How can probiotic benefit you? In this article, we’ll look at the benefits of probiotics and how they can help your body.
A strong colon has lots of healthy bacteria, or good intestinal “flora,” which helps to move waste out at maximum efficiency. Plenty of this healthy flora protects against the overgrowth of the bad bacteria that commonly develop as putrefactive wastes sit in the lower bowel. Ample good bacteria easily fends off bad bacteria.
A healthy intestine has a bacterial balance ratio of approximately 85 percent good bacteria to 15 percent bad bacteria. The average Westerner, however, has a bacterial balance that is the reverse of that! What will happen if you have more bad guys than good guys? The bad guys will win. Have the bad guys won the fight for your intestines? Do you have irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), bloating, gas, constipation?
If so, they have. It’s time to strike back, overcome the bad guys, and help the good guys get in there and reclaim your intestinal territory. Think of it as a “war of the worlds” in miniature!
All you need is the right probiotic. Probiotics are the healthy bacteria (the good guys). However, regular probiotic supplements are killed by the stomach acids long before arriving in the intestines, where they are so desperately needed.
Probiotic bacterial cultures are intended to assist the body’s naturally occurring gut flora, an ecology of microbes, to re-establish themselves. They are sometimes recommended by doctors, and, more frequently, by nutritionists, after a course of antibiotics, or as part of the treatment for gut related candidiasis.
Several small clinical trials have shown that consumption of milk fermented with various strains of LAB can result in modest reductions in blood pressure. It is thought that this is due to the ACE inhibitor-like peptides produced during fermentation. Probiotics can also improve some symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome in women in a recent study. Clinical studies suggest that they can prevent reoccurrences of inflammatory bowel disease in adults, as well as improve milk allergies.
As lactic acid bacteria actively convert lactose into lactic acid, ingestion of certain active strains may help lactose intolerant individuals tolerate more lactose than what they would have otherwise
