Probiotics benefits

PROBIOTICS BENEFITS

The human body is inhabited by a variety of microorganisms, mainly bacteria, most of which reside in the gastrointestinal tract; these microorganisms are referred to as the commensal microbiota (or commensal microflora). It has been estimated that the number of bacterial cells in the human body exceeds the number of our own cells by one order of magnitude. Because of the complex interactions among different bacterial species and between the host and the intestinal microbiota, our digestive tract can be considered as an ecosystem. Many of these microorganisms can be considered as our symbionts; their important function is to protect the host from invasion by pathogenic microorganisms, either by direct competition or via immunomodulation. The two approaches are not mutually exclusive; moreover, they can be used as complementary, leading to the concept of synbiotics, i.e. supplements containing both probiotics and prebiotics that synergistically stimulate the growth of beneficial bacteria, both endogenous and those introduced with the supplement. MegaEl-Dena is a synbiotic containing FOS and as many as 8 species of viable beneficial bacteria: 4 species of Bifidobacterium (B. bifidum, B. breve, B. lactis, and B. longum), 3 species of Lactobacillus (L. acidophilus, L. casei, and L. rhamnosus), and Streptococcus thermophilus.