Your digestive system contains a complex world of stomach acids, digestive enzymes, and food and absorb its essential vitamins, minerals, and nutrients. Special acids in your stomach initiate the digestive process, and then enzymes break down some fats, carbohydrates and proteins into small particles so they can travel uninhibited to the small intestine. In your intestines, more enzymes break down fats and carbs even further and finish off your protein digestion. Then, healthy bacteria known as probiotics break down this digested food further. Probiotics produce B vitamins, and help your body absorb essential nutrients. They … [Read more...]
July 24th, 2006
Probiotics are natural nutritional supplements loaded with beneficial bacteria or yeasts. Probiotic bacterial cultures assist the body’s naturally occurring flora found within the digestive tract. Often prescribed by doctors and dieticians as another option to antibiotics, some probiotics are found in the food we eat like lactobacillus in yogurt. The two major roles of probiotics are to strengthen the immune system and ease the digestive processes. Probiotics suppot your immune system to keep to you healthier and improve your digestive function to make your entire digestive process easier. Probiotics have many benefits … [Read more...]