7 Reasons to Take Probiotics

7 Reasons to take Probiotics. Probiotics are a little live bacteria and yeast that live in our intestines. Don’t freak out! They are good for you!

This good kind of bacteria gives our bodies what they need to do many different things to ensure that our insides are running well. There is actually more probiotics living in our healthy bodies than we have cells. Yep, that is a lot of healthy bacteria we got running around in there.  Sometimes we need to make sure we have enough of this good bacteria and here are 7 Reasons you might want to start taking an over the counter probiotic.

This post has been sponsored by SmartyPants Vitamins.  All thoughts and opinions are my own.

Probiotics to guarantee that our gastrointestinal tract and immunity stay healthy.

Here are 7 Reasons to take probiotics

1. Can help to boost your energy levels and fights depression. Probiotics have been linked to lower levels of anxiety and depression and lowering levels of the stress hormone cortisol.

2. Can increase your metabolism. Probiotics have been known to help a sluggish thyroid.

3. Works as a detoxifier. Probiotics can increase your body’s natural detox mechanisms. Fights inflammation in the body Probiotic appears to reduce inflammation markers in the body.

4. Fights inflammation in the body.  Probiotic appears to reduce inflammation markers in the body.

5. Helps you absorb minerals. Probiotics help your body to absorb calcium, magnesium, and zinc. Which are all critical to healing

6. Help decrease food sensitivities. Probiotics are great at reducing bloating, gas and diarrhea and well as IBS

7.. Helps to keep insulin levels under control. Probiotics can improve blood sugar control, affect leptin sensitivity (a hormone that helps regulate appetite). Women seem particularly sensitive to the effects of probiotics.

Before you run out to buy Probiotics supplements you need to know the two main factors that affect quality. 1. Characteristics of the strains contained in the supplement adequate viability, so that sufficient numbers of bacteria are viable at the point of consumption.

2. The viability of the strains contained, sufficient numbers of bacteria are viable at the point of consumption.

SmartyPants Probiotic sent me a sample to give their Complete gummies a try and give my opinion.  Since I was already a true believer in taking a daily probiotic I said I was happy to give them a try.

I only ever take Non-GMO vitamins and was happy to see that SmartPants only sells Non-GMO and vegetarian gummies made with premium ingredients.  I had not taken gummy vitamins before, but I have to tell you it was pretty awesome.  I loved the grape flavor and they were gentle on my stomach.

Why SmartyPants offer a great product:

Each serving delivers 7 billion CFU’s per 2 gummies. CFU stands for colony forming units, which simply means these gummies loads of that bacteria that you want in your probiotic.

Each of gummy is reinforced by Wellmune®, a 3rd party pre-biotic fiber that strengthens your immune system, and acts as an ideal food to feed the probiotic bacteria in SmartyPants Probiotic Complete products.

To ensure that they are delivering us the highest quality product, SmartyPants has a third party lab tests each batch of gummies for purity and potency.  That lets me know they are working to deliver a high-quality product that I can feel safe consuming.

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