Wednesday, 05 February 2014 11:00

Benefits of Adding Probiotics to Your Daily Routine

Is your gut as healthy as it should be? Perhaps not. Learn the importance of probiotics for a healthy digestive system.
There are two major reasons that you can age quickly and die earlier than you should.

1. Lack of minerals
2. Lack of proper digestion

That second one is a big one. So, what can you do to promote healthy digestion?

Probiotics are key.

Probiotics are healthy bacteria which help keep you alive; they aid in producing digestive enzymes and maintaining a healthy gut.

You are subjected to "bad" bacteria every day. These bacteria are all around you: in the food you eat and the water you drink. They search out a nice, warm nutrient rich environment, ie. YOU.

Think of your digestive system as its own little Eco-system. It needs diversity to flourish, including good AND bad bacteria to maintain a healthy balance. When you are sick, you have less diversity of bacteria in your system. Illness can be caused by lack of sleep, stress and even antibiotics. This is where probiotics come in.

Probiotics help replace the "good" bacteria and balance your digestive system.

It is important to make Probiotics part of your daily supplement routine in order to maintain optimal health.

In this segment, expert on probiotics, Mitch Sirgent, joins Andrea to talk about the absolute importance of probiotics and how they affect digestion.

Additional Info

  • Segment Number: 1
  • Audio File: naturally_savvy/1406ns3a.mp3
  • Featured Speaker: Mitch Sirgent
  • Guest Facebook Account: https://www.facebook.com/biokplus
  • Guest Twitter Account: @biokplus
  • Guest Bio: Mitch Sirgent is the Senior Vice President of Bio-K+. He has a wealth of knowledge and experience stemming from over two decades in the natural product industry. With a strong and successful background in health food retail management he has dedicated the last 16 years of his career specifically to the promotion of probiotics.

    Mitch has lectured extensively across North America to educate health food retailers, consumers and health professionals on the benefits of using and working with patented and clinically proven probiotics. He has also served as Chairman of the Canadian Health Food Association, Canada’s largest industry group representing thousands of natural and organic manufacturers, growers, distributors and retailers.
  • Length (mins): 10
  • Waiver Received: Yes
  • Host: Andrea Donsky, RHN and Lisa Davis, MPH