Improving Your Health With Effective Microorganisms®
Let’s talk about probiotics.
Probiotics are present in foods you probably already eat, such as yogurt, kefir, buttermilk, pickles, and milk. All of these foods are fermented and contain live bacteria. When made part of your daily routine, this live bacteria can provide a range of benefits for your gut health.
If you aren't familiar with how probiotics affect the body, we're here to break it down and show you why you should consider increasing your intake today.
What are probiotics?
Probiotics are considered good bacteria and yeasts. They come from the foods we eat or supplements we take. Our bodies contain good and bad bacteria, and probiotics are just one small part of the diverse community of live organisms that live inside your body.
Both the good and bad bacterias work together to maintain balance in the gut and throughout our system. For example, if you have an infection, you may have an excess amount of bad bacteria. The good bacteria will work to eliminate the bad bacteria and restore balance within the body. During this time, you may experience irritation, swelling, or pain. This is a common side effect and shows that good bacteria are working.
Adding a probiotic supplement or increasing your intake of probiotic-rich foods can help maintain the balance between the bacteria in your body and restore order.
Probiotics are different from the other bacteria in your microbe. For live bacteria to be classified as a probiotic, it needs to be consumed and be able to survive in your intestine after consumption. It also needs to be beneficial to the individual.
The main benefit of taking a probiotic regularly is getting that good bacteria into your system to help balance out the bad. Doing this can improve your gut health and provide several key health benefits.
Some of these include:
Probiotics work to rebalance the gut flora, improve your digestive health and help with normal digestive function. Taking a probiotic regularly can also help people who suffer from Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Inflammatory Bowel Disease, or Diarrhea.
Everything is connected to your gut, including your mental health. When you prioritize probiotics in your daily routine, you may also feel an improvement in your mental health. Studies have shown that probiotics can help boost your mood and cognitive function.
Some research suggests that probiotics can help prevent inflammatory diseases like allergies. It may also help decrease inflammation that is associated with intestinal permeability.
Over 70% of our immune system is located in the gut. This means prioritizing your gut health will directly affect your immune system. The same way you wash your hands to fend off harmful bacteria and keep your immune system properly functioning, you should be doing it for your gut. Adding probiotics into your diet can help fend off the harmful gut bacteria and keep you healthy.
Probiotics are also great for helping your body with normal bodily functions, such as:
Assist with digesting foods
Absorb medications and create vitamins
Support the cells that line your gut
You may be wondering: why is gut health so important?
Our guts contain a complex web of microorganisms known as the gut flora or gut microbiome. Inside the gut flora, there are over 500 bacterial species that make up the bacterial ecosystem.
Your gut flora lives inside your digestive tract and intestines. In some ways, it acts as another organ in your body. It's there to create vitamins your body needs, like vitamin K and Vitamin B. It also breaks down nutrients and turns fibers into short-chain fats. These fats help your immune system and can improve your gut wall.
Everything in your body is connected to your gut in some way.
When the bacteria in our guts aren’t aligned, our entire bodies may feel unbalanced. Which can cause several health issues for the individual and even lead to more serious issues later down the line.
Here are some of the warning signs:
If you don’t have a mixture of good and bad bacteria in your guts at all times, it can cause unwanted fatigue. Individuals may always feel tired, and nothing seems to help. For some, it can also cause sleeping disorders, like insomnia.
Yes, your gut health can even impact your skin. Individuals who suffer from inflammation or irritating skin conditions, like eczema, may notice that their skin condition starts to flare when their gut isn’t balanced. Some individuals may even experience an acne flare-up or psoriasis. Proper nutrition, a liquid probiotic, and a better diet can help improve your skin complexion and help combat irritation and inflammation.
Studies show that having an imbalance of the normal gut microbiota has been linked to serious gastrointestinal illnesses. These include Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, type 2 diabetes, atopy, and obesity.
If it feels like you can't ever catch a break and you're always sick, it may mean your gut is out of balance. If you don't have healthy gut bacteria, it can weaken your immune system and make you more susceptible to viruses like the flu, the common cold, or UTIs.
Many people call the gut the second brain because of how it’s so interconnected with our actual brain. Serotonin is produced in the gut and has an impact on your mood. When our gut isn’t balanced, it can impact our serotonin levels and cause drastic mood swings. Good bacteria help regulate our dopamine and serotonin levels.
Keep in mind: It's not normal to have chronic or ongoing digestive discomfort. It can be an early sign that your gut doesn't have the good bacteria it needs to combat the bad ones. These digestive problems include: bloating, gas, diarrhea, and stomach cramps are all signs of an unbalanced gut and show that your body isn't able to process food properly.
If you don’t have a healthy digestive system, your body also won’t be able to properly absorb all of the nutrients from the food you eat. A healthy, balanced gut will be able to process food and properly absorb nutrients without these digestive problems getting in the way.
The good news is that you can combat many of these issues we mentioned above with a trusted probiotic.
One of the best ways to start incorporating this good bacteria into your everyday life is with a liquid probiotic, like our PRO EM-1. This is a naturally fermented probiotic developed by Dr. Higa, a renowned Japanese scientist. It contains six strains of living probiotics and can help you rebalance your gut flora and keep your health on track.
There are other popular probiotic supplements on the market, but many of these microbes are freeze-dried during the manufacturing process. Unfortunately, this destroys over 90% of the microbes in the supplements. The other 10% may take 1-14 hours to re-hydrate and start working.
Unlike probiotic supplements, liquid probiotics start to work as soon as it hits your mouth. With Pro EM-1, you never have to worry about that. Once you’re ready to start prioritizing your gut health, you’ll start to improve your quality of life every day.
We recommend pairing our PRO-EM 1 with our EM-X Gold Prebiotic. The Prebiotic works as the food for your probiotics and can help enhance your efforts.
Probiotics are an integral part of a properly functioning body. They provide us with the bacteria we need to survive and protect us from unwanted illnesses and problems in the body. When paired with healthy habits, regular exercise, and a good diet: you'll start to thrive in new and unimaginable ways.
If you're ready to take control of your health and experience probiotics firsthand, we recommend starting with Pro EM-1. Once you start taking it, listen to your body and pay attention to signs of improvement as the microorganisms work to improve your gut health.