Probiotics: Bacterial Belly Buddies

Summary & Video

Since the discovery of germs in the late 1800s we’ve become more and more paranoid about invisible illness-causing microorganisms. Surely, covering your mouth when you cough is a good idea, but not all tiny bugs are bad. Probiotics, cousins of bad bacteria, are actually so important to us that we’d quickly die without them in our body. They are as essential to human life as air and water.

Probiotics raise their families and call your intestines home. In the grand scheme of things, YOUR DIGESTIVE TRACT THE MOST IMPORTANT SYSTEM IN YOUR BODY. Think about it - not all animals have brains (like jelleyfish or former President Bush), or complex circulatory systems, or bones and muscles, but everything must absorb nutrients to survive. Humans tackle the absorption task in two ways, through our respiratory and digestive systems. We've dedicated nearly the entire trunk of our body to housing the stomach, intestines, lungs and diaphragm. Our intestines alone are over 30 feet long. If you were to spread out the surface area of your small intestine it would be the size of two tennis courts! It goes to show how critical digestion and absorption is to the body.

Phase One of LiveLikeTim emphasizes proper digestion as the foundation of health. Along with digestive enzymes, PROBIOTICS ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT DIGESTIVE SUPPLEMENT I RECOMMEND! In fact, besides a few other easily absorbable nutrients like vitamin D and iodine, probiotics are at the top of the list. If you're going to change your life probiotics are an important initial step.

back

top

next