Let me start this article with an introduction to the main topic, probiotic bacteria. Probiotic bacteria are healthy bacteria which give health benefits when taken inside the body. As some of you know, bacteria are used to produce fermentation, fermented foods basically. So bacteria are involved in the production of bread, cheese, yogurt, alcoholic beverages like beer, etc. Food is the main source for probiotic bacteria for us, that is where we get them from. How many do we have? Scientists say there are approximately 100 trillion bacteria in our whole body.

Scientists use CFUs to measure their numbers, which is a unit of measurement that stands for colony forming units, for each viable unit or bacterium cell that can produce more bacteria and colonize. How do bacteria produce other bacteria? Bacteria multiply through a process which is called binary fission, called so because it happens when a bacterium divides its body i guess you could call it, into two more bacteria that are pretty much identical to it, from the same genus and same strain of course. What is even more amazing is that apparently, although i still find it hard to believe just because it's weird, it's like cloning, bacteria can go through this binary fission every 20/30 minutes or so. I know, it's fascinating with a bit of creepy.

But bacteria are not useful just for fermentation as most of you know, of course we're talking about their health benefits and how probiotic supplements can provide those benefits. It is not a coincidence that so many bacteria live in the human body, they do have a purpose, well, they're just doing their thing really but they are actually improving our health. Probiotic bacteria are very good at breaking down organic matter, which is a part of fermentation as well. Basically in the digestive tract where many of them life, they break down the foods we eat, that end up in there, helping with our own digestion. It's like another way of saying, you get extra digestive enzymes. This makes for a much faster and more efficient digestive system / digestion. You can extract more nutrients as well and irregular bowel movements or intestinal discomfort become less frequent because probiotics help prevent these problems just like they help prevent bacterial infections like diarrhea. They can produce lactic acid which is actually converted from glucose and sucrose and so on, which helps the immune system.

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