Introduction To Probiotics
You must be familiar with the term antibiotics (meaning "against
life"), but what about probiotics (meaning "for life")?
Probiotics refers to supplements that benefit desirable bacteria. Just
as "bad" bacteria can make us sick, good bacteria can protect
us from degeneration and disease.
Supplementing with good, friendly bacteria - probiotics - aids digestion,
promotes natural immunity & resistance to diseases, and is crucial
in regaining and maintaining your health and vitality.
Another term, prebiotics, has been used to describe food that supports
and promotes friendly intestinal flora and fauna. Prebiotics include inulin
and other fructo-oligo-saccharides (FOS).
Probiotic Supplementation
Balancing the Good and the Bad Internal Flora
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Food for Probiotics
They improve the health of your intestines and immune system,
by stimulating the activity & growth of your naturally present,
beneficial probiotic bacteria.
Prebiotics enable the continued growth of your healthy
internal flora.
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Superfoods multi-ingredient formulas contain a plant-derived
prebiotic called inulin, a soluble fiber that also
helps lower cholesterol.
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Living inside your digestive system is a vast amount of good bacteria,
which perform very important functions, from your mouth down to your rectum.
This friendly bacteria exists along side potential disease causing
organisms - the bad bacteria. When the bad bacteria overgrow, the resulting
imbalance creates discomforts and symptoms of disease.
Many factors can upset this balance, such as the use of antibiotics,
drinking chlorinated water, infections, stress, poor diet (see Introduction
to Nutritional Principles), unbalanced pH (see Introduction
to Balancing Your Body's pH), and poor lifestyle (see Care
For Your Space, Mind and Soul). This balance varies among individuals,
and changes with age.
The good and bad bacteria must exist in balance,
for you to stay healthy.
A good intestinal bacteria balance provides protection against a broad
range of pathogens, including certain forms of Clostridia, Escherichia
Coli, Salmonella, Shigella and Pseudomonas, as well as yeasts such as
Candida albicans.
The greater the imbalance, the greater your symptoms of ill health.
The use of probiotics is a very natural and safe approach for regaining
and maintaining your intestinal ecosystem, which supports your immune
system, and your overall health and vitality.
Other Benefits of Probiotic Supplementation
Antibiotics kill bacteria, both good and bad. Probiotic supplements
are critically important to recolonize your intestine after antibiotic
treatment. This is of utmost importance in regaining and maintaining your
health in the long run.
Regular ingestion of probiotic bacteria may help prevent vaginal yeast
infection caused by candida albicans overgrowth.
Diarrhea flushes out your good intestinal microorganisms, leaving you
vulnerable to opportunistic infections. Supplementation will replenish
your beneficial bacteria and help prevent new infections. Research has
shown that the incidence of traveler's diarrhea (from drinking water
or undercooked foods) can be reduced by the preventive use of probiotic
supplements.
Probiotics can promote healthy digestion in lactose intolerant people.
The probiotic acidophilus is a source of lactase, the enzyme needed to
digest milk sugar, which is lacking in lactose-intolerant people.
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