Monday, October 3, 2011

PROBIOTIC REVOLUTION

SO DO YOU KNOW JUST HOW IMPORTANT IT IS FOR US TO BE ON PROBIOTICS?......  I STARTED USING PROBIOTICS SEVEN YEARS AGO.  THE ONLY PROBLEM IS I HAVEN'T BEEN CONSISTENT WITH THEM AT ALL.  AT THIS POINT THE GENERAL PUBLIC HAS HEARD OF GOOD BACTERIA IN YOGURT AT LEAST, RIGHT?  WELL THAT'S ANOTHER STORY I'M NOT BIG AT ALL IN GETTING MY PROBIOTICS FROM THAT SOURCE.  THROUGH A FOUR YEAR BATTLE WITH CANDIDA, (STARTING SEVEN YEARS AGO) REALLY GOT ME TO RESEARCH PROBIOTICS AND VIEW THEM IN A WHOLE NEW WAY.  CANDIDA IS A FORM OF OVER ACTING YEAST THAT CAN ENTER YOUR BLOOD STREAM, AFFECT YOUR MOODS, CREATE MASSIVE FATIGUE, OVERALL IT TAKES OVER YOUR HEALTH 100%.  I WAS DESPERATE FOR HELP AND AFTER GOING FROM DOCTOR TO DOCTOR, SPECIALIST TO SPECIALIST, I THREW MY HANDS UP AND DECIDED TO "PATIENT HEAL THYSELF" AS JORDAN RUBIN PUTS IT.  CANDIDA AFFECTS MALES AND FEMALES, THE PROBLEM IS IT GETS MISDIAGNOSED MOST OF THE TIME OR SOME DOCTORS WANT TO DISMISS IT AND PUT YOU ON A PRESCRIPTION DRUG THAT ONLY MASK THE PROBLEM. 

WELL I'M PERSONALLY THANKFUL I HAD TO GO THROUGH ALL THAT BECAUSE IT HELPED ME CHANGE THE WAY I LIVE.  I WENT FROM A DIET THAT WAS DESTROYING MY HEALTH TO HEALTHY LIFESTYLE CHANGES THAT MADE ME HEALTHY AGAIN!  AT 26 YEARS OLD I STARTED EXERCISING ON A REGULAR BASIS.  I ALREADY HAD ONE GOOD HABIT GOING FOR ME.  SO WHEN THE CANDIDA STARTED I SIMPLY BEGAN TO CHANGE THE WAY I ATE.  AT THAT TIME I DID START ORGANIC FOODS, LAYED OFF THE SWEETS, GOT RID OF SOFT DRINKS FOREVER, STARTED SOME JUICING AND DRANK WATER LIKE IT WAS GOING OUT OF STYLE.  SLOWLY BUT SURELY MY BODY WENT THROUGH SOME DETOXING AND I WAS ON MY WAY TO A HEALTHIER ME.

SINCE THEN I'VE GONE THROUGH DIFFERENT STAGES, DIFFERENT DIETS AND ENTERING MY 30'S I STARTED WANTING SWEETS LIKE CRAZY, UGHHHHH!  THANKFULLY YEAR AFTER YEAR I'VE BEEN ABLE TO LISTEN TO MY BODY, WHETHER IT'S TELLING ME TO INCREASE SOMETHING, SLACK OFF SOMETHING OR LIKE THE LAST TWO YEARS INCREASE EXERCISE BIG TIME!  IN MY OPINION OUR BODY NEEDS FOR OPTIMAL HEALTH CHANGE EVERY TEN YEARS.  SO FROM OUR 20'S, 30'S, 40'S, 50'S AND UP OUR EXERCISE REGIMEN SHOULD BE CHANGING, OUR CHOICES IN DIET SHOULD CHANGE AND OUR SUPPLEMENT CHOICES SHOULD ALSO CHANGE. 

LET ME GIVE YOU SOME FACTS ON PROBIOTICS, WHICH BY THE WAY WERE THE VERY FIRST THING I STARTED WHEN I WAS ON MY MISSION TO RID CANDIDA AND HEAL MYSELF!

*  TRILLIONS OF FRIENDLY BACTERIA ARE IN OUR DIGESTIVE SYSTEM, MOSTLY IN THE GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT.  PROBIOTICS, MEANING "FOR LIFE," ARE DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS CONTAINING BENEFICIAL BACTERIA THAT ARE TAKEN TO HELP MAINTAIN A HEALTHY BALANCE BETWEEN GOOD BACTERIA AND PATHOGENIC BACTERIA, WHICH ARE HARMFUL TO THE SYSTEM.  RESEARCHERS ARE DISCOVERING THAT PROBIOTICS OFFER MANY VARIED HEALTH BENEFITS.  THEY HELP BETTER OUR DIGESTIVE SYSTEM AND BOOST IMMUNITY.  ALSO, THEY AID IN NUTRIENT ASSIMILATION; WEIGHT CONTROL; MAINTAIN A NORMAL INFLAMMATION RESPONSE; AND SUPPORT HEALTHY BLOOD LIPIDS.  EXPERTS SUCH AS DR. S.K. DASH, FOUNDER OF UAS LABS AND ONE OF THE WORLD'S LEADING PROBIOTIC EXPERTS, NOTE THAT PROBIOTICS ARE "MORE IMPORTANT TO TAKE DAILY THAN A MULTIVITAMIN." 

PROBLEM IS YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU GET FROM JUST ANY BRAND OF PROBIOTICS.  I WILL TELL YOU RIGHT NOW IF YOU'RE GETTING YOURS FROM CHAIN PHARMACY'S YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND CHUNK THEM IN THE TRASH.  SO IF YOUR PHYSICIAN TELLS YOU TO GO GET ON A PROBIOTIC, AS MY DAUGHTERS PEDIATRICIAN HAS BEFORE, MAKE SURE IT'S TOP QUALITY.  SURVEYS BY GROUPS SUCH AS CONSUMERLAB.COM HAVE SHOWN ALTOGETHER TOO MANY BRANDS SIMPLY DON'T PROVIDE THE AMOUNT OF BENEFICIAL BACTERIA LISTED ON THE LABEL, WHILE OTHER STRAINS DON'T HAVE THE PROVEN TRACK RECORD OF HEALTH BENEFITS DISCERNING CONSUMERS DEMAND.

IF YOU WANT HIGH QUALITY SUPPLEMENTS SUCH AS PROBIOTICS GO TO PRESCRIPTIONS PLUS AND I GUARANTEE YOU'LL GET THEM. 

PROBIOTICS CAN PASS THROUGH STOMACH ACID AND SETTLE IN THE INTESTINES, FROM THAT POINT THEY BEGIN TO MULTIPLY.  ALSO, YOU SHOULD INCORPORATE PREBIOTIC WITH PROBIOTICS TO ENHANCE ITS GROWTH IN THE INTESTINES. 

*MY HOPE IS, IS THAT MORE PHYSICIANS WILL GET ON BOARD WITH ENCOURAGING PATIENTS TO INCLUDE PROBIOTICS IN THEIR PATIENTS LIFESTYLE BECAUSE FOR ME PERSONALLY IT HAS MADE A HUGE DIFFERENCE OVER THE YEARS IN SEVERAL DIFFERENT FACTORS REGARDING MY HEALTH AS WELL AS MY CHILDREN'S HEALTH!

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