Probiotics are building blocks of the immune system, they are the source and origin of your good health and wellbeing. Probiotics are the healthy bacteria in your body, they guard your health and assist your digestive process. Probiotics are mainly found in the intestines, so taking care of your digestive tract is taking care of your entire body.
Probiotics affect both your digestive system and your immune system:
Probiotics are part of what is called the microflora or microbiota. This microflora affects the functioning of both your immune system and your digestive system. It is important to keep it healthy and happy as it can have the following consequences:
- Better maintenance of the intestinal mucosa
- Strengthening of the immune system
- Better digestion
- Better absorption of the nutrients
Many factors can affect our microbiota’s health and bacteria count, leaving us vulnerable to pathogenic invasions. Here are some examples bellow:
Probiotics and your gut flora:
Your gut flora has a fragile balance and many factors can upset it and diminish your bacteria count. Cold weather, high stress and fatigue can all be factors that weaken your microflora and make you more vulnerable to potential infections.
These factors can have some annoying but harmless short term effects such as constipation or diarrhea, gassiness and bloating. But if these conditions continue you could run the risk of developing an inflammatory bowel disease.
Taking probiotics in the form of dietary supplements can help avoid all of these health issues.
Probiotics and your digestion:
Since probiotics line your intestines, they also play an important part in your digestion. Probiotics help your body absorb nutrients but also produce enzymes, such as lactase, that allow you to digest dairy products and efficiently absorb lactose.
Probiotics also reduce the risk of bloating, diarrhea, stomach aches, and digestive pains. Probiotics help your digestive system run more smoothly and make your digestive process simple, efficient and completely painless. Probiotics are recommended by many doctors for digestive issues such as Irritable Bowel Syndrome. Probiotics can also help food allergies and intolerances, they can be taken by those who are lactose intolerant and those who are gluten intolerant.
Probiotics and your immune system:
Your immune system is an extremely complex network designed to protect your body from pathogenic invasions either by destroying pathogenic bacteria or keeping it from multiplying. About 70% of the immune system is found in the intestines, as this is often where pathogens try to spread to the rest of the body. The gut flora helps preserve your health by doing two different things. First it protects the walls of your intestines and keeps pathogens from crossing through to the rest of your body. Secondly probiotics help fight against pathogens by identifying them and targeting their weaknesses.
