Probiotics: Healthy Gut for a Healthy You

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You know the basics of a diet to help you lose weight. It has to do with calories in versus calories out, managing your protein, carbs, and fat, and getting in enough vitamins and minerals to stay nourished. If you want to control weight as best you can, though, there is something else to consider in your diet: probiotics.

Probiotics are microorganisms that live in your gut. Far from being “germs” that make you sick, they are much closer to being your friends because of all the things they do for your health. As research continues, it even appears that probiotics may help you lose weight! Here are the basics of what probiotics can do for you and where you can find them. Hint: look no further than The BariatricPal Store!

Probiotics: Possibly More Familiar Than You Realize

There’s a good chance you have already heard of probiotics. They are in yogurt and some fermented foods such as kefir, kombucha, kimchi, and sauerkraut. There are many different strains, or types, of these healthy gut bacteria, including strains of Lactobacillus and Bifidobacterium.

Benefits of Probiotics

For years, doctors have known that probiotics can protect against diarrhea that can come as a side effect of using antibiotics. They can also help with irritable bowel disease and indigestion. As scientists investigate further, they are finding more and more possible benefits of probiotics.

These are some of benefits that probiotics may provide. You may be especially interested in them if you are focused on controlling your weight and committed to preventing or managing some weight-related chronic conditions.

Lower body weight and healthier metabolism.

Reduced deficiency of vitamin K, vitamin B12, and folic acid, which can all be low in weight loss surgery patients.

Lower cholesterol levels.

Improved blood pressure control.

Better digestive regularity – which can be a big benefit when losing weight and after weight loss surgery!

Bariatric Advantage FloraVantage Chewable Probiotic – Strawberry

One easy way to get your probiotics is by Bariatric Advantage.  Bariatric Advantage FloraVantage Chewable Probiotic - Strawberry with this sweet-tasting chewable, you can enjoy making your gut healthier. It provides 2.4 billion CFU of blend of strains known as “good” gut bacteria: Lactobacillus acidophilus, Lactobacillus fermentum, Lactobacillus reuteri, Lactobacillus rhamnosus, Lactobacillus salivarius, and Bifidobacterium bifidum. Each container has 90 chewable tablets.

Barimelts Probiotic

If you prefer a fast-melting tablet, Barimelts Probiotic may be for you. It comes in smooth cherry flavor with 60 tablets to each container. These melts have no sugar. The probiotic strain in this product is Bacillus coagulans, and there are 5 billion CFU per tablet.

Feeding Your Probiotics to Support Better Growth

Feeding your gut bacteria? It may sound like a strange concept until you realize that your gut bacteria are living organisms that need food to survive. What do they like to eat? You can support their growth with a special kind of fiber that is known as a prebiotic.

Prebiotics are in foods such as asparagus, onions, garlic, bananas, whole wheat flour and bran, and dandelion greens. In case those foods are not on your daily menu, you can also get prebiotics right at the BariatricPal Store from these products!

• BariatricPal Peanut Pretzel Bar with 13 grams of protein and 160 calories
• Our Quest Bars with 14 grams of fiber and 21 grams of protein in only 190 calories
• BariatricPal Thermogenic Antioxidant Energy Blend with over 200 nutrients, including omega 3, 6, and 9
• BariatricPal Liquid Advanced Multivitamin
• Nature’s Way Alive Liquid Fiber with Prebiotics with 5 grams of fiber and 10 calories per tablespoon

You want every advantage when taking care of your weight and health, and probiotics can give you an edge. If you are not already getting plenty of probiotics and prebiotics every day in your diet, The BariatricPal Store makes it easy enough to bump up your intake.

For the entire month of October, get 10% off Bariatric Advantage FloraVantage Chewable Probiotic - Strawberry and Barimelts Probiotic when you enter coupon code HealthyGut10 at checkout!