What are Probiotics?

Probiotics are friendly bacteria that help maintain a healthy gastrointestinal tract. Probiotics promote good digestion, optimal nutrient absorbance from food and healthy immune function.
Why Are Probiotics Important?
There are numerous nutritional and therapeutic uses of probiotics. We need beneficial bacteria doing their job in our gut to be healthy. A disruption in the micro flora of the digestive tracts can contribute to in many ways to poor health. The studies of probiotics for digestive health have revealed a wide range of benefits:
Aid digestion
Prevent and help diarrhea
Produce B Vitamins
Enhance calcium absorption
Produce natural selective anti-biotic like substances
Inhibit food pathogens, yeast and fungus
These are just a few of the many benefits of probiotics.
Things that can destroy good bacteria:
(a) antibiotic use
(b) too much alcohol
(c) eating foods impregnated with pesticides, herbicides, antibiotic residues, and hormonal pollutants
(d) Over consumption of sugars and other refined carbohydrates
(e) Too much stress
(f) Lack of nutrition from living fresh foods grown in nutrient-rich soil
(g) Chlorinated water
Natural Sources of Probiotics:
Yogurt and Kefir
Cheese
Acidophilus milk
Sauerkraut
Tempeh
Dark Chocolate