Probiotyki, naturalne bakterie i zdrowie

Jan 27, 2011 by dr. Health

PROBIOTICS-GOOD BACTERIA  AND OUR COLON LIFE

Before you were born, your GI tract was sterile. The moment after your birth, colonization of bacteria began in your gut. The first bacteria to settle in were the immune-building ones from breast milk, increasing your level of health and favoring your survival.

In a sense, we spend the rest of our lives “trashing” our digestion with bad stuff — like poor diet and other lifestyle choices that cause the wrong kind of flora to flourish in your intestine.

Yet gut flora, the microorganisms living in your intestines, continually and dynamically affect your immune system.

Helpful bacteria prevent the growth of less desirable ones by competing for both nutrition and attachment sites in the tissues of the colon.* These organisms also aid digestion and nutrient absorption — another boost to overall health.*

Good Intestinal Health Becomes Crucial
in Promoting Your Overall Health*

Over the past 30 years, science has come to a better understanding of bacteria, the effects on the gastro-intestinal (GI) tract, and immune systems. As a result, the use of probiotics has become more widely accepted and practiced than ever before.

Today the science of probiotics has evolved into a rapidly growing field, generating a great deal of interest both from physicians and consumers.

Part of this could be due to the fact that some of the incredible statistics about your intestine read like a “Ripley’s Believe It or Not”. Did you know that:

	About 80% of your immune system lives in your gastrointestinal tract.
	500 different species of bacteria live inside you.
	About one hundred trillion bacteria live inside you — more than TEN TIMES the number of cells you have in your whole body.
	The weight of these bacteria is about two to three pounds.
	Some of these bacteria are referred to as “good”, but others do not provide any benefit. The ideal balance between them is 85% good, 15% “other”.

This ratio between the “good” bacteria and the other bacteria becomes one of the critical factors determining your optimal health.*