Research has increasingly focused in recent years on the importance of intestinal flora in obesity Certain intestinal bacteria such as Akermansia muciniphila have been seen in studies to occur in too low a quantity in, among other things, obesity, type-2 diabetes & in inflammatory problems & weakened immune systems. Overweight people often develop low-grade inflammation over time and this can go hand in hand with a low incidence of Akkermansia muciniphila.

Obese people have been shown to have a different set of bacterial flora than thin people namely excess of the so-called “Firmicutes bacteria” & to few “Bacteroidetes bacteria”. Firmicutes bacteria extract calories even from indigestible fibers & store them as a kind of “reserve” for bad times, which means that more energy is available than is required. The Bacteroidetes bacteria, on the other hand, have the ability to encapsulate unused carbohydrates, which can then be eliminated together with the faeces. To maintain a healthy weight, it becomes important to have a balanced ratio between the firmicutes & bacteroidetes bacteria.

Based on this research, it has been possible to develop special probiotics that are suitable for overweight people.

Probiotics are often used to treat various types of stomach ailments. Studies have shown that probiotics work against diarrhea resulting from antibiotic treatment. Anti biotics can kill even good bacteria,& therefore, after an antibiotic treatment, you often need to add new, good bacteria. It has also been seen that probiotics have given good results in IBS or inflammatory bowel diseases such as Crohn’s disease or ulcerative colitis, but then a longer intake is needed, from 8 weeks or more. Before it starts to produce results.

The probiotic guide is for you who are thinking about which type of probiotic to
choose. There are many different types of probiotics on the market of different quality with different numbers of bacteria of different strains. Different strains of bacteria have been studied for different purposes and can therefore help with different health problems or disease states. For example. there are bacteria that have been shown to be associated with obesity and overweight & in studies with rats it has even been possible to change fat weight & body composition just by changing the bacterial flora in the gut of the experimental animals.