Create-Your-Own: 4-Step Probiotic Kit

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4-Step Probiotic Plan

A logical strategy for a probiotic regime would be to introduce colonizing microbes into the gut and digestive tract that support microbial diversity, and ultimately promote digestive self-sufficiency. In an effort to accomplish this, I suggest a four-step comprehensive plan for perfect gut health:

Step 1: Support the intestinal mucus membranes by introducing prebiotic soluble fiber to create the best possible environment for healthy microbes to thrive.

Step 2: Introduce healthy, colonizing probiotics that will scrub undesirable microbes and simultaneously make way for new beneficial, permanent residents to proliferate.

Step 3: After the gut is primed, boost colonizing microbes to complete the process of achieving thriving microbial diversity.

Step 4: Maintain with colonizing probiotics as needed and small amounts of fermented foods and seasonal eating.

To accomplish this, I suggest using a specific progression of synergistic pre- and probiotic products, formulated to efficiently create a healthy microbiome.

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Step 1: Prepare the Gut with Slippery Elm Prebiotic Formula

The journey towards optimal gut health begins with Slippery Elm Prebiotic Formula, comprised of Organic Slippery Elm Bark, Organic Marshmallow Root, and Organic Licorice Root.

This formula is called a prebiotic because it helps to create an environment in the gut where good bacteria can thrive, as the probiotic cultures feed on the ingredients of this prebiotic. Each of the 3 ingredients in the Slippery Elm Prebiotic Formula naturally lubricate and calm the entire digestive tract, priming it for the introduction of healthy bacteria.

Directions: Begin taking Slippery Elm Prebiotic Formula and the Gut Guard in conjunction with each other for 1 month. Take the Slippery Elm Prebiotic Formula until you finish the container or for 1 month (whichever comes sooner). If you feel that the Slippery Elm Prebiotic is making a noticeable difference for you and would like to keep taking it in conjunction with more of the following steps, feel free. Sometimes it is needed for a longer period.

Step 2: Prime the Gut with Gut Guard

Gut Guard, taken in conjunction with the Slippery Elm Prebiotic Formula, has probiotics that scrub off harmful microbes and begin to seed the gut with good microbes.

The immune-supportive beneficial bacteria in Gut Guard include the probiotics Bifidobacterium lactis HN019 (15 billion CFU) and a proprietary blend of Lactobacillus acidophilus LA-14, Lactobacillus plantarum LP-115, and Bifidobacterium longum BI-05 (15 billion CFU), as well as Saccharomyces boulardii (10 billion live organisms) and arabinogalactan. These components have been shown to survive the digestive tract, which few probiotics have the ability to do.

Not only do they survive the digestive tract, but they adhere to the gut wall, restore healthy flora, and support a healthy microbial environment against unhealthy microbes through the ingredients Saccharomyces boulardii (a non-pathogenic yeast) and Lactobacillus acidophilus.

The Slippery Elm Prebiotic Formula and the Gut Guard work synergistically to positively impact bad microbes and line the digestive tract with a supportive mucilaginous coating, so that the gut is prepared to be repopulated with the good bacteria. (3,4)

Directions: Take 1-2 sachets of Gut Guard in 1-2oz of pure water, per day alongside the Slippery Elm Prebiotic Formula. If taking two, take one in a.m. and one in p.m. After 1 month, begin taking Step 3, Flora Restore Max.

Step 3: Repopulate the Gut with Flora Restore MAX

After finishing the Slippery Elm Prebiotic Formula and Gut Guard and the gut is primed, it’s time to repopulate the gut with Flora Restore MAX. This will introduce 100 billion CFU per capsule into the gut, which adhere to the gut wall and proliferate new and lasting residents there. These new residents will then continue to proliferate on their own.

Flora Restore MAX has been shown to establish new permanent microbial residents and microbial diversity in the gut through its combination of Bifidobacterium lactis HN019 (50 billion CFU), which is the specific probiotic strain that adheres to the gut wall, and a proprietary blend of Lactobacillus acidophilus LA-14, Lactobacillus plantarum LP-115, and Bifidobacterium longum BI-05 (50 billion CFU).

Directions: After finishing the combination of Slippery Elm Prebiotic Formula and Gut Guard, begin taking Flora Restore MAX. Continue taking Flora Restore MAX for 1 month. At this point, begin taking Flora Restore for optimal maintenance of the gut flora.

Step 4: Maintain the Gut with Flora Restore

After creating an optimal gut environment repopulated with healthy microbes by taking the Flora Restore MAX, the gut can still benefit from ongoing maintenance for an optimal level of gut health. This can be achieved by taking Flora Restore as necessary, which encourages a long-lasting healthy microbiome. Flora Restore contains Bifidobacterium lactis HN019 (15 billion CFU), and a proprietary blend of Lactobacillus acidophilus LA-14, Lactobacillus plantarum LP-115, and Bifidobacterium longum BI-05 (15 billion CFU), all of which support and maintain a lasting healthy microbiome in the gut.

In addition, consider introducing more fermented foods into the diet. Remember, fermented foods create heat in the body and are best consumed in the winter. Be mindful not to eat excess amounts of fermented foods in the summer. Fermented food was traditionally used as a condiment – taken in small amounts with meals – not a meal in and of itself.

Directions: Once you have completed Steps 1-3, begin taking Flora Restore for 1 month to maintain this new thriving level of healthy flora.

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A Note Regarding How to Effectively Use Probiotics to Balance the After-effects of Antibiotics

Antibiotics, while helpful in many situations as prescribed by your primary care physician, also have the ability to wipe out the healthy bacteria of the gut. Therefore, if you have finished a course of antibiotics, it is important to take probiotics to address microbial diversity. However, it matters when you take each of them.

For optimal results, As soon as you have completely finished the antibiotics, take 1 packet of Gut Guard and 1 capsule of Flora Restore Max together each day for about a month (and no more than 3 months if you require support for a longer period of time). This is an excellent way to positively impact the gut’s healthy microbiome after antibiotic use.

Wishing you a wonderful journey toward establishing thriving microbial diversity in the gut!

References:
1. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23384445
2. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21750565
3. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20458757
4. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19096876