Learn more about the many health benefits of probiotics

Did you know that there are many health benefits of probiotics for our intestinal tract because this part of the body is home to trillions of bacteria comprising hundreds of beneficial species? Actually it is these "friendly" microorganisms that are in a super strain probiotic, meaning "for life." That term, in fact, expresses exactly their benefit to us, for studies convincingly show that probiotics are an essential link in proper health and well-being. Put quite simply, probiotics help the body get more nutrition out of the food we eat.

While few microorganisms are found in the stomach because of its high acidity, their numbers increase dramatically in the large intestine. When these microbial populations are in balance, we reap the benefits of optimum health. For instance, some of the health benefits of probiotics include how these friendly microorganisms keep harmful, pathogenic species in check. Without sufficient numbers of viable, friendly bacteria, the intestinal terrain is thrown off balance, resulting in a wide range of potential health problems and prime disease conditions.

Friendly microorganisms are also essential in nutrient assimilation, producing many important enzymes and increasing the bioavailability of vitamins, particularly Bs and K, fatty acids, lactase, and calcium. A super strain probiotic offers benefits such as the strengthening of the immune system, neutralization of toxins, normalization of bowel movements, control of cholesterol, the countering of allergies and skin problems, and the prevention of yeast and fungal infections. Probiotics have even been used in alleviating chronic fatigue syndrome by bolstering the immune system.

We need to encourage the abundant growth of probiotic flora in our intestinal terrain to achieve proper health. Just as roots are the foundation for the growth of plants, our intestinal tract is the root at the foundation of the health of our whole body. The intestinal tract needs the health benefits of probiotics. Just as depleted soil makes for sickly, nutrient-poor plants, depleted intestinal "soil" makes us equally susceptible to unhealthy conditions. Today, many influences can ravage this delicate intestinal soil, from poor diet, use of antibiotics, pathogenic contamination, pollutants, to simple daily stress. When our diet cannot support the proper intestinal balance and adverse conditions threaten it, then an ultimate probiotic complex supplement is highly recommended.

What is unique about a super strain probiotic like
Friendly Colonizer?

Our Friendly Colonizer is a synergistic formulation demonstrating the health benefits of probiotics; all ingredients have been chosen for their ability to work together to enhance the intestinal terrain. Friendly Colonizer includes multi-strain, soil-based microorganisms. It is a fact that the availability of beneficial soil-based microorganisms (SBOs) in today's diet has been greatly reduced through modern agricultural techniques.

Our unique soil-based microorganisms are bred to successfully survive stomach acids and reach the intestinal tract, forming colonies which attach themselves to the intestinal wall. Very rapidly, these colonies multiply along the length of the intestinal tract, quickly creating a terrain which increases our ability to both absorb and assimilate nutrients from our food and to eliminate putrefying matter and pathogenic organisms. By cleaning up the colon, SBOs enhance the immune system. They not only help eliminate the putrefaction and toxins that lodge on the intestinal wall upon which pathogens thrive, but they also aggressively devour pathogenic microbes. This helps relieve the immune system, allowing it to work more efficiently elsewhere in the body. They also stimulate the body to produce large reservoirs of nonspecific anti-bodies, which the immune system can then use for any number of different conditions. Both disease prevention and healing are the benefits to us.

SBOs also stimulate the body’s own production of alpha-interferon, a key regulator of our immune response. In addition, lactoferrin production is stimulated. Lactoferrin is an iron-binding protein that makes the iron we absorb from food bioavailable and allows the body to transfer it to wherever it is needed. It also inhibits pathogenic growth by depriving pathogens of iron.

One prominent SBO strain in our FRIENDLY COLONIZER is: Bacillus coagulans (Lactobacillus sporogenes) A good lactic acid producer, gram positive, proven very effective in combination with the other strains, and is known for its proven ability to modify LDL-cholesterol levels in the body. A hearty strain that helps control the growth of pathogens in the gut.

Our FRIENDLY COLONIZER also uses these probiotic bacterial strains:

Bifidobacteria longum A Japanese-developed strain, found in infants, helps suppress harmful microbes and benefits the immune system, thereby reducing burden on the liver. Increases peristalsis in large intestine, helps produce a wide range of B vitamins. Breaks down sugars into lactic and ascetic acids, which suppress abnormal fermentation in the intestinal tract, and improves lactose tolerance. Helps reduce candida albicans, improves integrity of mucosal membrane. Detoxifies.

Bifidobacteria bifidum Both bifidobacteria are the primary bacteria found in breast fed infants. Benefits the mucosal lining of the colon, helps produce B vitamins, and helps in the metabolism of calcium. It also helps with liver conditions through dietary support.

Lactobacillus acidophilus Best known of the friendly bacteria. Important in maintaining a healthy, balanced flora in the small intestine. Enhances digestion of milk sugar (lactose) and aids in the production of vitamins and enzymes. Produces lactic acid, suppressing harmful microbes in the intestine, and helps in control of yeast overgrowth, such as candida.

Lactobacillus casei Highly prolific, hardy, and most potent of all lactobacillus strains. Strengthens immune response, and studies show helps with leaky gut, intestinal dysbiosis, improves integrity of mucosal lining. Produces lactic acid. Digests a wide range of carbohydrates.

Lactobacillus plantarum Has high digestive capacity, particularly for the breakdown of proteins. Because of its ability to eliminate protein wastes from the intestine before they enter the bloodstream, it benefits the immune system. Adheres strongly to intestinal lining. Studies also show helps with leaky gut, intestinal dysbiosis, improves integrity of mucosal lining. Produces lactic acid and acts as a natural antibiotic (as acidophilin).

Lactobacillus salivarius Effective in eliminating symptoms of bowel toxemia. Produces B vitamins and K, enzymes, and lactic acid, and aids in the production of lactase. Very active on proteins as well as the by-products of protein putrefication. Can be helpful for food poisoning.

Lactobacillus bulgaricus Used in yogurt start-up culture. Produces lactic acid. Enhances digestion of milk sugar. Natural antibiotic properties.

Our formula is rounded out with a base of rice-derived tocotrienols, a proprietary blend of FOS, including chicory, burdock root and yucca powder. Tocotrienols are an excellent delivery nutritive that brings our probiotic complex into the gastrointestinal system; they have antioxidant properties, and are known as cholesterol inhibitors. Fructooligosaccharides (FOS) are complex carbohydrates that are not broken down by our digestive system, but, instead, upon reaching the lower intestines, become food for beneficial bacteria. FOS are known as prebiotics because of their ability to promote the growth of probiotic bacteria. Pathogenic bacteria, in contrast, are unable to benefit from FOS.