Have you taken antibiotics in the past year? If so, chances are that you may have killed off the beneficial bacteria in your digestive system as well as the harmful ones.
The beneficial bacteria found in the digestive tract are called probiotics and are needed for optimal digestion. They help to keep harmful bacteria and yeast at bay and are also capable of manufacturing B vitamins. So what should we do to replenish our digestive tract after a stint of antibiotics? Make sure to take a full spectrum live probiotic supplement.
Greens+ provides 7 select and viable dairy-free probiotic (meaning “in favor of life”) cultures. These symbiotic microorganisms, specially formulated by world renowned microbiologist Edouard Brochu, Ph.D., are grown on brown rice, freeze dried and stabilized with vitamin C. Greens+ contains 2.5 billion lactobacilli, bifido bacteria, and steptococci per serving. These probiotic cultures are not centrifuged. The specific strains in Greens+ may produce a natural antibiotic effect with a wide range of activity against common food-borne pathogens. These microorganisms adhere to the duodenal epithelium, helping to prevent infections by pathogens such as e. coli, salmonella, clostridia, staphylococci and candida albicans. They also help digest sugars, properly assimilate vitamins, make minerals more bioavailable, contribute to the manufacture of B vitamins such as B12, reduce some proteins to free-form amino acids, enhance nitrogen retention, ferment over forty carbohydrate groups, release good fatty acids from fat, and reduce the number of harmful bacteria.
The ATCC 4356 strain of L. acidophilus produces lactase enzymes in the intestines which help digest lactose. It also produces lactic acid (L+), a phytochemical, which may help eliminate putrefactive, infectious parasites and bloating.
Greens+ also goes a step above and beyond with providing 7 dairy-free probiotics by also including their food to help keep them alive in the digestive system.
Fructo-Oligosaccharides (FOS) are dietary fibers made up of short-chain polysaccharides. They have unique chemical structures and meet two specific requirements: (1) they are indigestible by humans; and (2) they are consumed by beneficial intestinal bacteria (probiotic cultures) in the colon, for the maintenance of a healthy intestinal lining. FOS is an all-natural food source and is in no way similar to the synthetic sweetener saccharine.
How many of you have taken probiotics in the past with great results? We want to hear from you! Please share your story!
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