New Article Describing Improved Flu Response After Probiotic Use Published by eProbitoics

The website eProbitotics.com has recently published an informative article describing how probiotics and probiotic supplments are improve the immune system’s response to flu.

Boston, MA (PRWEB) April 15, 2013

In a new article from eProbiotics.com the author discusses how recent scientific research demonstrates improved immune system response to the flu virus when supplementing with probiotics, especially in patients over 70 years of age. In the article, it is mentioned that probiotics are the good bacteria that are found naturally in the digestive system to keep a healthy balance and can be found in food sources such as kefir, yogurt, or even probiotic supplements.

The article details how doctors have discovered that improved antibody and immune system response to flu occurs when there's a minimum of 85:15 ratio of good bacteria to bad bacteria. Subjects with a lower ratio demonstrated a decreased response to flu when exposed to the virus.. Health professionals suggest taking in between 10 and 25 billion colony forming units of healthy bacteria each and every day. Taking in this specific amount of probiotics supplies the good bacteria needed in order provide increased immune system and antibody response to the flu virus.

The full article on gut and colon health is available at http://eprobiotics.com/probiotics-improve-flu-response/

About: eProbiotics.com is a new website that was launched in March of 2013 in order to educate the community in the importance of digestive and intestinal health and how maintaining a healthy balance of good bacteria can combat many illnesses. Recent topics have included probiotics as a treatment to cancer, probiotics for gut and colon health, understanding the benefits of probiotics, probiotics and stress induced IBS, the diabetes and probiotics connection, as well as several other highly informative articles are available to help people understand the connection between intestinal health and overall health.

A free guide on cleansing foods and intestinal health is available at http://eprobiotics.com/. The free guide has been made available to show people which natural foods they can begin to eat to increase healthy bacteria and improve overall intestinal and gut health.