For everyone who has been on antibiotics! VERY IMPORTANT. You do not want to get Candida like I did. You can read my experience with probiotics below the article. Taking probiotics helps with the immune system as I read:
Many factors compromise the immune system’s defenses such as the overuse of antibiotics and prescription drugs, environmental pollutants, and stress, resulting in impaired healing ability and lowered defense against infection.
Hey did you know that many naturopathic Drs. consider endometriosis to be an auto-immune disease? Very strange how many girls with endo also have candida and gut problems and so much more.
Now do not forget about the Lord!! He is the one who can guide us into paths of good health and can lead us to the way for all of life's problems. You can read more about that on that page of the website called "About Prayer"
Probiotics are as Crucial as It Gets to YOUR Good Health
Probiotics are health-enhancing bacteria that replenish the microflora in your intestinal track, helping your body to digest and absorb food, as well as fight off many different illnesses and disease.
While it's received little recognition by Western medical professionals, the health benefits of probiotics have been known for at least 100 years. Studies have shown that probiotics are effective for the control of:
Inflammatory bowel disease
Vaginal yeast infections
Food and skin allergies in children
Premature labor in pregnant women
Recurrent ear and bladder infections
Chronic diarrhea ... and more!
Again, I recommend probiotics for ALL my new patients. If you are successfully able to change your diet so you are truly eating properly day in and day out, the need for probiotics decreases as it is somewhat similar to planting a garden. If you have plenty of healthy plants there is no room for the weeds to grow. However, if you do indulge in sugar or grains, become sick or take antibiotics, then it is wise to continue routinely taking a healthy, high-quality probiotic like Rebalanced Health Probiotics Plus.
Research now suggests that giving pregnant women and newborns doses of "good" bacteria may help prevent childhood allergies. Allergy experts say probiotics offer the first good evidence that harmless bacteria can train infants' immune systems to resist allergic reactions.
If you are still wondering why I feel so strongly about probiotics then please consider this -- some scientists estimate from 6 to 60 trillion actual bacteria may exist in your gut -- that's 3 to 4 pounds of bacteria -- with more than 400 different kinds of bacteria living in your gastro-intestinal tract.
In light of this fact, it's certainly not a stretch to attribute an abundance of bad bacteria in your gut to the reason why you may be feeling ill. Some experts even believe this may be one of the main physical reasons why people come down with many chronic illnesses in the first place!
Now consider one more staggering fact: the typical American consumes as many 175 pounds of sugar per year! When you make poor food choices that include sugars, grains, artificial sweeteners and other chemical toxins, you feed the "bad" bacteria, which are more likely to cause disease, rather than promoting the "good" bacteria that help protect you from disease.
Why You Must Be EXTREMELY Careful When Choosing a Probiotic
I wish choosing an effective probiotic formula was as simple as making a trip to your local health food store. Unfortunately, not every product that claims to be a "probiotic" actually contains the number of bacteria (or even the type of bacteria) associated with this claim.
One Belgian study1 found that one-third of probiotic products tested, including the widely trusted and popular acidophilus, did not provide any of the promised benefits! For this reason, my team and I have left no stone unturned in our efforts to find you the absolute best probiotic formula available today. (Me and my team have even made recommendations to them over time to make it a truly exceptional product!)
Total health begins in your gut, so if your GI tract is not in optimal health, then your overall health will be compromised. When it comes to your health, the proactive approach is always the way to go. Probiotic Plus is a simple low-cost and highly effective way to ensure your health!
Chronic and degenerative diseases, many of which haven't been heard before are increasing at alarming rates in America, and we'd be foolish not to question the most obvious reason for this -- our diets.
What Other Top Physicians Are Saying About Probiotics:
"The majority of our population could use probiotics. Proper digestion is far more important than most people realize."
-- Dr. Victoria Hamman, Natural Healing Center, San Francisco, CA
"I recommend probiotics to the majority of my patients. Today digestive problems tend to be the rule rather than the exception for both children and adults."
-- Dr. Tod Thoring, Westside Natural Healing, Los Angeles, CA
Your GI tract ideally contains 85% good bacteria and just 15% bad bacteria. Unfortunately, most of us in the western world have eaten foods that cause this ratio to actually reverse! If Americans were eating truly healthy diets it would generally be possible to maintain a healthy bacterial balance in the gut without the use of probiotics.
However, as I mentioned above, most diets are so dependent on sugars and grains that nearly everyone can benefit from probiotics. Here is just a partial list of symptoms that can often result from an imbalance of bacteria in the intestinal tract:
Gas, Bloating and Indigestion
IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome)
Diarrhea and/or Constipation
Skin problems such as Acne, Eczema & Psoriasis
Bad Breath and Body Odor
Delayed development in children
Candida Yeast Infections
High Cholesterol Levels
Chronic Fatigue & Fibromyalgia
Frequent Colds and Flu
Let's face it; few, if any of us, can honestly say that we have perfect diets. And just like your lawn, it is wise to "reseed" areas that have become barren for one reason or another. With Probiotic Plus, you get the optimal formula to successfully "reseed" the microflora in your gut with good bacteria for better overall health.
Why It's Smart to Keep an Extra Bottle On-Hand for Diarrhea or If You Travel Overseas
In addition to their incredible daily benefits, probiotics are incredibly useful when traveling to foreign countries or when eating at suspicious restaurants. Nearly 75% of the US population comes down with some food borne infection every year.
