Soundness of Mind
Gut Bacteria that can get you drunk
Alcohol consumption is not the only way one can get drunk. Unhealthy diet and lifestyle can create an environment in our bodies that promote pathogenic gut bacteria, microbes like K. pneumonia, - which can produce alcohol. One's blood alcohol levels can be high and induce a fatty liver condition even without having had any alcohol their whole lives. Imagine the chronic state of drunkenness we can be in! The Gospel of Health was for our Spiritual Health. As commanded in many places in Scripture to be soberminded.
Causes
The small intestine normally contains relatively small numbers of bacteria. However, some alternative medicine healthcare providers believe that certain things may cause too much bacteria to grow inside you. The following may cause bacteria overgrowth:
Decreased motility (movement) in the small intestine caused by excess dietary sugar, chronic stress, and conditions such as diabetes, hypothyroidism, and scleroderma.
Hypochlorhydria caused by a decreased amount of stomach acid in the body.12 Our bodies naturally produce less stomach acid as we age. This makes it harder to digest food and can lead to infections of the digestive tract.13
Structural abnormalities in the small intestine caused by gastric bypass surgery, small intestinal diverticula, intestinal obstruction, and Crohn's disease fistula (a connection between the intestine and the skin or body cavity).9
Other possible causes include immune deficiency, a lack of pancreatic enzymes, stress, insufficient dietary fiber, and certain medications such as steroids, antibiotics, and birth control pills.14
1 Peter 5:8
King James Version
8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
Titus 2:2
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2 That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience.
Titus 2:6
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6 Young men likewise exhort to be sober minded.
Titus 2:12
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12 Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;
1 Timothy 3:2
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2 A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;
“It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his lord.” Our tables are frequently spread with luxuries neither healthful nor necessary, because we love these things more than we love self-denial, freedom from disease, and soundness of mind.
Jesus..the divine Son of God..has given us evidence that prayer is essential in order to receive strength to contend with the powers of darkness, and to do the work allotted us.
Testimonies for the church 2:203.1
