The Melaleuca Wellness Guide tells us that good intestinal health has numerous benefits besides regularity. "Friendly bacteria" known as probiotics help us digest food, regulate hormones, produce vitamins, and enhance vitamin and mineral absorption. Probiotics also help crowd out harmful bacteria and, oddly enough, produce natural antibiotics which inhibit the growth of harmful bacteria throughout the GI tract. Scientists are finding that consumption of probiotics is beneficial for people of all ages.
Some common ailments that might affect us when on vacation may be prevented or treated by probiotics. According to the University of Maryland Medical Center, Lactobacillus acidophilus may help prevent traveler's diarrhea.
Probiotics may also help digestion and enhance the immune system, all useful benefits especially when vacationing.
Spending our vacation days sitting by the pool in a wet bathing suit can make us more susceptible to developing urinary tract or yeast infections. A PubMed study concludes that probiotics can be important in maintaining normal urogenital health and also help prevent and treat infections.
Florify contains a blend of 5 billion colony units of Lactobacillus acidophilus and Bifidobacterium lactis. Lactobacillus is the prevalent good bacteria in the small intestine, and Bifidobacterium is the most dominant good bacteria in the large intestine.
Probiotics are not permanently established in our digestive tract; therefore Florify needs to be taken every day. Florify also contains the prebiotic, fructo-oligosaccharides (FOS). Prebiotics boost the growth of beneficial probiotics in the GI tract. Another healthy source of powerful prebiotics is FiberWise.
~ Richard M Barry