Good bacteria Bad bacteria

Did you know that there are 20 times more bacteria than cells in your body? In fact, at any one time, you have more bacteria in your body than the total number of people who have ever lived on the planet. So the next time you step on the bathroom scale, you need to remember that 1 pound of that weight is not you at all, but the billions of bugs that live in your gut. This may sound alarming, but many of these organisms are crucial to good health, while others are not. And yet, good or bad ,each plays a vital roll in keeping the intestinal track healthy and strong.

In our antibiotic world, were even the most common antibiotic can be found in the meats we eat on a daily bases. And our doctors give out antibiotics like candy, even going as far as to prescribe someone antibiotics knowing full well that the antibiotic will not work , on their particular infection, more and more people are experience a weakened immunes system. The simple truth is, that antibiotic can not tell the difference between good bacteria and bad, and some of the most vital bad bacteria is immune to any kind of common antibiotic , because it is a fungus.

If the bad bacteria take over and the good bacteria dwindles, the body reacts accordingly. The consequence of an over population of bad bacteria can cause chronic diarrhea , often found in people with some form of inflammatory bowel disease. They can interfere with a normal digestion systems ability to digest food, and effect proper absorption of vital nutrients, vitamins and minerals, causing a person to experience chronic anemia, b12 differences, as a wide variety of other complications caused by a starving body.

They can cause our food to ferment in our intestinal tack causing excessive gas, and intestinal cramps, a common complaint found in people diagnosed with GERDS and IBS. They can also cause chronic nausea, often associated with internal yeast infection (Candida), or peptic ulcers . They can cause Chronic fatigue, headaches and muscles and joint pain. They can and do interfere with our immunes system.

Since the stomach and intestinal system is the first line of defense, it is vital for the well being of the human body, that there be a balance between the good bacteria and bad, not only within the stomach, but the whole digestive track.

The first step toward digestive health

If you are experience the symptoms of an intestinal imbalance, the first step is to add Probiotics to your daily supplements. A probiotic is an organism which contributes to the health and balance of the intestinal tract. A probiotic is also referred to as the "friendly", "beneficial", or "good" bacteria which when ingested acts to maintain a healthy intestinal tract and help fight illness and disease.

The word "Probiotic" simply means "for life" which explains why these nutrients are so important. But if you want the proper scientific definition of a Probiotic here it is: "A live microbial feed supplement, which beneficially affects the host by improving its intestinal microbial balance".

New research is establishing how important the supplementation of Probiotics can be for a variety of conditions. Probiotics enhance the immune system . Immune system by favorably altering the gut micro-ecology and preventing unfriendly organisms from gaining a foothold in the body. They prevent the overgrowth of yeast and fungus and produce substances that can lower cholesterol.

Probiotics are widely recommended for the treatment of Candida - a fungal infection - because they establish large, healthy populations of friendly bacteria that compete with the Candida that is trying to take up residence in the intestine.

Probiotics are also essential in the treatment and prevention of thrush, vaginal yeast infections, and athlete's foot. Good health depends fundamentally upon the more than 400 types of friendly, symbiotic bacteria that inhabit the digestive tract.

Although, by all criteria I am not supposed to take any form of antibiotics, because I have Crohn’s disease, sometimes you have no other choice. Especially, if you are fighting and infection that is serious. So as a common practice, not only do I take probiotic on a daily bases, if I am forced to take an antibiotic, I double my probiotic. That way my balance is between the good and the bad bacteria is consistent.

So if you are on an antibiotic, think probotic , not as an alterative but as a vital necessity.