I've found that using a high quality probiotic like Probiotic Plus Formula every 30-60 minutes will typically resolve most cases of acute infectious diarrhea relatively quickly.
I have seen this work so consistently that I advise all my patients traveling overseas to make sure they take a bottle with them when they travel overseas. I can assure you it is always in my shaving kit when I travel overseas.
If You Are Taking Antibiotics Without Probiotics, You Are Taking Unnecessary Risks
If you are a woman taking antibiotics, then you're especially vulnerable to a vaginal yeast infection. Probiotic Plus contains over 26 billion good bacteria that will replace powerful infection causing fungi like Candida. It's one of the best ways to protect yourself naturally!
Here's a classic "catch-22:"
Your doctor prescribes an antibiotic for you to take when you are sick, when your immune system is weakened. However, the antibiotics you get from your pharmacy are, for the most part, mycotoxins that have been shown to be immunosuppressants that will further weaken your immune system by destroying the friendly bacteria guarding your intestines!
In fact, every time you swallow antibiotics, you kill large numbers of beneficial bacteria in your intestine, upsetting the delicate balance in your intestinal tract. And these friendly bacteria can be quickly replaced by hostile bacteria, including Candida yeast, a powerful member of the fungi family, and bad anaerobic bacteria.
As your intestinal bacteria die, yeasts can thrive and even use their tendrils to literally poke holes through the lining of your intestinal wall, resulting in a syndrome called leaky gut. And yeasts are not the only possible cause of this syndrome. Some scientists have linked non-steroidal, anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDS) such as naproxen and ibuprofen to the problem too.
More recently, scientists presented findings that linked antibiotics with allergies and asthma2 Researchers concluded the changes to both the growth of bacteria and fungi within the GI tract from antibiotics disrupted the function of your regulatory T cells to lessen the immune system reaction to respiratory allergens.
So, it's important to remember that while your antibiotic may save you from one problem, it may cause a host of other problems. There is a common misconception that you should wait until you are finished with your antibiotic to start taking probiotics. Even though the antibiotic is killing the good bacteria, that's exactly when you need it the most!
You should also be aware that, even if you careful to avoid antibiotic prescriptions, you still might be taking them with every bite of beef3 you eat. That's because more antibiotics per pound are used on livestock than in human medicine. Nearly every restaurant does uses factory farmed beef that are exposed to these antibiotics, so even if you avoid them at home, you will likely be exposed when you eat away from home.
By simply taking an occasional probiotic, not only will you decrease your risk of developing allergies and asthma, but also you will strengthen your immune system helping you to avoid a need for antibiotics in the first place!
article by Dr. Mercola www.mercola.com
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Now let me give you a bit of my experience: I was so very, very tired! My naturopath did find out that I was B12 deficiant, anemic and had adrenal gland fatigue. I overcame most of that, but was still dead tired! One night, I had ice cream and I went crazy in itching. In my ears, scalp, other places 
it was an itching, firey feeling under my skin. I told my naturopath about it the next day as NOT coincidently already had a Drs. appt. She said "You have candida" Oh no! Well it was quite an experience of fighting candida which lasted for a year. I finally overcame it and now my health and my endo is so very much better.
PRAISE GOD!
Oh did I tell you that I had a history of yeast infections. Horrible, 20 years of them. 2 months of that strong probiotic was a cure! Imagine ok, it was such an easy cure, but all of that suffering. Oh well perhaps it is to teach you, so for good reason. I also as long as I can remember had itching in my ears and such brain fog. From what I think and look back on, perhaps I had candida for a very long, long time but that it was progressing to the point of it being throughout my body.
Now let me tell you about my daughter: She just would not gain weight no matter what I tried! She most often would get gas and stomaches. She also would get a stomache after drinking milk. MD drs. never found the culprit, but when I took her to my naturopath, she did a stool sample and behold! There were no good bugs in her stomach. Absolutely none. She did not have candida, but still she had a gut imbalance. 2 months of probiotics did the trick! No more stomaches, gas problems relieved and she loves to drink milk(I give her organic only though) with no problems. She finally started gaining weight! Did I tell you that in 1 1/2 years, she did not gain one pound. She was 5 years old. After the probiotics, she gained 5 pounds in 6 months! This also may have been what improved her health as my daughter used to be so very sickly. She would get the flu and a bad case every 2 months. She is quite a bit healthier now, but she was also given colostrom(another letter)
This is the probiotic my naturopath put me on.
Many health food stores carry probiotics, just call and ask but the one above is very good! Make sure you get one that has been refrigerated and keep it in the refrigerator. Dr Mercola seems to have a good one too on that article above. I think that I need to be on some kind of probiotics for life as I am a bit afraid of it coming back and it seems that when I am not doing something, I catch a glimmer of symptoms. My naturopath says that some people have to fight candida always. I believe I am one of those people. I eat kefir and at times I go back on the probiotics. Also garlic seems to do me tons of good! It is a great candida killer(I have been on many Candida killers) Also if you have candida and the die off symptoms are making you miserable, try charcoal tablets as they absorb the die off of toxins. Hope that you feel better soon!
Lori
Love in Christ, Lori
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