After more than 20 years of thorough research, Dr. Ohhira has scientifically concluded that good health prevails when good bacteria in the gastrointestinal tract are properly colonized. Ill health is the result of too great a colony of bad bacteria.

Based on Dr. Ohhira's findings, it would then seem to be a logical conclusion that simply providing large numbers of good bacteria to sick and unhealthy persons should lead to dramatic improvement in their unhealthy condition. Right? Wrong!

Dr. Ohhira has found that the consumption and short-term presence of good bacteria alone does not lead to good health unless the digestive tract is totally free from the onslaught of the harmful bacteria. This beneficial condition can only be realized by reconditioning the colonic pH. Simply introducing friendly bacteria in large numbers will not resolve the situation because an unfavorable colonic condition has already been created. Such a condition is conducive to the proliferation of harmful bacteria.

After studying human health for decades, Dr. Ohhira understands the basic foundation of good health and now knows how to alter the microflora in the colon so humans can ensure a healthy immune system and enjoy good health. He has concluded that an important approach to good health is to remove the harmful bacteria from the colon by creating an exclusive condition (i.e. an acidic pH) that is only conducive for the proliferation of friendly bacteria. He further believes that unless the harmful bacteria are totally eradicated in a natural manner, good health cannot be established and maintained.

The colonization of the friendly bacteria in the Gl tract begins at birth. Dr. Ohhira and other scientists observed that a high percentage of children nourished on mother's milk enjoy good health and a stronger immune system when compared to bottle-fed infants. He also observed that these children acquired a larger number of friendly strains of bifidobacteria when compared to bottle-fed children who had few or none at all. Studies by other scientists tend to confirm that cesarean-section babies frequently have lesser amounts of friendly bacteria than do normal birth babies, and in some instances, these c-section babies lack certain strains of the good bacteria entirely. This finding has led scientists to conclude that certain good bacteria may be introduced to the infant as it passes through the mother's birth canal.

Dr. Ohhira also noted that the acidic colon condition of breast-fed babies remained within a constant range of pH 5.5 to 6.5. His studies have established that the lactic acid producing bacteria that colonized the colon of infants created this acidic condition. The organic acids, produced by the lactic acid bacteria present in the colon, prevent the survival of harmful bacteria in the baby's gastrointestinal tract. This condition forms the first line of defense for the baby against any form of illness.