Probiotics
Probiotics
Probiotics have many health benefits, including, the treatment
and prevention of Candida (see below), help digesting dairy
products, and have been shown in a variety of tests to give your
immune system a boost.
Most probiotics are living bacteria - small, single-celled
organisms with names like Lactobacillus, Bifidobacterium and
others. When you take antibiotics, these healthy, friendly,
Bacteria may be cleaned from your gastrointestinal tract.
Candida
Probiotics are widely recommended for the treatment of Candida -
a yeast - because they produce large amounts of friendly
bacteria that compete with the yeast that is trying to live in
the intestine. Probiotics are also essential in the treatment
and prevention of thrush and vaginal yeast infection. Good
health depends fundamentally upon the more than 400 types of
friendly, bacteria that exist in the intestines.
Lactose Intolerance
Lactose Intolerance is the inability to digest lactose, a
component of milk and other dairy products. The consumption of
dairy products - needed as a source of calcium and for
preventing osteoporosis - by people with lactose intolerance can
be helped with probiotic bacteria because friendly lactobacilli
bacteria produce lactase to help digest milk and milk products.
This inability results from a shortage of the enzyme lactase,
which is normally produced by the cells that line the small
intestine. Lactase breaks down milk sugar into simpler forms
that can then be absorbed into the bloodstream.
Many physicians now recommend patients to use probiotics along
with antibiotic treatment to help prevent side effects like
vaginal yeast infection, diarrhea and others.
You can purchase probiotics
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