Re: Probiotics - ( experience - REPLY)

May 30, 2006

I can testify to this. Probiotics changed my life. I have been taking them for

years. Once I kept myself from a food poisoning ordeal by taking capsules of

acidopholus several at one time. I now buy a brand that includes a new popular

strain, called Bifodopholus.

The better brands of probiotics need to be refrigerated, because they are

actually alive.

Your body can never have enough of " good bacteria " . I never heard of anyone

overdosing on them.

Cyndi

tigerpaw2c <tigerpaw2c@...> wrote:

Probiotics Show Promise in Treatment of Gastrointestinal Disorders

04/13/2000

By Elda Hauschildt

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Probiotic cultures offer an exciting prophylactic and therapeutic

advance in the treatment of a diverse spectrum of gastrointestinal

disorders, such as irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and inflammatory

bowel disease. Texas Tech University researchers define probiotics

as viable microorganisms that, when ingested, have a beneficial

effect in preventing and treating specific pathologic conditions.

They say that the best-studied are the lactic acid bacteria. But

other probiotics used in humans include a variety of organisms:

Escherichia coli, Streptococcus sp., Enterococcus sp. and various

fungi. The researchers note that some probiotics include more than

one strain of bacteria. Some of the mechanisms by which probiotics

enhance intestinal health include stimulation of immunity,

competition for limited nutrients and inhibition of epithelial and

mucosal adherence. Inhibition of epithelial invasion and production

of antimicrobial substances are other mechanisms that can be

involved.

Probiotics have also been shown to inhibit intestinal bacterial

enzymes that are involved in the synthesis of colonic carcinogens.

Delineation of their role in intestinal health requires that further

studies be undertaken, the researchers note.

Journal of Nutrition, 2000; 130 Suppl(2S): 396S-402S

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