Original Post Date: July 3, 2018
Have you heard of probiotics….the trillions of live bacteria that reside in your GI tract that play critical roles to keep you healthy? Well, there’s a new player in town: postbiotic metabolites. These aren’t living bacteria themselves, but rather beneficial substances produced by our gut bacteria.
Think of probiotics as the chefs, prebiotics as their ingredients, and postbiotics as the delicious, health-promoting meals they create! Another analogy is an automobile manufacturing plant where 100s of workers need 1,000s of parts to build vehicles. Similarly, in your gut microbiome, probiotic bacteria are the workers, but they must by supplied with a wide range of prebiotic foods in order to produce the desired end product: postbiotic metabolites. Postbiotic metabolites are master health-regulating compounds that help control every organ system in your body, including your brain and your immune system.
The Gut Health Trio: Prebiotics, Probiotics, and Postbiotics
These three work together to optimize your gut health:
- Probiotics: Live bacteria with potential health benefits.
- Prebiotics: The food for probiotics: polyphenols & dietary fibers, found primarily in plant-based foods.
- Postbiotics: The compounds probiotics make, including vitamins, antimicrobial peptides,
short-chain fatty acids…..and much more.
Why are Postbiotics Important?
Postbiotics provide a wide range of health benefits such as:
- Improved Digestion: They often ease digestive discomfort and improve elimination.
- Stronger Immunity: Studies suggest they can strengthen your immune system.
- Healthy Gut Barrier: They provide energy & help repair and maintain a healthy intestinal lining.
- Enhanced Mental Wellbeing: Via the gut-brain axis, postbiotics help regulate moods & mental health.
- Improves Overall Health: Studies suggest postbiotics regulate sleep, reduce the effects of stress, and even influence weight management and our food choices.
Boost Postbiotics – Improve Your Health
Most people do not have an optimally healthy gut microbiome. Poor diets, antibiotics, acid suppressing drugs and environmental toxins are some of the factors that contribute to bacterial imbalance and dysbiosis. Here are some suggestions on how to boost your levels of postbiotic metabolites and improve your health.
Eat A Microbiome-Supporting Diet: The best way to get postbiotic metabolites is to increase your consumption of a diverse range of plant-based foods, primarily fruits & vegetables. These foods contain dietary fibers and polyphenols, which are the ‘food’ for your probiotic bacteria. This supports the growth of your innate bacteria so that they can produce postbiotic metabolites for you.
Eat Fermented Foods: Yogurt, kimchi, kombucha, and other fermented foods are loaded with probiotics, prebiotics & postbiotic metabolites. Many of the benefits from fermented foods come from directly ingesting the postbiotic metabolites that are produced during the fermentation process.
Take Dr. Ohhira’s Probiotics: Prebiotics in fiber-rich foods feed your gut bacteria, promoting postbiotic production. The multi-year fermentation process that Dr. Ohhira created to produce Dr. Ohhira’s Probiotics results in the production of over 500 postbiotic metabolites. Directly ingesting the vast array of postbiotic metabolites in Dr. Ohhira’s Probiotics is the fastest and most effective way to create beneficial changes in the gut microbiome and strengthen your immune system.
Take Dr. Ohhira’s Probiotics with prebiotics and postbiotics to jump start “Remodeling Your Gut”!
Science Supporting Dr. Ohhira’s Probiotics: Results from multiple human clinical trials reveal that taking Dr. Ohhira’s Probiotics provide the following benefits:
- A healthier gut microbiome*
- A stronger immune system*
- Improved elimination; less constipation*
- Significant reductions in fatigue in healthy people; unhealthy people would get even greater response*
- Improved detoxification*
- Improved moods via the gut-brain axis*
- Production of essential nutrients: B-vitamins, vitamin K and amino acids*
The Dr. Ohhira’s Reset Challenge: We suggest that people who have not previously taken Dr. Ohhira’s Probiotics start by consider trying The Dr. Ohhira’s Reset Challenge, which involves the following:
- Purchase a 30-count box of Dr. Ohhira’s Probiotics
- Take 2 capsules twice daily for 1 week (note: the usual recommended dose is 2 capsules once daily)
- Direct ingestion of over 500 postbiotic metabolites often results in noticeable benefits
- We call this “The Dr. Ohhira’s Advantage”
Improving Your Gut…. Improves Your Health & Your Life
