Name: Optivida Immunity Probiotic +
SKU: 1003
Availability: InStock

Description

“The best way to think about it is that the prebiotics are the fuel for the probiotics who are the workers in our gut. The end result of all the hard work done by the probiotics are the postbiotics. In other words, the postbiotics are the goods created.”

– Keri Gans, M.S., R.D.N., C.D.N (1)

Prebiotic

The “food” that promotes good bacteria growth

Probiotic

Live organisms that add healthy microbes to your gut

Postbiotic

The “goods” created from prebiotics & probiotics

MAIN BENEFITS OF PROBIOTICS

You’ll find bacteria on the skin, in the nose and ears, and most of all, in the gut. We have more bacteria cells in our body than human cells. While we often think of bacteria causing infections, most bacteria species are either harmless or perform beneficial functions.

Immunity

One of the essential tasks of bacteria is to boost the immune system. The connection between the bacteria in our gut and our immune system is powerful. Eighty percent of our immune system is located in the digestive tract. We can support our immune system by adding more good bacteria into our diet.

Good bacteria prevent the growth of harmful bacteria. However, our diets don’t provide us with enough good bacteria to fight off the bad. It’s crucial to add prebiotics, probiotics, and postbiotics into our diets.

Mental Health

Research shows that good bacteria can relieve symptoms of depression, anxiety, and stress.^[3]

Energy

Good bacteria help our bodies absorb nutrients. This can lead to improved energy levels.^[4]

Food Allergies

Research suggests food allergies are caused by the absence of specific bacteria in the gut.^[5]

Digestive Health

Helps to prevent or reduce the severity of diarrhea, including travelers diarrhea^[10]

Healthy Skin

May keep your heart healthy by lowering “bad” cholesterol and blood pressure.^[10]

Feminine Health

Restores the balance of microflora which can be helpful for common female urogenital problems.^[9]

Who needs this product?

Those who aren’t taking any probiotics
Even if you are taking Complete Essentials or Digestive Enzymes, you’ll want to take this product when you body is under added stress, like the following:
- If you’re on antibiotics, an athlete, you have food allergies, you are sick, you’re undergoing medical treatments, digestive conditions, or inflammatory conditions.

WHAT’S KILLING PROBIOTICS?

Antibiotics
Emotional Stress
Over-Sanitation
Sugar
Medications
Smoking
GMO Foods
Alcohol
Poor Sleeping Habits
Inflammatory Gluten
Lack of Exercise

Did you know that 95% of probiotics are “dead on arrival”? Yep, in the bottle, they’re dead. The remaining 5% won’t make it through the digestive tract. Dead probiotics can still provide minimal benefits but minimal benefits aren’t good enough for us.

Immunity Probiotic + is stabilized using a proprietary encapsulation method. That means that the probiotics remain alive in the bottle and are clinically proven to persist through the digestive tract alive. They can then colonize and perform all of the necessary functions in the body.

This is why you’ll see probiotics on the market with 50 billion CFUs. The large amount is due to the decreased ability of those bacteria. We use 10 billion potent CFUs, which provide optimal benefits because they’re “alive on arrival.”

It’s simple, really. 10 Billion live CFUs are better than 50 billion dead CFUs.

AntiBiotics & Probiotics

It’s quite literally in the name. Antibiotics destroy both the good and bad bacteria in your body. It is particularly important to support your good bacteria when taking an antibiotic. Taking a probiotic will promote the growth of the much needed good bacteria.

Diets Lacking Good Bacteria

Your diet is most likely lacking foods that produce good bacteria. Historically diets contained fermented foods, and because their food wasn’t as clean, it contained more good and bad bacteria. Now food is processed, which kills the both the good and bad bacteria. We need to find ways to incorporate good bacteria into our diets.

What are Postbiotics?

In short, postbiotics are the “waste” of probiotics. Sounds a little yucky, huh? But the good news is that postbiotics are incredibly beneficial for boosting the health in your gut. Research actually suggests that many of the benefits we associate with probiotics are actually because of postbiotics. For instance, probiotic foods have often been used to treat diarrhea. Closer observation reveals that it’s the “waste” of probiotics, postbiotics, that provide most treatment for diarrhea. Postbiotics are also beneficial for lowering blood sugar, preventing obesity, supporting probiotics, fighting infection, and supporting the immune system.^[2]