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( Probiotic)
Probiotics are dietary supplements containing potentially beneficial bacteria or yeasts. According to the currently adopted definition by FAO/WHO, probiotics are ‘Live microorganisms which when administered in adequate amounts confer a health benefit on the host’.[1] 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. Claims are made that probiotics strengthen the immune system to combat allergies, excessive alcohol intake, stress, exposure to toxic substances, and other diseases.[2][5] In these cases, the bacteria that work well with our bodies (see symbiosis) may decrease in number, an event which allows harmful competitors to thrive, to the detriment of our health. Maintenance of a healthy gut flora is, however, dependent on many factors, especially the quality of food intake. Including a significant proportion of prebiotic foods in the diet has been demonstrated[citation needed] to support a healthy gut flora and may be another means of achieving the desirable health benefits promised by probiotics. Probiotics, which means "for life", have been used for centuries as natural components in health-promoting foods. The original observation of the positive role played by certain bacteria was first introduced by Russian scientist and Nobel laureate Eli Metchnikoff, who in the beginning of the 20th century suggested that it would be possible to modify the gut flora and to replace harmful microbes by useful microbes.[6] Metchnikoff, at that time a professor at the Pasteur Institute in Paris, produced the notion that the ageing process results from the activity of putrefactive (proteolytic) microbes producing toxic substances in the large bowel. Proteolytic bacteria such as clostridia, which are part of the normal gut flora, produce toxic substances including phenols, indols and ammonia from the digestion of proteins. According to Metchnikoff these compounds were responsible for what he called "intestinal auto-intoxication", which caused the physical changes associated with old age. It was at that time known that milk fermented with lactic-acid bacteria inhibits the growth of proteolytic bacteria because of the low pH produced by the fermentation of lactose. Metchnikoff had also observed that certain rural populations in Europe, for example in Bulgaria and the Russian Steppes who lived largely on milk fermented by lactic-acid bacteria were exceptionally long lived. Based on these facts, Metchnikoff proposed that consumption of fermented milk would "seed" the intestine with harmless lactic-acid bacteria and decrease the intestinal pH and that this would suppress the growth of proteolytic bacteria. Metchnikoff himself introduced in his diet sour milk fermented with the bacteria he called "Bulgarian Bacillus" and found his health benefited. Friends in Paris soon followed his example and physicians began prescribing the sour milk diet for their patients.[7]
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Probiotic Articles
Keep Your Digestive and Immune System Healthy by Dr.Joseph Mercola
There is nothing to match the value of good health. It allows you live life to the fullest... to look and feel your very best... to have energy and drive to achieve all the things you always wanted.
Probiotics can put you on the road to bett...
Colon Hydrotherapy: The Purpose, Types And Benefits by Sandra Clark
Many digestive problems like constipation and bloating can be treated using the process of colon cleansing. You would be surprised to know that many skin problems like acne might arise due to bowel related problems. The term 'colon cleansing' has gai...
Diet During Colon Cleansing by Sandra Clark
Colon cleansing is a very important part of taking care of your body. Because of the poor diet most people live on today, a colon cleansing diet is becoming more and more vital. By cleansing regularly you can rid your body of buildup and toxins that ...
Lactobacillus Acidophilus by Brian Balster
Bacteria comes in two forms: the good and the bad. The good bacteria helps us digest our food. The bad bacteria infects our cells. When we get infected with this bad bacteria, most of us run to the doctor to get pills to kill this bad bacteria....
Let Probiotics Add More Life to Your Years by Dr.Joseph Mercola
If you're like most people, you really want to live life with passion ... to feel at the height of health all the time, so you can accomplish more of what you want in life. Probiotics can help you do just that! Probiotics are live microorganisms t...
Stop the Runs with Probiotics by Ann Stewart
Diarrhea can show up at the most unsuspected times and places, often without warning or obvious cause. Yes, there are over the counter “flow stoppers” available which may work for a while for some but do nothing to heal the condition.
Some ba...
Getting the Right Bacteria Balance by Paul C
BACTERIA BALANCE What are Probiotics? Probiotics are the beneficial bacteria that live in your digestive tract. Your digestive trace is home to more than 500 different species of bacterial, ideally 80 are the bad ones. There are literally trillio...
Leptospirosis (Weil's Disease) And Why You Should NEVER Drink From Cans by Jean Shaw
I am always annoying my family by insisting they don't drink from cans or bottles. Unless I "nag" them when we are out they will happily just purchase one from a shop somewhere and raise it to their mouths.
Maybe they feel drinking from a st...
Acne Cure Secrets by David Rambai
The greedy acne industry is hiding the secrets to curing your acne quickly and easily. After 11 years suffering from chronic acne I found out the simple steps to curing acne naturally! In this brief article I explain exactly what they are...
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