10 reasons to take a probiotic daily
(NaturalNews) Probiotic intake for overall good health has been
underestimated by even the alternative health community. The fact is
that gut bacteria greatly affects both overall physical and mental health.
There
are 400 to 500 species of bacteria residing in your gut or
gastrointestinal (GI) tract, which if opened up and laid out flat would
cover a tennis court. If placed on a scale, your GI tract bacteria would
weigh in at three pounds.
Probiotic bacteria have many more functions than digestion. They trigger immune system reactions throughout the body, including activating T-cells.
Good
bacteria need to comprise 85 percent of the intestinal flora while
allowing the remaining 15 percent to be pathogenic. Two-thirds or more
of the immune system relies on this. (Source 1 below)
You can
supplement probiotics with the best supplement online or from a health
food store. This is critical if you've gone a round or two with
antibiotics for whatever reason. But you have to know what to look for
and how to avoid being deceived. (Source 2 below)
Another method
of taking in probiotics is through fermented foods, such as sauerkraut,
miso, kimchi, or any other fermented food you can purchase or make
yourself. Milk kefir and water kefir are excellent sources of probiotics
that can be consumed daily.
Making your own milk or water kefir
is not difficult once you get the "starter grains," which can be ordered
online or procured from someone in a local Weston A Price Foundation chapter.
Ten reasons to consume probiotics
(1) Enhance immunity - a double-blind clinical test involving patients in intensive care proved that viable (alive) probiotics prevented multiple organ dysfunction syndrome (MODS), the number one cause of mortality among intensive care patients. (Source 5 below)If probiotics can do this, what can they do to prevent chronic flues and colds and allergies?
(2) The immune protection of mother's milk is enhanced if the mother takes probiotics during or before pregnancy. If breast feeding is impossible, then adding probiotics and prebiotics (what probiotic bacteria feed on) to a baby formula free from fluoridated water and sweeteners can be tried.
(3) Probiotics can reverse ulcers, irritable bowel syndrome, Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, inflammatory bowel disease, and other gut inflammations that occur from a lack of sufficient probiotics.
(4) Celiac disease or gluten sensitivity (GS) symptoms are handled by adding probiotics.
(5) Processed foods and low fiber diets allow the pathogenic bacteria to overwhelm the good guys and diminish colon function. It's important to add probiotics even if you drop the standard American diet (SAD).
(6) When pathogenic bacteria upset the 85/15 balance of probiotic to bad bacteria, yeast infections such as Candida flourish.
(7) A healthy gut flora balance helps prevent cancer by nourishing enzymes that inhibit tumor production throughout the body.
(8) Sufficient probiotic intestinal flora prevents radiation damage from X-rays and CT scans to the large and small intestines.
(9) GMOs are used in many processed foods and antibiotics are in lots of our non-organic meat and dairy products. They both destroy probiotic bacteria, making it necessary to add probiotic materials back if you've had any of those foods.
(10) Dr. Natasha Campbell-Mcbride discovered how to cure her son of autism through a diet that restored his probiotic levels and heal his inflammatory conditions. She developed GAPS, gut and psychology syndrome, confirming the connection with gut health and mental health.
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