When you go to buy a probiotic, one of the main things you should be looking for are the different strains in your probiotic.

The second thing you should be looking for is the amount (or CFUs) of each strain in the probiotic you are about to purchase.

If you can’t find out both key facts, then red flags should be going off in your mind.

The next couple of posts are going to be about the different strains that you will find in your probiotics. In this first post, I’m going to be talking about lactobacillus acidophilus, or l.acidophilus for short.

Lactobacillus acidophilus is a strain of bacteria that lives in your mouth, gastrointestinal tract, and your vagina (if you are female).

It helps boost your immunity and your digestion mainly. The strain also helps prevent diarrhea, and will give you some relief from indigestion.

It does this by eating the nutrients that the bad bacteria need to live, so they’ll die off instead of making your body more acidic.

You can get l.acidophilus naturally by consuming fermented dairy products such as yogurt or sweet acidophilus milk. The other way you can get l.acidophilus is through a supplement.

When looking for a supplement, make sure it has at the very least 100 million CFU’s of the strain.

Otherwise, there is a very good chance that the bacteria will not make through your stomach (because it is very acidic) and into your gut, where they live. 
 

One of the main benefits of probiotics is that they can pretty much annihilate any problems with diarrhea that you may be experiencing.

Most people experience diarrhea these days when they are children, eat some spoiled food, travel, or get sick.

But the root of the diarrhea problem is essentially all caused by one common factor – bad bacteria in the digestive tract.

The main treatment for diarrhea is to just wait it out. This does work, but it seems to take just a little bit longer than I would like.

Diarrhea happens so that your body can flush it self of some bad bugs that are messing with your system, so that’s why, sort of like a fever, you have to wait it out.

What The Experts Say

Experts just tell you to avoid getting dehydrated, eat some yogurt, and stick to eating certain foods until the diarrhea passes over. But, there is a way to help get over diarrhea much, faster.

Diarrhea happens because your body has some bad bugs inside it that it’s trying to flush out, so if there was another way to flush out the bad bugs, then the diarrhea would stop sooner.

The Solution

Fortunately, there is a way to do just that with probiotics. It’s pretty simple really.

Probiotics are good bacteria that live in the same place as the bad bacteria that cause diarrhea do, your gut.

By taking a high quality probiotic, you can get rid of the bad bacteria, which will treat your diarrhea problem quicker than just letting your body “clean itself out”.

As an added bonus, if you keep taking the probiotics, you will probably never experience diarrhea again, since the good bacteria will stop a significant amount of the bad bacteria from sticking inside your gut.

If you’re wondering where you can get a high quality probiotic, I have already written about the subject and you can read about it by clicking here.

1. Probiotics are actually live bacteria

    When you think of bacteria, you probably think of Lysol and all those antibacterial soaps and hand sanitizer. But the reality is that there are also good bacteria as well. The bacteria that lives inside you in your gut are commonly referred to as probiotics, or Greek for “for life”.

2. 70%-80% of your immune system is located in your gut
   
    Most people just don’t know about their immune system and how to strengthen it. Well, most people know a thing or two, but if you asked them where the bulk of your immune system was located, I’d be willing to bet that most people couldn’t give you a good answer. Well the fact is that most of your immune system is essentially located inside your gut, so the healthier your gut is, the healthier you’ll be for the most part.

3. Probiotics will prevent diarrhea, IBS, and all that nasty stuff

    If you have diarrhea, travelers diarrhea, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), taking a probiotic will basically eliminate that problem. This is especially true if you are suffering from diarrhea after taking antibiotics. Antibiotics don’t really care about what kind of bacteria they kill. As long as it is a bacteria, antibiotics will kill it. The problem with this is that antibiotics also end up killing the good bacteria (probiotics) as well. That’s why taking probiotics will help you get over diarrhea extremely fast.

4. Probiotics will help you lose weight

    Probiotics can help you lose weight by improving your digestion and heart health. However, this depends on the strain of bacteria in the probiotics that you’re taking,so if you’re trying to lose a few pounds here and there, make sure your probiotic has at least these strains, lactobacillus acidophillus and bifidobacterium lactis. These two strains help digest food easier and will improve your colon health.

Well, there you have it. Four things about probiotics that you never knew before. Taking a high quality probiotic supplement can have profound effect on your health. Because of our diet, we create a highly acidic environment in our stomachs that make it hard for the good bacteria to establish itself in our gut. By taking all natural probiotics, you can help your body create an environment that will allow itself to reach optimal health without taking weird drugs.

I’ve actually managed to find a company that will allow you to try a high quality probiotic without having to spend a ton of money. Actually, for free. Click here to get a free trial of a probiotics. It will cost you absolutely nothing for 30 days. If you don’t like it for any reason, just send the unused portion of probiotics back to them and you won’t owe a dime.