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| Feed Your Friendly Bacteria |
| Before, during and after the herbal detox therapy, take acidophilus and other "friendly" or beneficial bacteria. Why? If you're like most Americans, you've taken antibiotics, and that alone destroyed the beneficial bacteria you were born with. In addition, most of us eat a diet that starves our bacterial friends while rewarding their enemies. Add a little stress and anxiety, and no wonder we need help. Probiotics, the term used to describe beneficial bacteria, are now sold everywhere, even in supermarkets. |
| When shopping for probiotic supplements, check labels for not only Lactobacillus acidophilus, the most familiar name in beneficial bacteria, but such strains as L. salivarius, L. rhamnosus, Bifidobacteria longum, B. bifidum, B. infantis and B. breve. Bifidobacteria are native to humans and colonize in the digestive tract if properly fed. Both lactobacillus and bifidobacteria help control the potentially harmful bacteria Candida albicans, which, when it proliferates, causes systemic yeast infections or candidiasis. Some broad-spectrum bacterial supplements include the transient microorganisms Bacillus laterosporus, B. subtilis, L. sporogenes or Streptococcus thermophilis, all |
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