Acidophilus pills have been on the market for many years to help people rebalance their digestion. To understand

how they work you need to understand how your digestion works.

How Your Digestion System Works

Our digestion tract is an amazing piece of equipment. Did you that if your stretched it out fully it would cover a

whole football field. The digestive tract is also known as our internal skin and it is our body's first line of defence from the outside world. It is responsible for the essential functions of digestion, absorption and elimination. These

functions nourish us, feed our cells, give us energy to function and basically - keep us alive.

Friendly Bacteria And Unfriendly Bacteria

This unique and complex operation is pulled together by billions of bacteria that live in your digestive tract. These bacteria are living organisms, meaning they grow within your intestinal walls. There are good bacteria and there are bad bacteria. It is important for digestive health and

your overall wellbeing that you ensure your good bacteria are looked after. If the bad bacteria are allowed to overrun your digestive system, you will leave yourself exposed to

digestive disorders and intestinal infections.

The balance of good and bad bacteria is a fragile one. When we are healthy, eating a good diet, taking regular

exercise and avoiding stress our good bacteria will thrive. However, eating high fat and processed foods, smoking,

alcohol and taking antibiotics can destroy these good bacteria, leaving the door open for disease-causing

pathogenic microbes to take over.

Replenishing Your Friendly Bacteria

One way to replenish your good bacteria is to take acidophilus pills. I know, acidophilus is a bit of a mouthful

however, the word stands for a specific strain of good bacteria or probiotic. L. Acidophilus is also known as a

resident strain because it remains in the digestive tract. However, there are strains of probiotics that pass through your system such as lactobacillus casei, which is derived from cheese. The resident strains of good bacteria are more effective at fighting intestinal infections, because

they remain and grow inside your intestinal walls.

The only problem with taking acidophilus pills is that you have no idea if these probiotics are actually reaching your gut. In order to reach your small intestine they need to get

through the highly acidic environment of your stomach. Another problem is if your digestive tract is already

overrun with bad bacteria most of the acidophilus bacteria will not survive.

Creating The Right Environment For Your Digestive Health

For this reason you need to create the right environment in your gut before you can benefit from acidophilus pills. To create the right environment for the good bacteria to

thrive you need to have prebiotics. This amazing substance is a form of dietary fibre that is found naturally in fruit and vegetables. Prebiotics have many digestive health qualities that include cleansing your intestines of toxic bacteria and

providing food for your probiotics to survive. So, if your want the good guys to survive and thrive make sure you

get enough prebiotics first.

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