Probiotics – Friendly Bacteria That Help to Maintain a
Healthy Digestive System.
Good digestion is critical for good health. The human
body requires efficient digestion and proper elimination
in order to maintain optimal health. Poor digestion and
even indigestion greatly contributes to acidification of
the body. Digestive disturbance supports microform
overgrowth and the resultant toxicity. Recurrent or
chronic indigestion gradually impedes intestinal
function, which can eventually lead to conditions like
Crohn’s Disease, irritable bowel syndrome, and even
colon cancer. Unchecked, these unfriendly microforms can
eventually bore through the colon wall into the
bloodstream. With access to the entire body, these
pathogens bring their toxins and intestinal matter along
with them into the blood. From there they can travel
quickly and take hold anywhere in the body, invading
cells, tissues, and organs. This spread of toxicity
severely stresses the immune system, lymphatic system,
central nervous system and the liver.
Good
digestion begins with the healthy populations of
intestinal flora.
These
bacteria are indispensable – essential not only for
health, but also for life itself. Probiotics maintain
the integrity of the intestinal wall and the internal
environment. Probiotics also help to control unfriendly
bacteria and other harmful microforms as well as
neutralize toxins, preventing their absorption into the
body. They also prepare food for absorption and
assimilation of nutrients. Probiotics can produce almost
all the B vitamins, including niacin, biotin, B6, B12,
and folic acid. In a healthy digestive system, you’d
expect to find three to four pounds of probiotics.
Unfortunately, most people have less than 25 percent of
the normal amount. pH imbalance, overeating, poor diet,
and excess stress of all types disrupt and weaken the
probiotic colonies and compromise digestion. That, in
turn, allows the overgrowth of symptom-causing microforms
and all of the associated problems.
Probiotics, and the conditions that favor them,
discourage symptom-causing microforms and can even cause
them to devolve into harmless forms. Maintaining proper
pH balance within the gastrointestinal tract is critical
to probiotic growth and health. The pH inside the small
intestine should be slightly alkaline (7.5-8.0), but the
colon should be slightly acidic (6.0-6.8). Acidity
within a tight range encourages probiotics and prevents
growth of harmful yeast, fungus, and other microforms,
including parasites. Without the correct pH, probiotics
won’t function properly. In order to achieve and
maintain pH balance, it is imperative that you replenish
the probiotics that inhabit your digestive tract.
Alkalive™ Orange Probiotic Complex supports a healthy
digestive tract. Our unique patent-pending manufacturing
process ensures that the fragile, living bacteria bypass
strong stomach acids and eventually colonize the
intestines.
Survival Is The Key To a Good Probiotic Supplement
You may have the best probiotic organisms in the world, but
if they don’t survive the three major barriers to effective
probiotic supplementation, they may provide little benefit
to you.
Barrier 1: Survival During Manufacturing.
Few manufacturers have the proper expertise, equipment
or processes to ensure probiotic organism survival
during the manufacturing process.
Barrier 2: Survival on the Shelf.
Many probiotics on store shelves fail to meet label
claims, and may have no viability at all by the time
they are consumed.
Barrier 3: Survival Through Stomach Acid.
Unprotected, the vast majority of live probiotics
entering the stomach may not survive to reach optimal
sites in the gastrointestinal tract.
Alkalive™ Orange
Probiotic Complex is made using patent-pending Gastric Acid
Bypass (GAB™) system technology.
Most
beneficial probiotic supplements ingested can be killed by
stomach acid. The GAB™ system protects the bacteria through
the stomach, delivering the probiotics directly into the
intestine, where they can colonize and flourish. This
uniquely effective delivery system is far superior to
genetically engineered probiotic strains.
Historically, capsules containing these beneficial yet
fragile organisms have demonstrated poor shelf-life - losing
viability before they are purchased by the consumer. The
same proprietary GAB™ process that protects the probiotics
from gastric acid also extends the shelf life of these
beneficial bacteria – even at room temperature.
The
Best Natural Probiotic Blend
The seven
probiotic strains present in Alkalive™ Orange are naturally
occurring, effective, and are not genetically engineered
(non-GMO). We maintain complete control over the entire
manufacturing process from fermentation to freeze drying,
blending, tableting, bottling and labeling.
Lactobacillus acidophilus
performs many critical functions including inhibiting
pathogenic organisms and preventing them from multiplying
and colonizing, when present in sufficient numbers.
Bifidobacterium bifidum
is a
prominent probiotic microorganism that takes up residence
primarily in the mucous membrane lining of the colon. B.
bifidum prevents the colonization of invading pathogenic
bacteria by attaching to the intestinal wall, crowding out
and taking nutrients from these unfriendly bacteria and
yeasts.
Lactobacillus rhamnosus
is
one of the most intensely studied probiotic strains. Its
advantages in the treatment of gastrointestinal disorders
are well documented. In laboratory animal studies, L.
rhamnosus has been shown to inhibit the growth of colon
tumors, especially when supplementation with L. rhamnosus is
started before tumors were induced with a carcinogenic
substance.
Lactobacillus salivarius
has the unique ability to eradicate the dreaded Helicobacter
pylori (H. pylori) bacteria which is now known to be the
major cause of peptic ulcers. The H. pylori microorganism
interferes with the normal defenses against stomach acid
and/or produces a toxin that contributes to peptic ulcer
formation.
Bifidobacterium longum
is an abundant organism found in the large intestine. B.
longum has been found to reduce the frequency of
gastrointestinal disorders (diarrhea, nausea, etc.) during
antibiotic use. Furthermore, in the
Cancer Research Journal,
researchers report that dietary intake of B. longum
significantly inhibits the development and growth of colon,
liver and breast cancers in laboratory animal models.
Lactobacillus casei
is
reported to have the most potent protective activity against
the potentially lethal Listeria bacteria than any other
beneficial bacteria. Reports in the medical journal
Cancer Letters show that L. casei not only shows an
inhibiting activity in tumor cells but it also has a
beneficial stimulating activity in normal cells.
Lactobacillus lactis
acts as
a natural
antibiotic, which reduces the ability of pathogenic bacteria
to grow and cause infection. It is especially effective
against the bacteria Listeria monorytogenes, which causes
severe food poisoning.
