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Putting the pro in probiotic

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Sent on 15 October 2023 03:01 AM

Issue 253

Everything you need to know about probiotics

When you work with science, its easy to forget that not everyone recognises every single term. For example, do you know your butyrate from your Bifidobacterium? Or your hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis from, well, anything?

So its time for a quick refresher on probiotics in general. Were always banging on about them, so lets make sure everyones up to speed.

1. What are probiotics?

Probiotics refer to friendly bacteria, and typically, people are talking about the bacteria that live in your gut. A probiotic supplement, also known as a live-bacteria supplement, is just thata food or liquid supplement containing live bacteria.

2. How do they work?

A probiotic supplement stores bacteria and aims to deliver it to the gut alive (with varying degrees of success), influencing the make up of the microbiome.

3. What bacteria are in probiotic supplements?

Theres no real limit to the different strains of bacteria you could find in a probiotic supplement. Lactobacillus is popular, as is Bifidobacteria, but each strain is different, so the exact formula is something to keep an eye out for.

4. Can I get friendly bacteria from food?

Short answerwe dont really know, probably not. Stomach acid is very good at destroying any bacteria that try to get through (to counter that, we use a delayed-release capsule and specific acid-resistant strains), so theres no evidence that the bacteria from fermented foods (like kimchi and sauerkraut) can survive.

5. Should I take a supplement?

Well what do you expect us to say? But for peace of mind, the Smart Probiotic is proven to deliver the majority of its bacteria to the gut alive. Because one thing that isnt a good idea is taking a probiotic supplement full of dead bacteria. That isnt going to do anything, and its more common than you might think

So pick a probiotic thats proven to work.

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Trust the numbers

How are we so sure the Smart Probiotic works, and works so much better than everything else? Well, the test results dont lie.

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Microbiome magic

To understand probiotics and the difference they make, you need to know about the gut microbiome. Heres the lowdown.

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On a personal note

Everyones away at the Heights retreat this week (all right, you got us, we scheduled this in advanceif something had changed in the world of probiotics in the past 7 days, wed have looked pretty silly).

Dan will be back next week, so for now, take a few extra minutes of the day for yourself.

Team Heights (from the past)
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