Magic of microbiomes: Probiotics and your digestive health

What is a microbiome?

Your microbiome is in your gut. It’s a big community of tiny, living organisms – good and bad bacteria – that populate your large and small intestines.

Those little beings have a very important job. In addition to keeping your digestive system humming along, they make up about 70 percent of your body’s immune system, making them a vital part of your overall wellbeing.

A tale of two bacteria

Bad bacteria can come from things like poor diet, a stressful week at work, or even lack of sleep. When there are too many of these bad bacteria, they can keep our microbiome from functioning like it should.

Good bacteria help break down the foods we eat, add an extra layer of protection to the lining of the intestines and perform thousands of other functions that help to keep us healthy.

The challenge is making sure your gut is full of good bacteria even when your lifestyle may invite in a small army of the bad bacteria at every turn.

Getting the probiotics you need

The best way to keep your microbiome in good shape is to support it by replenishing it with “friendly” probiotic microorganisms every day.

You can take a daily probiotic supplement.

For example, each dose of Nutrilite™ Balance Within™ Probiotic provides 6.3 billion colony-forming units (CFUs) of beneficial bacteria to bolster your microbiome.

One challenge with probiotic supplements is that probiotics can die before they even reach your gut.

Our probiotic strains are specially formulated to arrive alive in your intestinal system and stay there to help push out the bad bacteria.

Our convenient powdered probiotic blend comes in single-serve stick packs that can be poured into a cold drink, sprinkled on cold food or poured directly into your mouth 👄