How to Choose the Right Probiotic for Your Imbalance

Kate

It is really no surprise that we are seeing more and more research linking beneficial microbes to health benefits outside the digestive system. Most of this research tracks the many health benefits delivered by different strains of probiotic supplementation.

The most fascinating and user-friendly findings from this research indicate that we can support specific systems of the body through particular strains of probiotics.

For example, according to one study, if you were having mood issues, you could increase your dose of Lactobacillus helveticus and Bifidobacterium longum to boost mood and help the nervous system respond to stress.

In this article, I’ll share with you a list of some of the most researched strains of probiotics and their associated benefits so that you know what to look for when you are on the market for some quality beneficial bacteria. I’ll also guide you through my step-by-step approach to successfully repopulating your healthiest gut microbiome.[…]

 

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Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Choosing A Good Probiotic

Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Choosing A Good Probiotic

Kate

by Vincent Pedre, M.D.
Founder:  Pedre Integrative Health
NYC’s Leading Gut Health Expert

Many patients arrive in my office with gut imbalances that manifest in all sorts of ways, including weight gain, chronic inflammatory diseases, fatigue, and skin conditions like eczema. These gut imbalances result from numerous culprits. Chief among them are chronic stress, a high-sugar processed-foods diet, other dietary extremes, certain diseases, and specific gut insults, including unfavorable bacterial infections, parasites, and yeast.

Those problems aren’t as far-reaching as they might seem when you consider how much of your health begins in your gut. An out-of-whack gut can result in allergies, autoimmunity, weight gain, acne, skin rashes, yeast infections, hormonal imbalances, fatigue, depression and even accentuate the way you sense pain.

One way I help restore a patient’s gut to balance is with “probiotics.” The term, derived from Latin, means “for life.”

Among their numerous health benefits, research shows these friendly microorganisms help prevent bowel diseases, improve your immune system, reduce traveler’s diarrhea, help you maintain a healthy weight, heal various skin conditions, improve bloating and other uncomfortable GI symptoms, and even boost your mood, helping to reduce the effects of anxiety and depression. […]

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