What do you think of probiotics
health advisory
Hospital
Alternative Medicine
2007-11-16 3:12:08
Answer:
Probiotics or bacterial cultures, such as found in yogurt are very important to keep our colon healthy and clean, probitics help the body to keep regular, build good bacterial flora, improve the immune system, it helps fight overgrown candida yeast, and promotes an over all well being. Some people have told me in my experience that when they take probiotics their joint do not ache and that they do not get the flu at all, I use them myself and have used for my children, probiotics also help with bowel diseases such as I B S, Chrohn's and Colitis, probiotics will also help stop diarrhea and they are safe for pregnant women.
I think they help your digestive system flow more effectively.
Depends on what kind of probiotic. There are numerous good bacteria that help strengthing the body, but there are also numerous bacteria that disrupt the body. It is a little known fact that bacteria are the most effecient enzyme producers. Some estimates of bacteria in our guts goes as high as 16 trillion bacteria, so having sufficient amounts of the right kinds of bacteria can be incredibly healthy for the digestive system. I personally think that everyone could benefit from probiotics in the form of fermented foods. If you compare the percentage of traditional foods (foods with ingredients that have been prepared exactly the same as they have for the past several thousand years) consumed and the rate of chronic+genetic diseases you would notice that they are directly related. The relevance of the above statement to your post is that the way people preserved their foods traditionally was through fermentation, which creates a PROBIOTIC food. Probiotics in pill form are not a garuantee though
A good probiotic can work wonders. We recently moved far away from home, and the stress of it all really did a number on me. I got sick every time I ate, so I did a cleanse, started taking digestive enzymes and probiotics. All better! I suggest that if you are going to take probiotics, you take digestive enzymes as well. They work together quite nicely, and are good for people who have issues with their food not digesting, etc..