MILK ENZYMES AND PROBIOTICS: THERE DIFFERENCE!
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The lactic bacteria or yeasts are capable of fermenting milk, while probiotics are live organisms and vital that, provided in appropriate concentrations, bring benefit to the individual.
Lactic acid bacteria (most correct definition compared to lactic acid) are a group of microorganisms able to metabolize lactose, the sugar abundant in milk. It is a feature that is common to many bacteria, but only a few are able to accomplish transformation processes useful to man. And these are called probiotics.
Probiotics are bacteria that then have the ability to arrive alive until the intestine where they can reproduce and improve human health. They are used to balance the intestinal functions, strengthen the immune system and assist the action of antibiotics. Particularly widespread is the use of probiotics in the case of dysfunction of the digestive system.
In order for a product to be called probiotic must meet specific security requirements, be able to persist and multiply in the human intestine and confer a benefit to the individual physiological shown according to criteria adopted by health authorities.
To know the differences between probiotics, prebiotics and synbiotics
Probactiol of Metagenics, unlike many lactic acid bacteria on the market, possesses all the requirements to be able to define probiotic, with more than 180 studies which demonstrate:
- Resistance to gastric acid and bile salts
- Ability to colonize the intestine
- The ability to exert a regulating the intestinal flora
- The ability to exert beneficial effects in humans.
These characteristics are strain-specific, so each want to be known probiotic strain should be characterized and then show the above.
Probiotic supplements
Supplements to promote intestinal well-being