Probiotic's
What Are Probiotic's?
The human body holds a vast internal ecosystem consisting of millions of living microorganisms that coexist, sometimes harmoniously and sometimes disruptively.
This vast internal ecosystem, called by many researchers our human intestinal flora, dramatically influences, and to a certain degree even directs, every individual's personal state of health and well being. This includes our physical and mental health, our metabolism, and quite possibly, our life span.
Over 400 distinct species of microorganisms inhabit the various regions of the human digestive tract, making up nearly four pounds of every individual's total body weight.
If this ecosystem is functioning properly it guards your body against harmful bacteria, yeast and viruses. It also stimulates the function of the entire digestive system and produces essential vitamins and regulates their levels.
This vast unseen world maintains your body's vital chemical and hormonal balance. It also performs a vast number of necessary tasks for maintaining high energy levels, proper immune function and counteracts cancer-causing compounds in the colon.
Probiotic Bacteria and your Health
Probiotic's In Our Diet
In his groundbreaking book "Prolongation of Life", Russian born bacteriologist and Nobel Laureate, Ilya Mechnikov, documented in detail the unusually lengthy life spans of several societies that practiced eating fermented foods and special bacterial cultures called kefirs. He made consistent observations of 100+ year-old men and women that were still leading highly active and healthy lives!
Many contemporary microbiologists and medical researchers agree that a shortage of probiotic bacteria in the gastrointestinal tract is the underlying cause of premature aging and upwards of 90% of all diseases!
Given our exposure to stress, toxic chemicals, antibiotics, steroidal drugs and carcinogenic substances, it is a must that we proactively guard the health of our gut and supplement with probiotic's every day!
Choosing Good Bacteria
Consumers are being wrongfully misled by a jumble of product misinformation and disinformation when it comes to knowing and promoting the actual numbers of viable probiotic bacteria in any given product!
Due to the global recognition and support that probiotic's are now receiving from the scientific community, many manufacturers are taking shortcuts to market by creating products that appear to offer fantastic bacteria counts to an uneducated public.
The easiest way to tell if the bacteria are still in a natural organic state (meaning they have not been tampered with or altered) would be to simply ask:
“Is the entire product “Certified Organic?”