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"Probiotics are designed to restore the balance between 'good' and 'bad' bacteria," explains holistic health counselor Kerri Axelrod. "Our modern diets of ultra-processed foods and high-stress lifestyles can lead to imbalanced gut bacteria," which is very problematic.

Gastroenterologist Dr. M. Nuri Kalkay goes on to explain that healthy gut bacteria provide very important biological functions for us, including protecting our intestine against the invasion of disease-causing bacteria. "Probiotics also help digest hard-to-digest foods like vegetable fibers and complex carbohydrates like lactose, they produce many vitamins like vitamin K and they stimulate our immune system and regulate our immune reaction thereby preventing allergic autoimmune diseases."

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