Balance Your Gut With Probiotics

By Author: Kevin Joseph Frank
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Your health is a balancing act that requires constant effort and diligence. Your body knows how to keep everything in balance, naturally, but diet, lifestyle and medications can throw off that balance. This is what leads to inflammation, illness and even weight gain.

This is where probiotics come in to help you improve and maintain your health to feel and look your best by working from the inside out.

Probiotics are considered “good” bacteria. They’re needed to keep the amount of “bad” bacteria found within your gut down to the appropriate level. You need some good bacteria and some bad bacteria to maintain optimal health, which is why wiping everything out (like when you take antibiotics) is never a good thing.

The main benefit of using a probiotic is digestive support. By balancing the bacteria within the gut, you can keep the digestive system working efficiently to regularly remove waste. You’ll also be getting all the nutrients you need from the food you consume. If you experience frequent symptoms of indigestion like bloating, gas, heartburn, diarrhea or constipation, or if you’ve been ...
... diagnosed with a condition like irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), probiotics can help reduce the severity or frequency of these symptoms.

The next major benefit of getting more probiotics is immune system support. A large portion of your immune system is found within the gut, so balancing the gut can help the body be better prepared to fight off bacteria, fungi or viruses that can lead to illness and infection. A probiotic supplement is great for anyone who takes antibiotics regularly, or after you finish a round of antibiotic medication.

Probiotics support many other areas of the body thanks to their work in the digestive system. Having a balanced gut promotes healthy tissues, keeping the teeth strong and improving the appearance of the skin. Probiotics reduce the inflammation associated with gum disease or infection as well as skin conditions like acne.

Food sources of probiotics include yogurt, kefir and fermented foods, like kimchi, pickles or sauerkraut. Try adding more of these foods of your diet to get probiotics into your system naturally, turning to a supplement if you need/want a stronger dose for additional support.

Probiotics are most commonly available in capsule form, but you can also find liquids. They vary in strengths, typically measured in billions of colony forming units (CFUs), which means how many live organisms are within the product. You can find single-strain formulas as well as blends.

Take advantage of all the benefits probiotics have to offer. Getting more bacteria into your diet never sounded so good.

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