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To the surprise of many people, several pounds of good bacteria populate our digestive tract, help us maintain normal digestion, and protect us against stomach flus, candida overgrowth, and many other types of infection. Probiotics have also proven to improve gut health symptoms and anxiety and promote GI health in physically active adults.

In this newly revised and updated concise book, internationally recognized nutrition expert, Dr. Earl Mindell explains the many health benefits of probiotics and how to use them to enhance health. This updated edition includes new research into probiotic benefits including information on how daily probiotics may reduce childrens’ needs for antibiotics, how probiotics may reduce annual antibiotic prescriptions, studies on the effects of gut microbione alterations in Alzheimer's disease and much more!

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Publié par	Turner Publishing Company
Date de parution	20 août 2019
Nombre de lectures	2
EAN13	9781684423576
Langue	English
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DR. EARL MINDELL S
PROBIOTIC
BIBLE
Learn How Healthy Bacteria Can Help Your Body Absorb Nutrients, Enhance Your Immune System, and Prevent and Treat Disease
Dr. Earl Mindell
TURNER PUBLISHING COMPANY
Turner Publishing Company
Nashville, Tennessee
www.turnerpublishing.com
The information contained in this book is based upon the research and personal and professional experiences of the author. It is not intended as a substitute for consulting with your physician or other healthcare provider. Any attempt to diagnose and treat an illness should be done under the direction of a healthcare professional.
The publisher does not advocate the use of any particular healthcare protocol but believes the information in this book should be available to the public. The publisher and author are not responsible for any adverse effects or consequences resulting from the use of the suggestions, preparations, or procedures discussed in this book. Should the reader have any questions concerning the appropriateness of any procedures or preparations mentioned, the author and the publisher strongly suggest consulting a professional healthcare advisor.
Cover Design: Marc Whitaker
Typesetter: Tim Holtz
Copyright 2019 by Earl Mindell, R.Ph., Ph.D.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Available Upon Request
Paperback: 9781684423552
Hardcover: 9781684423569
Ebook: 9781684423569
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written consent of the copyright owner.
Printed in the United States of America
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CONTENTS
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Friendly Bacteria
2. Probiotics and Upper Digestive Tract Health
3. Colon Health and Probiotics
4. Probiotics and Immune System Support
5. Probiotics for Reproductive and Urinary Tract Health
6. Better Skin with Probiotics
7. Probiotics and Children s Health
8. Other Benefits of Probiotics
9. Choosing and Using Probiotic Supplements
10. New Research into Probiotic Benefits
Conclusion
Selected References
Other Books and Resources
Probiotic Supplement Sources
Index
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
T he author is indebted to Dr. S. K. Dash, the internationally known probiotic pioneer who has made significant contributions to this book.
Dr. Dash is the founder and president of UAS Laboratories, the leading probiotic company since 1979. Dr. Dash has set quality control standards for probiotics (CFU/gm), which are now used worldwide. He is the first to commercialize superstrain DDS-1 L. acidophilus , which is acid resistant and bile resistant. He has introduced nitrogen packaging that enables stability of probiotics. Dr. Dash is the first to introduce non-dairy probiotics and fortification of prebiotics (fructooligosaccharides) with probiotics. Dr. Dash s probiotic products, DDS-Probiotics, have been top sellers in the United States and Canada since 1979. DDS-Probiotics are backed by U.S. Trademark, Patent, and medical research and are listed in Physicians Desk Reference .
Dr. Dash says, A probiotic supplement can only be effective if it contains the right strain(s), in right number (potency), in right condition (viable), and in right formulation. And it must have generally recognized as safe (GRAS) status by the FDA.
According to Dr. Dash, you have to protect probiotics from heat, moisture, and oxygen. For more information about Dr. Dash and his pioneering work, visit www.uaslabs.com .
INTRODUCTION
A ntibiotics were first developed in the 1950s. These drugs rapidly attained miracle drug status, and for good reason. They cured diseases that had, until then, caused widespread suffering and death, especially in children and the elderly. Right around that time, another miraculous substance became available to the public. This substance has been a part of the workings of the human body since it first walked the earth, and has long been a common ingredient in foods known to be healthful. Until the middle of the twentieth century, however, its exact actions in the body were not understood. This substance is probiotics -living bacteria that, when supplemented in pill or powder form, take up residence in the body. Once established, these probiotic bacteria perform a variety of functions, all of which promote the physiological balance required for optimal health.
