A couple of years ago, data was presented at the International Liver Congress in London that highlights how important the gut microbiota is in preventing alcoholic liver disease.
In an early stage animal model, germ free mice received gut microbiota or poop transplants from humans. Trans-species cooperation. One set was transplanted from a patient with severe alcoholic hepatitis and the other from an individual with a history of alcohol abuse minus the alcoholic hepatitis. Both sets of mice were fed a liquid alcoholic diet.
The mice who had the alcoholic hepatitis poop donor developed more severe liver injury and had more intestinal mucosa disruption. They found two Clostrium bacteria in that donor that is linked to intestinal microbiota-associated liver injury.
Basically, the researchers found what I've seen clinically over the past 12 years. The gut is the origin of disease and when restored can be used to heal patients back to optimal health. Recolonize, repair and restore gut function works to revive patients with any level of disease.