Ongoing research in the basic sciences and in clinical studies continues to confirm the many potential benefits of a daily regimen of probiotics. Some of those benefits include:
- Reducing the effects of Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)
- Lessening the risk of antibiotic-associated diarrhea (AAD)
- Reducing the incidence of gas, bloating and abdominal distension
- Protection against of traveler’s diarrhea
- Assistance with preventing bacterial infections such as clostridium dificile (C Diff)
- Decreasing cholesterol absorption
- Improving overall immunity (70% of immune system located in GI tract)
- Increasing absorption and efficacy of essential vitamins and minerals
- Decreasing potential carcinogens which lead to colon cancer
- Lessening the intestinal inflammation in patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease which includes both Ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s Disease
- Preventing harmful bacteria from colonizing the intestines and causing damage
- Lessening the risk of diarrhea and diaper rash in infants and toddlers
- Lesening the harmful effects of OTC heartburn drugs
- Lessening the incidence of infantile allergies