A Brief History of Probiotics
Friendly bacteria have been used to culture milk and other foods since ancient times. Ancient Middle Easterners are known to have regularly consumed yogurt. History texts reveal that, in the early 1200s, the great armies of warlord Genghis Khan made cultured horse milk a staple of their diets. Kefir, another version of fermented milk, originated centuries ago in the Caucasus Mountains of Russia. The bacterial cultures used to make this food, which was widely celebrated as an elixir of health, were highly valued and passed from generation to generation.
In all likelihood, probiotics were discovered by accident when milk was left to sit and was naturally fermented by bacteria. When people discovered that it had a pleasant taste, they probably began to save cultures from particularly good-tasting batches to make more. In this way, the making of yogurt was refined over the centuries.
Around the end of the nineteenth century, a Nobel laureate scientist named lie Metchnikoff began to wonder why so many members of certain groups of Russian peasants lived for 100 years or more in good health. As he studied their dietary habits, he found that all of these groups regularly consumed milk fermented with friendly bacteria.
After further study, Metchnikoff theorized that the bacteria used to ferment milk had much to do with the longevity of these people. He postulated that most forms of poor health originate in the colon, the part of the body where these good bacteria colonize in the greatest concentrations. Metchnikoff believed that the process of autointoxication, in which improperly processed wastes seep back through the colon wall into the circulatory system, caused chronic disease. He wrote a book about his discoveries, aptly titled The Prolongation of Life .
As early as the 1950s, scientific research began to pile up support for Metchnikoff s ideas, showing that supplementation with probiotics had many beneficial effects. The simultaneous introduction of antibiotics, however, doomed these friendly bacteria to virtual obscurity for several more decades. No matter how well they were able to boost the body s ability to cope with various health problems, they were far overshadowed by quick-acting, potent antibiotics. Probiotics were unable to compete and soon disappeared from the pharmaceutical market.
Today, the growing problem of antibiotic-resistant bacteria has forced medicine to reconsider its overuse of these drugs. The more humans are exposed to antibiotics, the better the dangerous bacteria get at outwitting them. Scaling back the use of these drugs is the only way to preserve their ability to knock out infections-to take the pathogenic bacteria by surprise. Probiotics, the good natural enemy of bad bacteria, are beginning to enter the picture again as an alternative to antibiotics therapy.
The use of these bacteria, which naturally take up residence in the human body, is an excellent example of alternative medicine s approach to treating illness. Rather than attempting to target and eradicate organisms that cause disease, steps are taken to remedy the imbalance that hampers the body s defenses and allows disease to take hold.
Probiotics aren t exactly nutrients, and they aren t exactly food. They re living bacteria that exist in a symbiotic relationship with the human body. Read on to discover what these microscopic creatures can do to move you toward better health.
CHAPTER 1
FRIENDLY BACTERIA 101
B acteria are usually viewed as dangerous, unpleasant, unwanted invaders. They lurk on surfaces, spread through airborne droplets emitted during sneezes or coughs, or hide in improperly cooked or spoiled foods. When swallowed or otherwise brought into the body, these bacteria-we are taught to believe-multiply and cause disease. If we can stay away from bacteria, we reason, we can stay free of the illnesses they cause. As soon as a physician suspects a bacterial infection, he or she prescribes antibiotics to get rid of it. Antibacterial soaps, lotions, and cleaning supplies help us in our quest to banish bacteria from our homes and our bodies.
Not all bacteria are bad, however. In fact, there are more than 400 strains of bacteria that are good for your health. These bacteria actually help to resist the growth of pathogens, disease-causing agents. These beneficial bacteria are most commonly known as probiotics. We provide shelter and food to these friendly bugs; they don t live rentfree, however. Our bodies need their services as much as they need ours.
Probiotic bacteria, also known as intestinal flora, microflora , and gut flora , have been added to milk, soy, and cabbage for centuries. Fermentation with probiotics enhances both shelf life and digestibility of these foods, yielding such delicacies as yogurt, kefir, sour cream, cottage cheese, miso, tempeh, sauerkraut, and kimchee. Modern studies have documented the value of some of these traditional foods for the prevention and treatment of various health problems.

Antibiotic
Literally, against life. Refers to drugs administered for the purpose of killing off bacteria that cause symptoms of illness .

Probiotic
Anything that supports life, including food, oxygen, and water. Most commonly refers to more than 400 strains of friendly microorganisms, many of which naturally reside in the body .

Fermentation
The breakdown of complex molecules in organic compounds, caused by the influence of a substance know