The 7 Proven Benefits of Probiotics - Dr. Berg Explains

Dr. Berg’s Healthy Keto and Intermittent Fasting Podcast

Dr. Eric Berg

Health & Fitness

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🗓️ 14 November 2023

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

Let’s talk about probiotics. Probiotics are friendly bacteria in very high numbers.

You have ten times more microbes than your own cells, and these microbes make up a significant part of your immune system.

Friendly microbes support gut health and make bile, vitamins, and neurotransmitters.

Here are seven key things you need to know about probiotics:

1. Probiotics are not just good for gut health but also for many other areas of the body.

2. Use antibiotics sparingly, and anytime you take an antibiotic, take a probiotic at the same time.

3. Try natural antibiotics, like garlic, oregano, colloidal silver, black walnut extract, tea tree oil, and cranberry.

4. Plain kefir contains diverse, friendly microbes in higher amounts than yogurt.

5. Having low stomach acid increases your risk of SIBO. Don’t consume probiotics if you have SIBO. Instead, try betaine hydrochloride, natural antibiotics, and fasting.

6. Soil-based vegetables contain good bacteria.

7. Probiotics make metabiotics, which have a lot of potential health benefits.

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0:00.0	There are seven really important things I want to share with you regarding probiotics.
0:04.8	So probiotics or friendly bacteria in super high numbers.
0:09.4	There are 10 times the number of microbes than there are your own cells.
0:13.6	And you probably already know that these microbes make up a significant part of your
0:18.0	immune system.
0:19.0	They're involved in helping you digest.
0:22.1	They make bile, called secondary bile salts. They are
0:25.8	intimately involved with making vitamins. These microbes make
0:29.4	neurotransmitters. Like 90% of all the
0:32.5	serotonin in your body is made from your own microbes.
0:35.8	So they do a lot. But let's go through the seven points.
0:39.7	Number one, these probiotics are not just good for your gut.
0:44.0	Many people use probiotics for their skin, like on their face,
0:47.4	to handle eczema or certain types of acne.
0:50.5	Or they might put it into their scalp
0:52.0	to handle like a overgrowth of fungus or
0:54.8	Candida. There's probiotics for your mouth, okay? There's probiotics for the
0:59.4	vaginal area and so these probiotics don't just work on the gut and simply because you have
1:04.4	microbes that live on the outside of the body as well as the inside. Now the
1:08.6	second point about probiotics is we have to talk about the opposite of a probiotic, which is an antibiotic.
1:15.0	There are things out there that mimic antibiotics as well, like glyphosate, which is an
1:20.8	herbicide in all the GMO foods that you are exposed to, and also certain
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