Probiotics Supplements

The health benefits of probiotics have been studied extensively over the past few decades, with scientific knowledge still in its infancy. Probiotics—Greek in origin and meaning for life—are actually beneficial bacteria or cultures that primarily grow within the gastrointestinal tract. These microscopic organisms have a great many health benefits associated with them, which vary depending on the type of culture, such as weight loss, immune system regulation, cholesterol balancing and improved digestion and absorption. These latter two are of course incredibly important for the general health of the human body. Probiotics have been obtained through a wide range of traditional foods within different cultures, such as kefir, saurkraut, kim chi and kombucha. Given that probiotics are now available in a highly concentrated form, such as powders and capsules, a supplement option is now available for fast restoration of these beneificial bacteria strains, particularly after antibiotic therapy.