In recent years, "probiotics" have actually begun to catch fire?
In many commercial advertisements, probiotics are packaged to enhance immunity, promote digestion and absorption, improve constipation and a series of other effects, as long as it is beneficial to the human body, they are leaned to the side.
But probiotics, exactly?
Probiotics are actually beneficial bacteria
As a beneficial active organism, probiotics can play a role in conditioning the gastrointestinal environment. Especially for people who often have constipation, diarrhea, and repeated abdominal pain, appropriate supplementation of some probiotics can play a role in improving symptoms.
From the current existing research results, it can be seen that:
Probiotics can prevent and even treat infectious diarrhea in children, antibiotic-associated diarrhea, and can also improve irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), ulcerative colitis and other diseases.
As for the effect of rebalancing the intestinal flora, treating inflammatory enteritis (IBD), eczema, etc., there is not enough medical theory to prove it.
Probiotics, who is suitable for supplementary consumption?
According to the current medical evidence, probiotics can effectively assist in the treatment of irritable bowel syndrome and inflammatory bowel disease.
The drugs of several multi-strains that have been listed in China are generally suitable for diarrhea and dyspepsia caused by medium-sized acute diarrhea, dyspepsia, bloating and intestinal dysbiosis.
The effects of probiotics are roughly as follows:
1. Improve gastrointestinal function
With the gradual increase of age, some beneficial bacteria in the intestine will gradually decrease, and harmful bacteria will gradually increase.
Especially for people with relatively large work pressure, too little water intake, irregular diet, and lack of dietary fiber, some beneficial bacteria in the intestine will be less and less, which will lead to a decline in the function of the gastrointestinal tract, and some probiotics can be taken appropriately.
Probiotics can maintain the structural balance of the intestinal flora, and probiotics can synthesize digestive enzymes, which can participate in the digestion and absorption of nutrients in the intestine, and achieve the effect of improving the function of the gastrointestinal tract.
Second, improve intestinal inflammation
Probiotics also have a role in relieving the body's inflammatory response.
For people with some enteritis, some probiotics can be appropriately supplemented, which has the effect of helping to eliminate inflammation and improve the ability of the intestinal mucosa to resist viruses.
What should I pay attention to when supplementing with probiotics?
1. Rinse with warm boiled water
When taking probiotic milk powder or some preparations, be sure to pay attention to the use of warm boiled water. The water temperature should not be lower than 30 degrees, nor higher than 40 degrees, it is best to use the water temperature between 35 and 40 degrees for flushing.
If you use cold water to mix, the function of probiotics will be inhibited to a certain extent, if the water temperature is too high, it will lead to the failure of probiotics.
2. Pay attention to the time of taking
Do not take probiotics before meals, and do not take probiotics on an empty stomach for long periods of time.
It is best to take probiotics in the time of eating for half an hour to an hour, which can make the probiotics work quickly, achieve the effect of promoting food digestion, and also have the effect of protecting intestinal health.
3. Supplement vegetables and fruits at the same time
When taking probiotics, eating more fresh vegetables and fruits can not only prevent the lack of some nutrients in the body, but also have the effect of reducing the burden on the intestine, which can make probiotics play their functions in the intestine.
Can healthy people eat probiotics every day?
Sure, yes, but there's no need to deliberately take probiotic drugs.
There are many foods in daily life that contain probiotics, such as fermented foods such as cheese, yogurt, and kimchi, so you can eat this alone in daily life.
At the same time, healthy babies do not need to supplement probiotic preparations, if the baby's intestinal function is disordered, such as diarrhea, etc., it is necessary to choose the appropriate strain under the guidance of a doctor.
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