Dysbiosis Facts for Vitamins, Supplements, Health and Wellness

If you've ever experienced tummy troubles, whether due to gas, diarrhea, indigestion or constipation, you may be suffering from dysbiosis. From the Greek "dys" (abnormal) and "biosis" (way of life), this condition is due to an imbalance of good and bad bacteria in the gastro-intestinal (GI) tract, whether due to stress, poor diet, antibiotics or intestinal parasites. It's common to experience these symptoms occasionally; but if they have become a part of your everyday life, you should look into some dietary supplement intervention.

Saccharomyces boulardii is a yeast that restores balance to the GI tract due to dysbiosis. Pure Encapsulations offers their Saccharomyces boulardii capsules in a vegan form. Each capsule contains five billion live cells of this probiotic, similar to the active cultures in yogurt yet in a much more powerful and condensed form. Another probiotic option for vegans is NewMark's Blueberry Probiotic Complex with two billion live cultures, including L. casei and acidophilus. 

The benefits of cranberry juice, when it comes to yeast infections, are well known to women who want to keep their use of antibiotics to a minimum. Cranberry is also a great way to regulate the GI tract and reduce the symptoms of dysbiosis. Metabolic Maintenance offers their Cranberry with Probiotic capsules, with lactobacillus and acidophilus cultures. They also offer a Probiotic formula that contains five strains of one billion cultures.

Since probiotics are available in food, there are several unique ways of getting them into your system to treat the symptoms of dysbiosis besides the standard capsule form. Pharmax offers HLC Probiotic Straws that are coated with live cultures and can be ingested with your favorite cold beverage, and Jarrow Formulas has an Oral Probiotic chewable gum that promotes immunity and comes in a pleasant pomegranate berry flavor that is sugar-free. Also made by Jarrow Formulas are sugar-free lozenges in the same flavor with vitamin C. 

Kids also experience their share of tummy troubles, which may be due to dysbiosis, and there is an easy-to-take remedy for them available as well. Integrative Therapeutics offers their Children's Probiotic Pearls in an easy-to-digest, small capsule form for ages four and over. The proprietary coating on the capsules guarantees that the cultures arrive in the intestines intact rather than broken down by stomach acids along the way.


For an excellent selection of high-quality supplements to help treat Dysbiosis, please visit the Dysbiosis Section on CAMFormulas.com!