Probiotics Increases Bowel Health

Yuri Elkaim, BPHE, CK, RHN & Amy Coates, RHN, BSc.

Within healthy intestines and stomachs living organisms thrive. These organisms help maintain the body by breaking down foods that hydrochloric acid cannot dissolve, and helping move them through the stomach, intestines and colon, and out of the body. Normally, these microorganisms are introduced through living foods, like fresh vegetables, and through raw foods that are not processed, heated, homogenized or pasturerized. Recent developments in both medicine, and the way we eat have caused these friendly organisms in our body to die off, leaving us with a number of health problems.

Along with the fact that the majority of our diets consist of cooked, processed, or otherwise chemically altered foods, the introduction and prevalence of antibiotics have been responsible for the lack of helpful bacteria found in adults around the world. Antibiotics are bacteria killers, and they don’t discriminate between the good and bad bacteria in our bodies. When we take antibiotics for an illness, we are jeopardizing the healthy balance that our body works so hard to maintain.

Perhaps that is why medical scientists have been able to study the positive effects probiotics have had on adults in many parts of the world. Most of these studies were done in relation to a specific disease that is caused by a lack friendly bacteria in the colon: Irritable Bowel Syndrome. IBS is characterized by flatulence, constipation, diarrhea, and pain or irritation in the bowels.

IBS is a serious disease effecting millions, and, before now, people were being given pharmaceuticals as a treatment. Pharmaceuticals relieved symptoms, but didn’t stop the disease, and they had a number of side effects. Some of the effects of these prescription medications for IBS were so adverse, that it led scientists to study other options. These studies* included a study of probiotics as effective relief for Irritable Bowel Syndrome.

In the double blind studies, patients with IBS were given either a probiotic or a placebo. While placebo patients reported varied or no change in their IBS symptoms, those taking a probiotic reported benefits such as less flatulence, more frequent, regular bowel movements (no constipation or diarrhea), and relief of abdominal pain. These findings led medical scientists to conclude that probiotics can increase colon health.

Since probiotics are our body’s defense against negative build-up within the digestive tract, and because negative build-up causes many problems common today, we believe probiotics are a good idea. If you find that you are constipated, unusually gassy, or prone to diarrhea and other problems, we urge you to try probiotics in conjunction with a healthier, more natural diet.

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