A map for Crohn's Disease - The bacterial connection part one

From now on I don't think i'm gonna set a timeline for my posts because I only like to write when i'm in the mood. Anyways, I have came across a very interesting article that I would like to share with everybody. I am only am going to share parts of this article that have the most intriguing information in my opinion.

"According to leading CD researcher, British surgeon Dr. John Hermon-Taylor, CD "began by appearing in developed societies in temperate regions of the globe, with intensive farming."Rates of CD, most prevalent in North America and Europe, have steadily increased over the decades. Today CD is estimated to affect between 400,000 and 600,000 people in North America. The region with the highest incidence worldwide? Manitoba, Canada."

"CD rates are rising in Iran, India, Brazil, China, and Japan - Countries that formerly had low incidences of the disease".

The key word in this paragraph is FARMING!! The demand for dairy products is overwhelming in today's society. With an ever growing population, makes this much more susceptible for an increase in CD in Canada. Canada has to supply it's own dairy products all over the world, and that definitely includes the above mentioned areas which have been affected by the disease. But i'm not saying that Canadian farming is to blame, but I think it a great example of the whole supply and demand issue throughout all of North America. And when the demand is high, the envelope is pushed, and mistakes are made. I have 2 theories on this!! One which is my own theory, and the other is the scientists who have made this their life's work to find the cure.

Theory One
Since I am not a scientist and have not done research, this is just a judgement call from my own conclusions.
I work in retail, and have done so for going on 13 years and I was a dairy manager for 3 of those years. When you buy a dairy product (e.g. 2% Milk 4L bag), they have expiration dates on them as most people know. These dates would not be very long, a week, maybe a 10 days tops (normally when a new dairy order would arrive would have a date of 10 days). I would say this would be at least 7-8 years ago. I find now the dates on milk products are alot longer now than they used to be. You now can have a bag of milk in the fridge for 2 to sometimes 3 weeks?? So you tell me, what preservatives (if you can call them that) are used to have a product that lasts that long. So is it what you could call preservatives that could trigger CD amongst people who don't have the cells to fight off this immune system attacker.

Theory Two (this one makes more sense)

"In 1913 a Glasgow surgeon name Thomas Kennedy Dalziel described a possible connection between Johne's disease (an intestinal disorder common to cattle and other livestock) and cases of chronic intestinal inflammation in humans. Cows with Johne's demonstrate many of the same symptoms and tissue changes found in humans with CD. Dalziel proposed that MAP, the bacteria that causes Johne's, could be the cause for CD. Experts have a hotly debated this theory, ever since.
Infected cows secrete MAP (A bacteria that is linked to CD) into ilk or deposit it in pastures through feces. According to a paper by North Dakota State researcher Uzoigwe, published in Epidemiology and Infection, up to 40 percent of American Dairy herds maybe infected. Hermon-taylor reports that pasteurization procedures may not completely destroy the bacteria.
Epidemiologists have observed the CD rates are rising in low incidences of the disease(the above named countries). Note that these countries have significantly increased their production and consumption of dairy products."

So what I get of that is a couple of things.

1) They know that there definitely is a Link between Cows and humans which cause CD!!
2) Cows who have Johne disease have the same Symptoms as humans who have CD!!
3)Cows can spread the disease through milk or in feces that spreads through the pastures!!

Now does this not get you mad, because I am having a hard time typing this article after reading this!! If these scientists know or have a "theory" on the link between crohn's disease and farming, why are they not fighting hard enough to inspect these cattle and get rid of the ones that have the disease and any other infected cattle. We have to push hard on this because it is just getting worse before it gets better. I know I don't want my son or daughter to have this horrible disease. And especially if you know there's a possible solution out there and nobody is listening, it makes me angry is an understatement. There is a cure, and it's closer then we all think!! It's time we make a stand!!

This is a serious disease and for the people who don't know what it's like, just think when you ever had the flu last and had to live on the toilet. Now that would be something you wouldn't forget right?? Well most people who have crohn's do that every single day and especially when we eat the wrong thing and have a flare up, you double that.

I will post more on this article next team. Furthermore, if anybody wants to leave me an email or comment on the above blog please be my guest. Anyways got to get to bed, I gotta work in 6 hours, I shouldn't of started this so late.

Alex Sharko