Tuesday, June 11, 2013

In's and Out's of Probiotics

This is a great article I found about the in's and out's of probiotics, from FixYourDigestion.com.  Dr Jillian discusses the many benefits of probiotics from healthy digestion in immune support, including a guide to specific probiotic/condition combinations:

27 Things You Didn’t Know About Probiotics, Probiotic Guide and Condition Index
 
Not all of us walk around aware that there is a living, thriving, non-human colony of organisms that resides in our digestive tract. Our large intestine is home to four pounds of beneficial bacteria, collectively known as the microbiome.
For perspective, consider that the liver, one of our largest organs, typically weighs 2-4 pounds. The microbiome consists of thousands of different strains of bacteria, totaling up at around one hundred trillion cells. . . 

follow the link for the rest of the article: http://fixyourdigestion.com/probiotic_guide/