Health Benefits of Probiotics

Have you ever heard the word probiotics only to not know what it means? Probiotics have started to become exceptionally popular. The information in this article is designed to help you understand what probiotics are, why they are beneficial. Also, important is for who are probiotics good for.

Have you ever heard of good bacteria? In essence that is what probiotics are. Your digestive system has over 400 different active healthy bacteria. The most common of these good bacteria are acidophilus and bifidobacterium bifidum, which are the most abundant healthy bacteria for digestive health. You may find these two ingredients in the best probiotics. These good bacteria are needed to keep your digestive system in balance. Poor amounts of healthy bacteria or probiotics cause health problems like headaches and poor or painful digestion. For any person struggling with their digestion know how uncomfortable these issues are.

L acidophilus works by supporting the production of acidphilin, lactic acide, and hydrogen peroxide which combined challenge the harmful pathogens that cause major damage within your body. Removing harmful pathogens boots your immune system, supports proper digestion, prevents poor breath, fights tumor and cancer causing pathogens, and helps with the ability to digest dairy products.

The goal of all probiotics, including bifidus and acidophilus is to support your digestive system to function properly. When you digestive system starts to lose it health increasing these good bacteria is essential to getting your digestive health back.

Many people suffer from candida, a disturbing digestive problem. If so then probiotic supplements are essential for regaining your health. The best probiotics prevent the yeast from continuing to grow and increase the effectiveness of the immune system. One thing to keep in mind that antibiotics destroy probiotics in your digestive system. The problem with antibiotics is that they do get rid of harmful bacteria and can cause problems with the good bacteria as well. Proper good bacteria is so important as 70% of the power of your immune system resides in your digestive system.

You body is in constant struggle from outside pollutants. Toxins from the environment, food, and stress reek havoc on digestive health which makes taking a probiotic a part of any healthy daily routine.

Probiotics are now becoming a staple supplement just as a multivitamin. Just like a multivitamin delivers the vitamins and minerals your biological processes need on a daily basis, probiotics deliver the essential healthy bacteria that your gut needs on a daily basis. Taking a probiotic supplement is now becoming part of many people's daily routine.

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DIETARY SUPPLEMENT COMPANY USES 20 YEARS EXPERIENCE TO KEEP TIGHT TABS ON PROBIOTIC PRODUCTS

United States of America (Press Release) July 31, 2008 -- Cottonwood, AZ—The Sedona Labs® company located in the high, dry desert of Northern Arizona near the famous red rocks of Sedona, has been producing probiotic products since 1987. Although probiotics are becoming much more familiar to consumers and scientists, that was not always the case.

“Even in 2001, when I started with the company, it was a big deal to see an article on probiotics in a consumer health magazine,” says Mairi R. Ross, one of the company’s product developers. “And the scientific journal articles on probiotics have just exploded. It seems like there’s a new one every week. Even five years ago, they were pretty scarce.”

Growth of Probiotics
The probiotics market is a growing category in nutritional supplements.
Probiotics used in the manufacture of supplements are projected to reach $291.4 million in 2010, representing an annual average growth rate (AAGR) of 6.7% [BCCresearch.com]

Company Does All Its Own Sourcing—No Middlemen
The Sedona Labs® company is in an excellent position to take advantage of this growth. Unlike most supplement manufacturers, who use contract manufacturers or “middlemen,” the Sedona Labs® product team researches, formulates, sources and produces all of their probiotic products.

“Good products must have good sources,” says Michael Lee, manager of product development. “We do not use middle men to source for us. We are not looking for the cheapest raw materials—only the best.”

Lee explains the sourcing procedure used by the Sedona Labs® quality control team. “We personally examine every vendor’s quality control and quality assurance certifications. Then we visit the plant. We interview the executives, managers and, if we can, the workers on the floor. We examine the company’s history and check out their reputation in the industry. We also look for expertise in the type of ingredient: herbs, vitamins, amino acids, probiotics.”

Lee states that that due to quality control issues in some countries that made the headlines, they moved to alternative sources—even paying up to four times as much to ensure purity and quality for their products.

“It’s definitely not an economic advantage to source our own products,” says Lee. “We don’t get the economies of scale that a contract manufacturer provides. However, we can be confident that the ingredients meet our standards.”

Clinically Relevant Dosages
“We emphasize making products based on scientific research with clinically relevant dosages,” says Tracy King, president. “Our primary goal is to give value to customers—and that means products that work.”

The Sedona Labs® brand is a market leader in probiotics with multiple strains and high numbers of probiotic bacteria, counted in number of bacterial cells or colony forming units (CFU). The lead product, iFlora™ Multi-Probiotic™ Formula, contains 16 strains and 16 billion cells per capsule (at time of manufacture).

Keep Your Probiotics Dry
The Sedona Labs® team uses its 20 years of expertise in probiotics to formulate innovative products. Its most recent line features condition-specific formulas, such as iFlora™ Nasal Health.

“Formulating products with probiotics is challenging because they contain live cells,” says Lee. He emphasizes that great care must be taken to choose fillers and additional ingredients that will not degrade the probiotics.

“There may be very healthy ingredients, such as fruit extracts, that at first glance look great for a probiotic formula. It might be good marketing, but bad science,” says Lee. “Any ingredient combined with a probiotic must have extremely low water activity. Probiotics have to be kept very dry to survive.”

Lee states that Sedona Labs® probiotic formulas only contain ingredients that meet stringent water-activity levels. There are only three filler options, for example, that meet those standards.

Formulating in house also allows the company to utilize the latest research in developing products.

Meeting the Production Challenges of Probiotics
The Sedona Labs® manufacturing division blends, encapsulates, bottles, and ships all probiotic products from their facilities in Cottonwood, Arizona.

By producing in house, the Sedona Labs® production team is able to keep tight quality control over proper blending procedures, formulation, and optimal humidity, temperature, and storage in order to maintain high quality products.

“After 20 years of doing this, we’re confident in our expertise,” says Lee.

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