Getting your gut on track is the utmost priority. A healthy gut is where it all begins. That's why it's so important to make probiotics part of your daily, where you start your day. With a daily dose, probiotics make themselves at home in your gut, making the gut inhospitable for bad bacteria and microbes. Your gut is home to trillions of friendly bacterial microbes that help keep your gastrointestinal tract healthy, yet the by-products of everyday living (ie. stress, anxiety, antibiotics, and highly processed foods) can throw the balance of healthy bacteria off, causing GI upset and lowering resistance to disease.
A daily dose of probiotics can change all that, making the gut an inhospitable environment for bad bacteria and microbes. Probiotics encourage regularity, produce B vitamins as a by-product (shown to help reduce inflammation caused by stress), produce Vitamin K (which regulates proper blood clotting and boosts bone density) and help produce enzymes that aid in the metabolism. They also provide a protective layer to guard against bad bacteria brought into the body by food, air and drinks.
Once probiotics have become a norm in the household, they should always be kept refrigerated. For our kids, there are chewable probiotics, or 'Good Belly' probiotic drink and also Lifeway Nonfat Bio Kefir ( which is basically a milk smoothie) or can be put into a smoothie so your children can get their daily dose too! Other foods high in probiotics are cottage cheese, yogurts, kimchi, miso, tempeh, tofu, pickled ginger, sauerkraut, wine and beer too!
If opting for a supplement, a good generic is PB8, vegetarian capsule or Ultimate Flora, found in your local health food store (ie. Whole Foods). I usually go with one of those or the Complete Probiotic from Dr. Mercola and alternate. Whatever you do, make probiotics party of your daily routine. A healthy gut helps boost immunity to start and that's only the beginning of all its benefits!
Look next for my post on Prebiotics!
A daily dose of probiotics can change all that, making the gut an inhospitable environment for bad bacteria and microbes. Probiotics encourage regularity, produce B vitamins as a by-product (shown to help reduce inflammation caused by stress), produce Vitamin K (which regulates proper blood clotting and boosts bone density) and help produce enzymes that aid in the metabolism. They also provide a protective layer to guard against bad bacteria brought into the body by food, air and drinks.
Once probiotics have become a norm in the household, they should always be kept refrigerated. For our kids, there are chewable probiotics, or 'Good Belly' probiotic drink and also Lifeway Nonfat Bio Kefir ( which is basically a milk smoothie) or can be put into a smoothie so your children can get their daily dose too! Other foods high in probiotics are cottage cheese, yogurts, kimchi, miso, tempeh, tofu, pickled ginger, sauerkraut, wine and beer too!
If opting for a supplement, a good generic is PB8, vegetarian capsule or Ultimate Flora, found in your local health food store (ie. Whole Foods). I usually go with one of those or the Complete Probiotic from Dr. Mercola and alternate. Whatever you do, make probiotics party of your daily routine. A healthy gut helps boost immunity to start and that's only the beginning of all its benefits!
Look next for my post on Prebiotics!