The colon has an important function in the body. This is to reabsorb the nutrients and water into our bodies and expel toxic matter through bowel movements. When the bowel becomes overwhelmed with toxic build up, problems can surface such as constipation, hemorrhoids and even colon cancer. The most common symptoms of a toxic overload in the body are bad breath, fatigue, allergies, bloating, irritability, depression and infections that occur frequently. Read the rest of this entry »

What are Probiotics? Probiotics are the beneficial bacteria that live in your digestive tract. Your digestive trace is home to more than 500 different species of bacterial, ideally 80 are the bad ones. There are literally trillions of individual bacteria residing in the digestive tract with the majority of the population living in the large intestine. The two most prevalent probiotics are Lactobacilla, which make up the majority of the probiotics living in your small intestine and Bifidobacteria, the most prevalent probiotic living in your large intestine. Read the rest of this entry »

In a year, on an average 4 million Americans complain about constipation. Constipation is the irregular movement of bowels. When one experiences constipation, stools are hard and this leads to difficulty in passing them. Read the rest of this entry »

When we hear the word bacteria we automatically think negative about it. After all, some bacteria really cause infections. However, that negative belief about bacteria may not be always true especially for your digestive tract, which considerably holds a massive number of bacteria and has then evolved to apply some good bacteria for some significant functions and effects. Read the rest of this entry »