Nutrition. Vitamins. You.
In Episode 3, Jerry Hickey, Ph. discusses which specific strains of probiotics have been proven to help protect you from winter time infections, helping you boost your immunity.
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It is no secret that Probiotics are a necessity when it comes to keeping your gut (and skin and overall wellness) as optimized as possible. This is because the harmful bacteria in your body can lead to a number of issues, including digestive problems like bloating and gas. Probiotics are the friendly bacteria that is needed to balance your gut. They are the key to good health throughout your body.
Now that you’ve invested your time in researching Probiotics and your money in the most superior Probiotic on the market, you may be wondering what that means for your physical self. You know the good bacteria is working to restore balance in your gut, inside of your body. But what does that mean for the impact you should be feeling overall?
After a few weeks on the right Probiotic, you should be able to notice its beneficial effects. Here’s how you can tell –
There is strong emerging evidence that your gut bacteria can influence your central nervous system function, like your emotions, awareness and memory. Probiotics – because they help to balance your gut bacteria – have been shown to have a positive effect on your mood. One study performed by Griffith Universities School of Medical Science and Menzies Health Institute in Australia found that, in people with pre-clinical symptoms of depression, anxiety, and perceived stress, probiotic supplementation resulted in a statistically significant improvement in symptoms compared to individuals taking a placebo.
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According to Kathleen Jade, ND, Naturopathic Physician and former Medical Director, Editor-in-Chief of Natural Health Advisory Institute, the association between gut problems and fatigue has been noted for years, but it wasn’t until very recently that researchers really started putting the pieces of the puzzle together, uncovering how abnormalities within the digestive system are related to fatigue and what can be done to heal both. “Feeling chronically tired and also having digestive symptoms like abdominal pain, bloating, loose stools, diarrhea, alternating diarrhea and constipation, gas, and reflux means you likely have a “leaky gut” along with an overgrowth of “bad” gut microbial bacteria.”
Probiotics repopulate your gut with good bacteria to regulate the overall microbiome, or the population of bacteria. If you commonly experience gas, diarrhea, bloating, constipation and other gastrointestinal issues, probiotics can be helpful. These beneficial bacteria help you digest food, produce vitamins and nutrients, and help manage gut inflammation.
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Did you know that 70% of our immune system is actually located within your digestive tract? The good bacteria team up with immune cells to boost your resistance to harmful bacteria and other toxins. So, if you’re feeling and staying healthy, it could be a good indication that your Probiotic is working for you.
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About 250 million people are affected by a peanut allergy. This number has tripped in the last 20 years and is one of the most common causes of death from food allergy known.
According to the CDC, a food allergy occurs when the body has a specific and reproducible immune response to certain foods. The immune system mistakenly responds to food as if it were harmful. Symptoms can vary in severity and can be different for one person over time. Between 1997 and 2007, the prevalence of food allergies among children increased 18%.[1] Although difficult to measure, research suggests that approximately 4% of children and adolescents are affected by food allergies.[2]
A treatment for deadly peanut allergy undergoing clinical trials at the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute has shown long-lasting effects – more than four years after the original study. The study, led by Professor Mimi Tang, followed up with children four years after they completed their initial trial in 2013. Children in the original randomized trial were given either a combination of the probiotic strain, Lactobacillus rhamnosus, together with a peanut protein in increasing amounts, or a placebo, once daily for 18 months, then tested to see if they had developed tolerance to the peanut.
At the end of the original trial in 2013, 82% of children who received the probiotic and peanut oral immunotherapy (PPOIT) were deemed tolerant to peanuts and went home eating peanut. Four years later, the majority of children who gained initial tolerance are still eating peanuts as part of their normal diet (80%) and have passed a further challenge test confirming long-term tolerance to peanuts (70%).[3]
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Professor Tang reports, “These findings support that our treatment is effective at inducing long-term tolerance, up to four years after completing treatment, and is safe. It also suggests the exciting possibility that tolerance is a realistic target for treating food allergy. This is a major step forward in identifying an effective treatment to address the food allergy problem in Western societies.”
References:
[1] https://www.cdc.gov/healthyschools/foodallergies/index.htm
[2] Liu AH, Jaramillo R, Sicherer SH, et al. National prevalence and risk factors for food allergy and relationship to asthma: results from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2005-2006. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2010;126(4):798-806.e13.
[3] https://www.mcri.edu.au/news/research-trial-shows-evidence-cure-may-be-possible-peanut-allergy