your body are expressed differently when you have the rather common problem

of swollen, easily-bleeding gums and plaque accumulation known as

gingivitis.

 

 

It makes sense that your body would have a strategy to deal with any acute

infection. This would include an inflammatory immune response, a ramping

up of natural defenses (such as antioxidant enzymes), accelerated tissue

repair, metabolic genes, etc. All of these gene functions are survival in

nature and work toward the goal of bringing quick resolution to a problem.

However, what happens to these genes and your health when the problem is

low-grade and ongoing?

 

 

“The study’s findings demonstrate that clinical symptoms of gingivitis

reflect complicated changes in cellular and molecular processes within the

body,†said Steven Offenbacher, D.D.S., Ph.D., the study’s lead author. “

Understanding the thousands of individual genes and multiple systems involved

in gingivitis will help explain exactly what is occurring in a person’s

body at the onset of the disease and how it relates to their overall health.â€

 

 

Gingivitis is reflective of a problem known as biofilm formation, meaning

that germs have formed gangs and are highly resistant to your immune

system. Biofilms are also formed in your sinuses and digestive tract, and can

be

bacterial and/or fungal in nature (such as a Candida albicans biofilm).

Biofilms are a significant health challenge.

 

 

The fact that so many genes are expressed in an attempt to deal with a

biofilm is startling. Since a large number of these genes are immune-related

and inflammatory, and since the common thread of all diseases of aging is a

progressive burden of immune-related inflammation, the implications of

this finding to human health are significant.

 

 

And not to rain on anyone’s holiday parade, but the excess consumption of

sugar during the holidays is a primary time when biofilms go wild. And

once they ramp up to a new level of activation it can take months to get them

back under control (not to mention the 10 or 15 pounds that often comes

with them).

 

 

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