Research into Probiotics, the friendly bacteria that live in your intestines, has produced big breakthroughs in our understanding of health. These bacteria help support the immune system and help protect us against invasion by undesirable organisms. Research into other cancers also gives scientists a reason to believe that probiotics may help lower the risk of malignancies.A study of people who had had been treated for :: colon :: cancer or had intestinal polyps removed showed that taking probiotics along with prebiotics (special fibers called oligosaccharides that nourish beneficial bacteria) decreased their cancer risk. In a review of two dozen studies that examined how probiotics and prebiotics affected colon cancer in the laboratory (Br J Nutr. 2005 Apr;93 Suppl 1:S73-90), researchers found strong evidence that when probiotic bacteria fed on prebioitics in the :: digestive :: tract, the byproducts had the potential to “inhibit (cancer) cell growth, modulate differentiation and reduce metastasis activities.”

Aging and Probiotics ~ Researchers are finding that to promote health in our intestinal tract, especially as we grow older, we require concentrated doses of :: probiotics :: As we age, along with a vulnerability to cancer, we grow more prone to a host of other diseases, including heart disease, digestive difficulties, :: parasites :: and illnesses linked to spoiled food. British researchers who have measured the probiotic bacteria of people of various ages note that, “The absence of bifidobacteria, or their low numbers in the elderly, may have metabolic and health con-sequences, because they play an important role in the body affecting immune system reactivity and a multiplicity of other physiological functions.” :: Read More ::