Opinions On Probiotics

[Miss Conduct]

Probiotics are friendly bacteria that aid digestion and absorption of nutrients. They help to keep harmful bacteria from colonizing and creating digestive problems, and thus support the body in fighting illness and disease. If beneficial bacteria become depleted or the balance is disturbed, potentially harmful (pathogenic) bacteria can overgrow, causing health problems.




Common names for probiotics you will find in supplements are various strains of bacillus (lichenformis, subtilis), lactobacillus (acidophilus, lactis, plantarum, salivarius), bifidobacterium (bifidum, longum), streptococcus (faecium, lactis) and enterococcus (faecium). These are beneficial bacteria that colonize the gut and provide support for the body: they complete digestion of nutrients the body can not utilize fully without this assistance, produce vitamins and other metabolic compounds, provide protection against pathogenic bacteria by creating an unfavorable environment for these "bad" microbes, support the immune system, decrease mutagenic or carcinogenic activity and other benefits. Many of them have not been fully explored and documented yet, but it is known that laboratory animals with a healthy, supportive intestinal flora and fauna are healthier than their counterparts without.
Two specific bacteria, lactobacillus bulgaricus and streptoccus thermophilus work differently: they are starter cultures used to ferment milk to make yogurt. These bacteria do not reach the gastrointestinal tract alive, due to the conditions in the stomach and small intestine and thus do not colonize the gut, so their health benefits are different from the above mentioned probiotics. They do improve lactose digestion and are said to enhance the immune system.


I have been interested in these, is anyone using them? And if so do you like them?

[game_test]

i feed canidae which already contains pro biotics. i also make it a point in my diet to eat one yogurt a day, sometimes that doesnt happen but i do eat quite a bit of it. i do believe in the benefits of pro biotics.


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[Rocky H. Balboa]

I wanted to add that after your dog goes on antibiotics, a supplement of probiotics is needed to replentish what the antibiotics killed.