Probiotics originated from Greek, which means "pro-life". Probiotics are a kind of active microorganisms that are beneficial to the host. They are the general name of active beneficial microorganisms that can produce clear health care function, thus improving the microecological balance of the host and playing a beneficial role. FAO and the World Health Organization (FAO/WHO) define probiotics as living microorganisms that, when ingested in sufficient quantities, produce one or more proven functional health benefits to the host.
Why is it called "probiotics"?
There are billions of bacteria in human intestine, which can be divided into beneficial bacteria, harmful bacteria and beneficial bacteria. Beneficial bacteria that can produce beneficial health effects on human body are collectively called probiotics.
Why do you need to supplement probiotics?
In daily life, bad environmental pollution and our own bad living habits will lead to problems in our digestive system, which refers to our intestines. The causes of intestinal problems are flora imbalance, lack of beneficial bacteria and dominance of harmful bacteria. For our own health, we must regularly supplement probiotics to keep the number of probiotics in the body at a high level, which is beneficial to our human health.
Which probiotics are good for human health?
At present, the most well-known and long-term safe probiotics are Lactobacillus and Bifidobacterium, and only the probiotics that have been tested by strain number and clinical verification are the screened probiotics that are really beneficial to human body.
Does taking probiotics for a long time have side effects?
The results showed that most probiotics survived in the intestine after oral administration and temporarily colonized in the intestine. However, the number of live probiotics taken orally every day is generally tens of thousands to hundreds of millions, which is really too small compared with the number of microorganisms born in the gastrointestinal tract (as high as 100 trillion). Therefore, even if taking probiotics for a long time can improve the balance of intestinal flora, it is impossible to cause any side effects, let alone dependence.
How do probiotics regulate intestinal health?
There are many kinds of microorganisms in human intestine, the number of which is 10~20 times that of human tissue cells. Probiotics constitute intestinal biological barrier, participate in substance metabolism, nutrient transformation and biosynthesis, improve intestinal immune barrier, promote human growth and development, and improve human health.