Welcome to the Focus Fitness Blog.

Welcome to the Focus Fitness blog where the focus is on health, fitness and general well being. I created this blog because as a personal trainer working with clients every day I am always receiving requests for nutritional advice, healthy recipes and many different forms of fitness advice. In the process of keeping my knowledge as up to date as possible I personally do a fair bit of reading in all of these areas and am always coming across useful books, websites, blogs, magazine articles etc. This blog will be a perfect way to share all of this interesting and useful information with you. I would love to hear any comments you may have regarding the information posted here and also pass on the message if you find any useful information of your own. Hopefully, we can have some fun along the way.

Friday, 4 October 2013

Poop transplant

I read about a procedure recently where people with severe stomach issues received beneficial bacteria transplants from family members via their faeces.  It's true - honest!  Bacteria such as C. difficile are very common and can disrupt vital intestinal flora.  The faecal input from family members can return the gut microbiota to healthy levels which mean that the intestinal cells are better equipped to fight infections.  The research papers I read showed very promising results.  Food for thought!

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2442891/Poop-pills-feces-healthy-people-guts-patients-infections.html