When the colon is nutritionally supported with a diet high in natural fiber, other nutritional components and healthy bacteria, it is able to function at peak efficiency. Another factor in colon health is maintaining a good supply of beneficial bacteria such as lactobacillus acidophilus. While it's true that some bacteria cause disease, not all bacteria are bad and most are very beneficial. The good guys are often referred to as the friendly flora. They thrive in every healthy human digestive system, particularly the colon.
Lactobacillus acidophilus perform a number of beneficial tasks there.
For example, the bacteria produce digestive enzymes and assist final food processing. Nutritional and Herbal Support Formulas containing nutrients essential for proper digestion and intestinal function contain vitamins and minerals such as beta-carotene, germanium and selenium, plus betaine HCl, pepsin, pancreatin and bile salts needed for the upper gastrointestinal tract, and Psyllium hulls, Kelp plant and Chlorophyll for the lower tract. Because of the bowel's importance as a nutritional supply line for the rest of the body, the health of the gastrointestinal tract is the foundation of overall body health. A nutritional supplement formula to soothe and strengthen any part of the bowel system contains Slippery Elm Bark, Marshmallow Root, Plantain Leaves, Chamomile Flowers , Rose Hips and Bugleweed herb. Acidophilus is a strain of natural, friendly bacteria normally found in the human species by the billions.