Explaining Probiotics, Prebiotics & Postbiotic Metabolites

By Ross Pelton

RPh, PhD, CCN
Scientific Director, Essential Formulas

Ross Pelton is a pharmacist, nutritionist, author and a health educator who is widely recognized as the world’s leading authority on drug-induced nutrient depletions. He was named one of the top 50 most influential pharmacists in the United States by American Druggist magazine for his work in Natural Medicine.

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With preventive health a priority, natural product consumers are increasingly interested in probiotic supplements. Probiotics are a large part of the immune response puzzle, and they are more than just a boost for digestive health and function. However, the success of supplemented probiotics depends on more than just consuming billions and billions of beneficial bacteria.

Scientists have indeed determined about 70 percent of the body’s immune system cells live in the gut. That means the digestive tract is our first line of immune defense. Probiotics, or friendly bacteria, partially support that response by crowding out bad guys. The ratio of good to harmful bacteria must be at least 85 to 15 to stay healthy. But that ratio is almost impossible to maintain due to typical modern diets, stressful lifestyles, and the overuse of antibiotics. Probiotic supplementation is vital to good health. But finding the right product can be a challenge.

Research has suggested that there are better approaches than introducing billions of supplemented freeze-dried probiotics into the system. Too many probiotic strains can trigger the immune response; the body may consider the supplemented strain a threat. It’s better to have a naturally fermented product with several probiotic strains. Probiotics also need post-biotics, pH-balancing organic acids, and pre-biotics—specific substances that nourish probiotics to thrive. The one product on the market that fits the bill in all regards is Dr. Ohhira’s Probiotics.

Dr. Ohhira’s Probiotics is fermented using 13 strains of lactic acid bacteria (LAB), including the proprietary TH10 strain. Supported by over thirty-five years of university-based research, the probiotic formula is encapsulated with its culture medium. It provides post-biotics, which are pH-balancing vital organic acids, vitamins, minerals, enzymes, and amino acids, as well as pre-biotic support. Taking one capsule that supplies pro-biotics, pre-biotics, and post-biotics offers assurance that the supplemented-friendly bacteria will take root and supply noticeable immune system support.

Science is proving over and over again that it’s not just germs that make people sick. An unhealthy lifestyle and poor digestive tract balance set the stage for a compromised immune response. A robust probiotic supplement like Dr. Ohhira’s can be a solid step in the right direction.

• Probiotic bacteria: Probiotics is the term that refers to the friendly or beneficial bacteria that reside in the human gastrointestinal tract. It is now understood that a healthy microbiome, which consists of an overwhelming majority of beneficial probiotic bacteria, is one of the most fundamental aspects of good health. Dr. Ohhira selected 12 strains of probiotic bacteria with a wide range of health-promoting benefits as the foundation of Dr. Ohhira’s Probiotics.

• Prebiotic Foods: For your probiotic bacteria to thrive and survive, they must be fed well. They type of nourishment or nutrition that probiotic bacteria prefer and require are classified as prebiotic foods. The most important category of prebiotic foods are the fiber-rich, multi-colored vegetables, followed by leafy greens and multi-colored fruits. A higher diversity of different strains of probiotic bacteria in the intestinal tract equates to better health. The most important and most effective way to create and maintain a diverse microbiome is to feed your probiotic bacteria with a highly diverse, fiber-rich diet. It is not just the quantity of dietary fiber that is important. To maintain a highly diverse microbiome, you must supply your probiotic bacteria with a highly diverse, fiber-rich diet. This means it is best to consume many different kinds of fiber-rich vegetables, fruits and leafy greens every day.

Dr. Ohhira’s famous multi-year fermentation production system utilizes dozens of different kinds of fiber-rich foods, including vegetables, fruits, mushrooms, and seaweeds. These are the prebiotic food supply, which supports the growth and proliferation of the probiotic bacteria in Dr. Ohhira’s Probiotics.

• Postbiotic Metabolites: The metabolic processes of bacteria result in the production of wide range of compounds referred to as postbiotic metabolites. Pathological bacteria are “bad” because they secrete postbiotic metabolites that are highly inflammatory and toxic to us. However, probiotic bacteria produce postbiotic metabolites that have a wide range of health-regulating effects.

Examples of postbiotic metabolites include B-vitamins, vitamin K, amino acids, neurotransmitters, short-chain fatty acids, organic acids, enzymes, natural antibiotics, antioxidants, anti-inflammatory compounds, glutathione, fulvic acids and phenyllactic acid.

Dr. Ohhira’s Probiotics are a fermented food probiotic. Dr. Ohhira’s unique multi-year fermentation production process enables the probiotic bacteria to digest the prebiotic foods they are supplied with, which results in the production of a wide range of postbiotic metabolites. Recent research conducted in Japan reported that Dr. Ohhira’s Probiotics contains over 430 different postbiotic metabolites. This is The Dr. Ohhira’s Difference. Dr. Ohhira’s Probiotics is a Complete Microbiome System that delivers probiotics, prebiotics, and postbiotic metabolites. This is why Dr. Ohhira’s Probiotics achieve Rapid Microbiome Restoration or Rapid Microbiome Repair.

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By Ross Pelton, RPh, PhD, CCN
Scientific Director, Essential Formulas

Ross Pelton is a pharmacist, nutritionist, author and a health educator who is widely recognized as the world’s leading authority on drug-induced nutrient depletions. He was named one of the top 50 most influential pharmacists in the United States by American Druggist magazine for his work in Natural Medicine.

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