Probiotics may seem new to the food and supplement industry, but they have been with us from our first breath. During a delivery through the birth canal, a newborn picks up bacteria from his/her mother. These good bacteria are not transmitted when a Cesarean section is performed and have been shown to be the reason why some infants born by Cesarean section have allergies, less than optimal immune systems, and lower levels of gut microflora.
Probiotics are believed to protect us in two ways. The first is the role that they play in our digestive tract. We know that our digestive tract needs a healthy balance between the good and bad bacteria, so what gets in the way of this? It looks like our lifestyle is both the problem and the solution. Poor food choices, emotional stress, lack of sleep, antibiotic overuse, other drugs, and environmental influences can all shift the balance in favor of the bad bacteria.
When the digestive tract is healthy, it filters out and eliminates things that can damage it, such as harmful bacteria, toxins, chemicals, and other waste products. On the flip side, it takes in the things that our body needs (nutrients from food and water) and absorbs and helps deliver them to the cells where they are needed.
The idea is not to kill off all of the bad bacteria. Our body does have a need for the bad ones and the good ones. The problem is when the balance is shifted to have more bad than good. An imbalance has been associated with diarrhea, urinary tract infections, muscle pain, and fatigue.
The other way that probiotics help is the impact that they have on our immune system. Some believe that this role is the most important. Our immune system is our protection against germs. When it doesn't function properly, we can suffer from allergic reactions, autoimmune disorders (for example, ulcerative colitis, Crohn's disease, and rheumatoid arthritis), and infections (for example, infectious diarrhea, Helicobacter pylori, skin infections, and vaginal infections). By maintaining the correct balance from birth, the hope would be to prevent these ailments. Our immune system can benefit anytime that balanced is restored, so it's never too late.
Now your probably wondering what that has to do with losing weight. Well, If your stomach isn't working properly it might be keeping you from losing weight. If your not digesting food properly too much of your food is turning into fat and not energy. Your food will either become energy or be stored as fat. 3500 extra calories in your diet will become one ounce of body fat. Probiotics will put good bacteria in your gut to help you digest food. You have to have more good bacteria than bad bacteria. That's what doctors mean when they talk about a balance of the right bacterias in your stomach. You need both, but you need more of the good, than the bad. Bad bacteria can build up in your system from eating the wrong things. This is where you want to do some research. I know you can buy probiotics in the drug store, but you can get probiotics from the food you eat. You can research that and see what foods will help you put good bacteria back into your system.
Your weight problems can be caused from a stomach problem and you wouldn't even know it.
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