Prolonged illness, antibiotics, synthetic laxatives and other medications can actually destroy these bacterial cultures within us, compromising our Digestive and Immune Systems. Without the correct populations of active bacterial flora, a number of dysfunctions may arise including: dyspepsia, epigastric distention, diminished secretions of digestive glands and mucosal lining, chronic gastric catarrh, flatulence, and generally retarded digestion, diarrhea, moderate heartburn, and GI/gastric related pressive headaches.

Individuals using antibiotics, eating a poor diet, or suffering from diarrhea are more likely to have depleted colonies of friendly bacteria. Supplementation with probiotics may help restore a healthy balance of intestinal flora.