Improve Your Digestive Health With Probiotics
“Probiotics stimulate the natural digestive enzymes and maintain a healthy digestive system”
In this day and age, fruits and vegetables are grown with chemicals and hence, contain toxins. However, since lite is too busy to stop and ponder on such matters, we tend to adapt to the situation and get accustomed to eating polluted fruits and vegetables. And eating such foods regularly causes depletion of the beneficial bacteria that lines the gastrointestinal tract.
Probiotics are the live microorganisms that live in our body, primarily in the digestive system. They stimulate the natural digestive enzymes and maintain a healthy digestive system. The few foods rich in probiotics are yogurt, sour pickles, raw cheeses, buttermilk, dark chocolate, olives, idli, dosa, dhokia, fermented milk, fermented sour bread etc. Also, nowadays many foods are even enriched with probiotics. Here are a few amazing health benefits of a diet rich in probiotics.
Improves Digestion
A probiotic-rich diet is good for digestion and absorption of vital minerals and vitamins and thereby helps in preventing mineral deficiencies. Thousands of good bacteria reside in the digestive tract and help in reducing gas problems, prevent bloating and also assist in the produchon of the lactase enzyme which makes it easier for food to breakdown.
Reduces Cholesterol
The probiotic bacteria help in reducing cholesterol levels by increasing the metabolism of LDL cholesterol (bad cholesterol). A probiotic-rich diet also helps in reducing the bad saturated fatty acids in the blood and thus indirectly lowers the accumulation of unnecessary tat deposits in all parts of the body.
Keeps Infections At Bay
Probiotic bacteria helps in protection against bacterial infections. The gut flora naturally helps in fighting against infections. But n certain cases, when the gut flora gets destroyed due to various reasons like chronic illness, inflammatory conditions, stress,surgeries, antibiotics, excessive alcohol consumption etc. a diet rich in probiotics, plays a major role in protecting the body by compensating with the lost gut flora.
Beneficial For The Brain
Research studies have shown that, those who consume a regular probiotic rich diet have lower levels of anxiety and depressive attacks. Hence, probiotics is known to improve the function of the brain. Having curd on a daily basis is also beneficial for women who want to avoid mood fluctuations.
Treats Vaginal Infections
Women who suffer from regular vaginal infections should add more probiotics to their diet as it helps in improving urogenital health because similar to the digestive tract, the vagina too is lined by healthy bacteria. And this healthy bacterial lining can be disrupted by birth control pills, spermicides and antibiotics.
Hence, foods rich in probiotics, such as yogurt, idli, dosa dhokla and olives can help in maintaining the balance of microflora in the vagina. Hence, probiotics plays a major role in protection against common fungal urogenital infections, yeast infections, bacterial vaginosis and urinary tract infections.
Reduces Colicky Pain In Babies
If you are breastfeeding and want your little bundle of joy to be happy always, have your dose of piobiotics regularly, as the babies of mothers who consume foods rich in probiotics cry lesser and have fewer colicky attacks, compared to babies of mothers who don’t consume enough probiotics.
Maintains Teeth Health
The lactobacillus reuteris in probiotics helps in preventing tooth decay, throat infections, bleeding gums and bad breath. Also, certain probiotic lozenges are in use currently to improve oral health.
Improves Immunity
Probiotic strains are known to improve immunity as they help in increasing systemic immunity, thus preventing autoimmune disorders, like psoriasis, chronic fatigue syndrome, common cold, flu etc.
Helps In Weight Loss
If abdominal fat and your increasing body weight is worrying you, make it a habit of consuming fermented foods, as these are rich in probiotics and help in the reduction of weight by increasing your metabolism.
“A diet rich in probiotics plays a major role in protecting the body by compensating with the lost gut flora”
Therapeutic Effects
Probiotics are also known to cure the symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome, Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis. These are autoimmune disorders that affect the gastrointestinal tract and cause various digestive and absorption issues. The regular moderate intake of foods rich in probiotics, help in providing some relief when afflicted with these disorders.
Cures Skin Infections
Chronic autoimmune skin infections like eczema and psoriasis can be cured by adding probiotic food to your daily menu as a probiotic diet helps in restoring microflora. And along with the above mentioned benefits, a probiotic-rich diet helps in improving the absorption of calcium, lowers blood pressure, prevents certain allergies and also improves the synthesis of vitamins, essential fatty acids and nutrients.