Can taking probiotics help you lose weight? Avoid these 4 NG eating methods

People who suffer from constipation probably know that probiotics are a good choice to increase intestinal motility and aid defecation. However, is the recent saying that "taking probiotics can control weight" correct? Listen to what the pharmacist says and uncover the bad ways to take probiotics.

Supplementing with probiotics to control weight? Pharmacist: Diet control and exercise are needed

Before the human intestines function, there is a natural barrier, which is a line of defense organized by hundreds of bacteria. Like all human cells, they need glucose as energy, and they also produce enzymes to help metabolize food. This is the most natural and economical barrier before the intestines absorb sugar. That is to say, if there is too much sugar in the intestines, probiotics can indeed help to eat some of it. With its help, too much sugar can be prevented from being absorbed into the body at once. Once the blood sugar fluctuation is not large, insulin in the body will not be secreted in large quantities, leading to fat accumulation.

Therefore, supplementing with some probiotics, combined with proper diet control and exercise, may help control weight.

Individual physical differences can affect the effectiveness of probiotics

The special process of probiotics takes a lot of time to study, from the steps of preservation, activation, fermentation, drying of the strains, as well as the temperature control, nutrient supply, and pH control at each stage, in order to obtain the best fermentation process for probiotics and maintain a high amount of live bacteria. Probiotics are important beneficial bacteria in the intestines. Only living bacteria can colonize in the intestines, and only those with high activity can reproduce in large numbers to defeat other harmful bacteria or opportunistic bacteria and become dominant bacteria.

Pharmacist Zhao Shunrong, chairman of the Taiwan Preventive Health Association, said that each type of bacteria has different functions, and each strain has its own advantages and disadvantages. If you want special effects, you may need to individually check the effects of different types of probiotics. However, the human body is complex, and probiotics are taken orally and go through layers of checkpoints before reaching the intestines. Therefore, there are many variables. Each person's physique and condition may affect the effectiveness of probiotics.

Each person's constitution and condition may affect the effectiveness of probiotics.

Various commercially available lactic acid bacteria supplements and foods may not be effective or even beneficial to the human body. In fact, the protective effect can only be achieved through rigorous research and multiple experiments to prove that the strain can withstand gastric acid and bile salt tests and can colonize in the organ.

In addition to the intestinal bacteria that are familiar to the public, there are also vaginal probiotics specifically for women. These special bacteria can colonize in the epithelial cells of the vagina, cervix, or urinary tract. When special healthy strains of probiotics spread to the vagina and urinary tract, they can also play a role in expelling bad bacteria, thereby preventing and treating female urogenital complications such as bacterial vaginitis, candidal vaginitis, and urinary tract infections to prevent infection.

Choosing probiotics that have been certified is safer

Although, taking a moderate amount of probiotic supplementation may be beneficial to the human body, the problem is, with so many products on the market, how do we choose the right one? Pharmacist Zhao explained that of course it would be best to conduct formal human clinical trials, which would be more reliable. In addition, products tested by inspection agencies certified by the Ministry of Health and Welfare, such as SGS, National Notary Public, and Germany's Dürft Rheinland, are more safe, standardized, and selective, thereby achieving the benefits of preventive health care.

Pharmacist Zhao reminded that one should also pay attention to the method and precautions of taking probiotic products, so as not to lose both the wife and the army, and waste money without replenishing the body.

【Avoid 4 NG ways of taking probiotics】:

1. High temperature brewing probiotics:

Probiotics are not resistant to high temperatures, so don't drink them as a brew, as this will only result in a bunch of probiotic corpses.

2. People who are taking antibiotics: For those who are taking antibiotics, the use of probiotics must be separated by more than 2 hours, because antibiotics will kill both good and bad bacteria. It is recommended to use it before going to bed.

3. Drink with other beverages:

Don't mix it with beverages such as coffee, milk, juice, soda, etc., otherwise the probiotics will lose their activity.

4. Drinking bacteria without eating fruits and vegetables is ineffective:

Professional products contain inulin, also known as chicory fiber, which is a pure natural functional fructan that helps the growth of beneficial bacteria. Because probiotics need food to survive, it still depends on a normal healthy diet and lifestyle to be effective. Finally, a reminder: consume probiotics in moderation; eating too much is not beneficial.

The principle of "weight loss" is very simple, that is, the calories consumed by the body are greater than the calories consumed, which can be simply expressed as "calories consumed > calories consumed".

Effective weight loss: calories consumed > calories taken in

So how can we achieve the effect of losing weight? The principle of "weight loss" is very simple, that is, the calories consumed by the body are greater than the calories consumed, which can be simply expressed as "calories consumed > calories consumed". Therefore, it is easy to imagine that the only way to lose weight is "exercise" and "diet".

Pharmacist Zhao Shunrong said that by eating small and frequent meals, you can not only maintain muscle but also effectively control "hunger". If you lose weight successfully through exercise and maintain the habit of regular exercise, you are less likely to have the problem of "weight regaining". On the contrary, once you stop exercising, you will quickly return to your pre-weight loss weight weight.

Moderate exercise can really help you lose weight. However, excessive or intense exercise will produce a large number of free radicals, which will harm the human body, damage organs, and accelerate the aging process. Moderate "regular exercise" is very helpful to the human body. For example, jogging (not recommended for middle-aged and elderly people), Tai Chi, brisk walking or swimming are all exercises that can be considered.