The Probiotics Revolution: The Definitive Guide to Safe, Natural Health Solutions Using Probiotic and Prebiotic Foods and Supplements
by Gary B. Huffnagle, Sarah Wernick
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Author: Gary B. Huffnagle, Sarah WernickEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2008-06-24
ISBN: 0553384198
Number of pages: 432
Publisher: Bantam
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There have been a lot of research on the benefits of Probiotics lately. It has been shown that people with Allergies have less probiotics in their gut than people without Allergies.
Children with less probiotics in their system are at higher risk of getting allergies, eczema, or asthma. They are also susceptible to those problems if you take Antibiotics during their 1st year.
For most people probiotics improve digestion, crowd out disease causing bacteria, and aid recovery from colds and inflammatory symptoms such as arthritis and hives.
Newborns get their initial dose of probiotics from their mother at the birth canal but newborns from C-sections don't have that advantage.
The mothers' probiotics also get transferred to the infant during breastfeeding.
If your family buys yogurt, make sure you get the ones with Live Active Cultures. They usually have 4 types of probiotics. Kefir has more types of probiotics but usually has less quantity. Then there are probiotics supplement you can take also. And specific probiotics are shown to be effective at certain diseases and symptoms. So it doesn't hurt if you take probiotics from a variety of sources such as yogurt, kefir, cheeses, kombucha and preserved veggies like sauerkraut. Just make sure they are low in sugar or salt.
Fiber-rich foods(prebiotics) promote probiotics while refined products such as sugar and starches promote more harmful bacteria. So if you think about it, tooth decay is not caused by the sugar, but from the bacteria propagated with the help of sugar.
So why do we need Probiotics more than ever?
Most meat we buy from supermarket or eat at restaurants are from animals feed with Antibiotics. Those antibiotics inadvertently get pass on to us, the consumers, and then to our guts. We are genetically adapted to have many beneficial bacteria in our bodies to promote a healthy and balance system within us. Without specific types of bacteria we cannot digest and absorb certain type of nutrients or minerals.
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Summary of The Probiotics Revolution: The Definitive Guide to Safe, Natural Health Solutions Using Probiotic and Prebiotic Foods and Supplements
If the thought of bacteria conjures images of germs that should be avoided at all costs?and certainly not ingested?think again! Some friendly bacteria, called probiotics, are not only beneficial to your health, they?re essential. Now an internationally recognized scientist at a top U.S. medical school?one of the leading researchers in the field?sheds light on the extraordinary benefits of these natural health superstars.Thanks to an explosion of research in recent years, one thing is clear: probiotics, the healthy bacteria that inhabit the digestive tract, are the body?s silent partners for good health, optimizing the power of the immune system to fight disease and the ?bad? germs we fear. But how do they work? And in the face of factors like stress and poor diet, which decrease their numbers, how do you keep your supply well stocked?
Here is an up-to-the-minute, highly accessible guide to probiotics and the foods and supplements that contain and support them?many of which may be in your diet already. Discover:
The key role of probiotics and prebiotics in restoring healthy balance to our bodies, improving immune system functioning, and curbing inflammation
How to use probiotic foods and supplements to prevent and relieve allergies, inflammatory bowel disease, irritable bowel syndrome, yeast infections, and the negative side effects of antibiotic use
New evidence that probiotics may help fight asthma, cardiovascular disease, breast and colon cancer, autoimmune diseases, chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia?and even obesity
Natural sources of prebiotics, the nutrients that help make the digestive tract more hospitable for probiotic bacteria
The Probiotics Revolution also includes a step-by-step plan for incorporating the many food sources of probiotics and prebiotics into your diet, a complete buyer?s guide to probiotic supplements, and how to introduce probiotics to your family and children.
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