so beautiful butterflies I am in Whole
Foods looking at some probiotics and we
should do an updated video on probiotics
because people are asking what I take I
want to share with you a little bit
about what you should look for when it
comes to probiotics in the grocery store
what you should kind of keep your mind
on and kind of a lesson about the
marketing as well so first off when we
look at all of these probiotics it seems
a little bit overwhelming
how many strains do I want should I get
the adult should I get the child and
we're tempted to just buy what we see on
the front we're like oh does this match
who I am but what I really want you to
do is take these things and turn them
around I want you to look at how many
strains are in there again the human
intestinal tract has hundreds if not a
thousand or more so many different types
of healthy bacteria if we're just buying
one type if it just says two actually
has multiple but if we're getting one
that only has lactobacillus or bifida
bacteria you're not actually getting
what your body needs because there are
so many different strains that our body
uses additionally just because you're
taking a probiotic it doesn't mean it
gets there
there our stomach acid is really really
potent it's about a 1 to a 3 on the
acidity on the pH scale and your stomach
digests food do you really think that
little probiotics are going to live all
the way through your intestinal tract no
that's why you need to make sure that
probiotic is micro encapsulated and the
ones that do this probably will say it
on the front the one that I trust
actually does but a lot of them don't
say that which is really frustrating
because you're basically buying this
stuff just to let it die in your stomach
and then poop it out also look at the
prices of some of these ridiculous
sixty dollars right here okay you pick
this up you read the front it's like
Omega nourishing 90 capsules sounds good
right let me tell you I trust this brand
I don't trust this product also this is
called received a value do you see how
little of them are actually in here like
why don't we fill up the whole package
and when you turn this around it looks
pretty good we have lactobacillus and
Bifidobacterium strains but this again
is not complete and even though you want
to look for a lot of them needs to be
micro encapsulated also this is only the
probiotic what about the prebiotic I
want you to think of your gut like a
home your gut is a house and guess who
lives there probiotics bacteria
well these probiotics they're kind of
picky they're not just gonna hang around
just because you invited them they have
a thing for good furniture you need to
make sure that the furniture in your gut
is nice you need to make sure that house
is furnished well the furniture is the
prebiotic the prebiotic supports the
probiotic and the probiotic won't stick
around unless it has that prebiotic
available so again you really want to
read these and make sure if there is a
prebiotic included a lot of these I
think are total crap there's also some
studies on spore elated bacteria or
spore lated prebiotics and probiotics
and again you can't just look at these
and look at the front and know if it's
gonna work for you this also says like
six strains I want you to look for 10
strains or more ideally we would have 30
or 40 but the truth is that that's just
not where it it's also how many billion
do you want they're gonna charge you
more for 90 billions and they are 50
billion they have to be guaranteed alive
this is guaranteed I don't know about
that let's take a look again we're
looking at the back here we're looking
for micro capsule eated we're looking to
see if this actually has
the stuff in it fruit and veggie blend a
: transport blend this one might be
something I would consider but most of
them I don't like also look at these
their refrigerated right I have a
question how hot is your body 97 degrees
Fahrenheit right why do these need to be
refrigerated if our body is it stays so
warm so I want you to keep that in mind
when purchasing a probiotic just because
a lot of marketing goes into it now this
is one that I do trust again you can't
go by the brand you have to go by the
package this one happens to be a Jarrow
formula it is micro encapsulated and we
can actually see that right here on the
back this also has the prebiotic now
they don't say that it has the prebiotic
in it but if you read in here it does
say it shows the coating of the
probiotic and then it says malla dextran
this is a sugar derived from corn you
can look for mela dextran you could look
for inulin any of these sugars are going
to feed the bacteria so that you have
the prebiotic remember your how your gut
is the home the bacteria lives there
they want nice furniture if they're
gonna stay the prebiotics of the
furniture so we've also gotten
antibiotics in here I don't know why and
again not everybody should be taking
probiotics not everybody needs it if you
have an immunocompromised system you
might want to talk to a doctor about it
but if you're functioning well if you're
not bloating if your diet is good you
might not need to take probiotics but
this is one that I would trust and both
of these are crap
and then also you know how these are
shipped they're shipped on trucks that
go across the nation in hot sweaty
conditions you really want me to believe
that this refrigeration is going to save
them from dying like honey the inside of
my stomach walls are hotter than this so
that's a little bit of info on bacteria
if you want to know about the problems
with probiotics can watch that video
here and some foods that I eat but
naturally have probiotics you can watch
here I'll reason remember to be educated
consumers and beep Teufel butterflies
and I'll see you in the next video I'm
done embarrassing myself okay bye