subject: How Avoiding Bacterial Imbalances With Probiotics Keeps You Healthy [print this page] If you want to ensure that your insides stay happy than the perfect way for avoiding bacterial imbalances with probiotics. These probiotics may be probiotic supplements, natural foods or foods that have "good" bacteria added to it. There are many foods like yogurt that naturally contain this bacteria and then there are also food items and supplements that have this bacteria added to it. Scientists have yet to determine exactly how this bacteria can help the system; they just know that it does. Research continues.
"Good" bacteria also can come in the form of supplements. Normally these supplements only contain one or two types of bacteria while your digestive tract contains hundreds of different bacteria. Some of this bacteria is good and then some is bad. The balance between good and bad bacteria is important and there are many things that can set it off.
Sometimes people will experience negative side effects when using antibiotics and this is because it is killing off the bacteria you need to maintain a healthy system. You can alleviate these systems by introducing the needed bacteria back into your body. When you get sick disease causing bacteria and other organisms become prominent and it is though that probiotics can be used to keep their growth in check.
Probiotics can help the symptoms of many illnesses such as skin infections, stomach infections, vaginal infections, periodontal disease, Heliobacter pylori infections, ulcerative colitis, Crohn's disease, irritable bowel syndrome and infectious diarrhea.
Probiotics do not have many side effects with the most sever tending to be gas production or bloating. There are other effects that can occur if you have other medical conditions. It is best to first check with your doctor if you are considering how probiotics can interfere with any current medication you may be taking.
Probiotics can be used to help those that are lactose intolerant as specific strains of bacteria can help as they convert lactose to lactic acid. Research has shown that other strains of good bacteria may help to protect you from some forms of bacterial infections making you more susceptible to other colon problems, though this research has not yet been conducted on humans. Research is ongoing.
Probiotics can also be helpful with inflammation and those that suffer from hypersensitivity responses. It is though that the bacteria somehow control cytokine which is needed in specific chemical pathways. If you have trouble absorbing trace minerals than probiotics can help.
There are many different forms of probiotics and each will contain a different type of bacteria or combination of bacteria. Therefore they all will affect you differently. Look for probiotics living in a natural consortium.
