Health Benefits of BioOptima

Prior to being born, humans thrive in a sterile world free of bacteria and yeast . the womb. At birth the amniotic sac ruptures and the baby begins a journey through its mother's microbial-rich birth canal. This process seeds the newborn with microbes that take up resident in his gut, skin and others body areas. These microorganisms are usually .friendly. to its host; bacteria and such that evolved in lockstep with humans over millions of years, providing health-promoting services in exchange for nourishment derived from its host. This mutually beneficial arrangement is known as .mutualism. in scientific parlance.

In terms of sheer numbers, the bacteria in the human gut outnumber the cells of the body by at least 10 to 1. The impact on health of these microbes is not unexpectedly vast including but not limited to digestion of compounds that would not be otherwise digestible and which generate substances that contribute to energy-producing by our cells and tissues, as well as produce and help the body absorb needed vitamins like vitamin K. They also facilitate absorption of nutrients such as calcium, iron and magnesium; and spur on cell growth and repress the growth of harmful microorganisms. These bacteria also help educate the immune system so that it only responds to disease-causing microorganisms, and even directly defend against certain diseases. They also have evolved a communication system called .quorum sensing. that helps regulate their numbers and activities, and which may permit crosstalk with the host.s body (Immune system especially).

As you might expect, when this mutually beneficial relationship is disrupted, say, when bad bugs get a foothold in the gut or a person takes an antibiotic that kills off beneficial flora (bacteria) that keep disease-causing yeast or bacteria in check, an out-of-kilter situation arises that can lead to diarrhea and other insidious gastrointestinal tract symptoms or (in women) an overgrowth of yeast species (Typically belonging to the genus, Candida). Diseases such as Crohn.s can also upset bowel bacterial types and numbers and thus their relationship to each other and their host (Bowel ecology), which can exacerbate the disease state. A poor or nutritionally inadequate or lopsided diet can also adversely impact bowel ecology.

Many doctors recognize the importance of maintaining healthy bowel ecology and suggest the use of health-conducive bacteria and yeast (called .probiotics.) to help insure this. Saccharomyces boulardii is one such microorganism, a yeast actually, whose many health promoting activities have been demonstrated in various clinical and laboratory studies. Among these: Attenuating diarrhea in children and adults with GI tract upsets due to infection; helping reduce levels of inflammatory compounds in persons with Crohn.s and similar GI tract maladies; and containing and even eliminating various infections of the gut including giardiasis (Typically in concert with other medical measures).