There are hundreds of probiotic brands on the market today but which one to choose from can be difficult if you are just entering this much revered supplement market.
You may ask yourself what should a probiotic supplement do for me health wise. Well if you have been a recent patient of antibiotic medications there is a good chance that the normal bacterial flora which resides in your gut could have been severely disrupted. Antibiotics can kill off healthy flora whilst it is trying to cure infections of the body.
One way to replace such bacteria is to purchase a capsule supplement off the shelves of your local drug store or health food store.
Ideally all probiotic supplements that are available have the common goal of helping to build a healthy digestive tract and should have no side effects.
You want a supplement that will restore the natural balance and protect the body against digestive upsets. Take a careful look at the label on the product to see which bacteria strains it contains, and also their numbers. Probiotic bacteria are expressed as Billion CFU, where CFU stands for Colony Forming Units.
Each capsule should contain at least four different cultures such as Lactobacillus acidophilus, Bifidobacterium bifidum, Streptoccus thermophilus and Lactobacillus delbrueckii.
Some products may contain up to 15 different strains of bacteria. The greater the number of different strains, the quicker the intestinal microbiome can be reinstated after illness or antibiotics.