www.probiotixfoods.com for natural probiotics products and more specific information about probiotics. Good bacteria? Yes, it is not a typo. When most of us use the word bacteria, the first thing that comes to our mind are diseases, infections and illnesses. Fortunately, that is a common mistake made due to the fact that most of us simply are yet to know the importance of these friendly bacteria (Probiotics) and how the benefits which they provide us with can make substantial changes into our everyday lives. The ultimate goal of ProBiotixtm Foods is to inform and teach as well as to provide our customers with the highest quality products to help you develop a healthy gut. We naturally already have billions of bacteria living in our gut. We can basically divide the general term bacteria into three simplified categories, which are: Undesirable bacteria (potentially harmful pathogens), Nonpathogenic-Noncommittal (neutral, neither good nor bad), Helpful or desirable bacteria (Probiotics). Since we all want to have a healthy and strong immune system thus a strong and balanced everyday life, let us get to know our "new" friends a little better. The word "Probiotic" means "for life". [From Greek pro, supporting + bios, life] Establishing a Probiotic gastrointestinal environment refers to promoting and maintaining these friendly microorganisms in our gut that prevent the undesirable pathogenic microorganisms from staying and reproducing inside our gut. The friendly flora also helps us digest the food we eat. To be effective, a Probiotic must increase/multiply itself in the host's gut, while decreasing/destroying the number and the effect of the disease-producing organisms that are present in the gut. Because we at ProBiotixtm Foods are aware of the fact that simply having a healthy diet alone is not enough to stimulate the growth of Probiotics, we offer you the ultimate functional foods (foods which have health-promoting and/or disease-preventing properties along with nutrients) and the high quality supplements packed with Dr. Shahani's highest quality Probiotics. In our case the foods and supplements contain the necessary amount of Probiotics to be taken daily in order to make sure our gut stays well populated and consequently our immune system can perform at full capacity. The job that is performed by the Probiotics is so important that without them life would be impossible. For that reason we are discovering and further exploring new revolutionary ways to help them be strong, reproduce, and help us. That is the goal of our products. We aim to aid those people who are looking for a more balanced and healthy life. To know more about the proven Probiotics supplements that we use visit the about us link of our website. Probiotics used to increase health have been researched for over 50 years, however not until the last five or so years have they become extremely popular. The reason for the popularity of Probiotics is due to the benefits that they can provide. These benefits are based upon proven and positive results from university conducted research.