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 here