It turns out, there is new scientific evidence that shows how certain probiotic bacteria strains have a gut healing benefit. We are literally ALL different, inside and out! After all, no two people have the same gut composition. And what’s right for YOUR body might be different for others. Mainly because science can be hard to understand (again, we know!). We know, the probiotic puzzle can be a hard one to piece together. *Thank you to Just Thrive for providing the article* We Get It Leaky Gut: Here’s Why Spore-Based Probiotics Might Just Be the Answer to Healing (click green Links bar above to expand and see all links/references) AAPI’S Nutrition Guide to Optimal Health Using Principles of Functional Medicine & Nutritional Genomics Part 3.
Most SBOs have evolved over thousands of years so they’re sturdier than lactic acid probiotics. Proponents of soil-based probiotics point to this as one of the main reasons we’re experiencing such collective digestive distress. Together, these factors have dramatically decreased the number of soil-based probiotics we ingest. Even fewer are eating foods without washing away the dirt. Today, however, few of us are harvesting our own food from the ground. “These bacteria have always been on our food, so we would naturally consume them and they’d help enhance our immune systems,” says Bibbs. Soil-based probiotics, or SBOs, are naturally found in the dirt. Instead, they move through quickly, doing their work as they pass. But, your stomach acid may kill many of these probiotic bugs before they have a chance to reach their target.Īnother challenge? Lactic acid bacteria are also transient, meaning they don’t hang around in your gut. Manufacturers have gone to great precautions to protect the strains, through refrigeration and dark glass, for example. The probalem with lactic acid strains of probiotics is that they contain are highly sensitive to light and heat. The process of fermentation “lowers the pH of the gut and, therefore, limits the growth of pathogens and Candida.” “These bacteria produce lactic acid by eating lactose, sugar, and carbohydrates,” says Sophie Bibbs, a digestive health coach. The latter is the most common strain found in fermented foods, like yogurt. Lactic-acid producing probiotics include well-known bacteria strains such as bifidobacterium and lactobacillus. But did you know that there are different kinds of probiotics? Here, we take a look at the three main types of probiotics and the benefits and challenges of each. However you take them, probiotics have been linked to better digestive health, among other things. You can find these gut-supporting strains of bacteria and yeast in everyday foods, or you can get them through supplement. By now, you’re probably familiar with probiotics.