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Bacteria

Bacteria gets a bad rap. The fact is there are both harmful bacteria and beneficial bacteria. These "friendly bacteria" also known as probiotics, are essential to your good health. Prolonged illness, poor diet, doses of antibiotics and other medications can actually destroy healthy bacteria cultures within your body. When you diminish the friendly bacteria your digestive system is disturbed and your overall health can become severely compromised.

Maintaining or supporting probiotic levels is important when you are prescribed antibiotics to ensure that while the bad bacteria are eliminated, you are also are helping to discourage issues like diarrhea, reinfection or a compromised immune response. Leading professionals in the medical field are now recognizing the need for patients to replace the body's good bacteria during and after antibiotic treatment.