In recent years, probiotic products have emerged one after another, like the post-war baby trend. Each company has different main products. Some have proactively guaranteed bacteria, some have proactively patented strains, and some have no additions. Are these marketing techniques, or is it true? Today, health food inspectors, let’s take you all to inspect probiotics!

comment on a different marketing term. Is it really in line with the actual situation or is it just a marketing term?

Probiotics that guarantee bacterial counts: Each of my probiotics must reach more than 200 billion bacteria. In order to ensure that my probiotics survive at least 30 billion in the 2 years after production, the factory must pull several times the 30 billion at the beginning of production. This is my approach and a high-cost approach, so usually no one does this.

Smile comment: It is in line with reality, but the effect is doubtful. This marketing content really brings a revolutionary concept, that is, the decline of probiotic bacteria is much faster than everyone thinks. The activity of probiotics will gradually decline over time. Judging from the current stable report of most bacteria, after the 24-month shelf life, the activity of most bacteria dropped to only 10%, and some even more. In other words, if the number of bacteria reported in the factory is 30 billion bacteria, the number of bacteria per pack will be reduced by about 90% after two years of suitable preservation conditions, which means that there are only 3 billion bacteria left. If there are less stable bacteria, the remaining bacteria may be less than 5%.

Therefore, some manufacturers have proposed to increase the number of bacteria produced by the factory several times, so that the number of bacteria detected by the product still meets the product specifications on the last day of the validity period. It sounds very Buddha-like, but is this method really better? What is the effect of the factory's formula of up to 200 billion bacteria? Sorry, no evidence is enough to comment on whether it is better! There is currently a lack of accurate research results to support the scope of reasonable bacterial data. However, in human research on probiotics, the number of bacteria used is rarely higher than 100 billion bacteria!

In addition, will increase the number of bacteria in the product, even up to 200 billion, increase the competitiveness in the formula strains (because of the three-dimensional structure, they are trapped together!)? Certification is still to be sought (but there is no discussion on the competition between certification species!). Back to the topic, everyone has different feelings about various probiotic formulas. If it improves or helps your quality of life after taking it, then to you, this is a useful probiotic product.

When buying probiotic products, do not overstock, so as not to put the strains and have their activity declined. It is recommended to purchase up to a maximum of 10 months of use, or send the database to the merchant to get products with a newer validity period.

Embryonic technology is better

Official copy: The probiotics treated with the "Five-layer Crystal Proprietary Micro-Embedding Structure" technology have better strain fecundity than the yield of unembedded strains.

Smile comment: It is in line with reality.

Crystal technology is a cold drying technology that uses low temperature and vacuum conditions to remove material moisture, which can increase the stability of probiotics!

But, do you know what embedding technology is? Multilayer embedding technology is a solution to improve probiotic colonization rate. Probiotics are manufactured from fertilization. After product storage, they have to be purchased and eaten, and then they have to be digested with gastric acid, enzymes, and ginger, and finally they can colonize the kidneys and develop their health benefits. This extensive examination greatly reduces the effect of probiotics, but by natural or synthetic polymer materials, covering probiotics to block the external environment can improve the stability and tolerance of probiotics (survival rate). Just like firefighters wearing protective clothing to prevent flames, probiotic embedding technology can reduce the stimulation of the external environment, such as temperature, moisture, stomach acid, and so on.

However, embedding technology also faces some choices and disadvantages:

1. The disadvantages of embedding technology

If the probiotics reach the effect but the embed shell is not completely dissolved, the probiotics will not be able to colonize and have an effect! It is even directly discharged from the body, so it is very important to grasp the embedding design. It is not that the more layers of embedding, the better the effect!

2. More additives

embedding layer is coated with various natural or synthetic polymer materials, such as: polysaccharide, powder, alginate, gelatin, shelled glycol, fermented glycol, stearic acid, etc. For ethnic groups that are more deliberate for additives, such as pregnant women and baby children, it is necessary to defer probiotic efficacy and additives!

3. The embedding effect is limited. In general, it is still 100%. Some studies have shown that after the shelf life of 24 months, the activity of the strain has decreased by 90%.

Root bacteria are better than cocci

Official copy: 100% Root bacteria. My strain formulas are mainly cysts, such as "Lactobacillus rhamnosus, etc.", which is therefore more expensive than cocci. But I just want to give my customers the best, so my probiotics are definitely 100% robin.

Smile comment: Marketing

Currently, most probiotics are confirmed to be leukemia, such as common Lactobacillus acidophilus, Bifidella, Lactobacillus casei, and Lactobacillus plantaria. However, some cocci also play the role of probiotics. Typical examples are cystococci (Cytococci and Seiococci), which are even added to well-known medical probiotic products.

Cynecocci can destroy the living space of pathogenic bacteria, reduce the growth of abusive bacteria, and have the effect of helping the kidneys. Another important point is that the body size of the bacteria ball is small, and it is easy to fill with high bacteria, which can provide good health care effects. In addition, the dead bacteria of this bacteria have also been used in the health care field of immune enhancement.

However, in recent years, due to the potential increase in the risk of bacterial antibiotics, the safety inspection report needs to be improved before it can be used. Therefore, currently, kidney health probiotic products have less addition of cystos.

In addition, higher costs do not mean that they are better probiotics, they must depend on the specific and purpose of their use!

Add enzymes are better

Official copy: Add pear enzyme, pear enzyme is a protein-decomposition enzyme that can help decompose food in the digestive tract, aid digestion, and help with smoothness.

Smile comment: With marketing, digestive enzymes can help decompose nutrients into smaller molecules and aid digestion!

However, under normal diet, the digestive enzymes produced by the human body are sufficient to use, and there is no need to take additional points, and there will be no additional points. However, if the secretion is insufficient, such as in the pancreatic group, or pancreatic resection, or binge eating, you can choose products containing enzymes to help digestion!

Designed for Orientals/Taiwanese/Asians

Official copy: Patent bacteria YMB520 is a patent strain developed for Orientals' dietary habits: In line with the actual situation, different dietary habits will greatly affect the ecology of the tract of the tract of the tract. American fast food culture and Mediterranean diet, or habitual eating fermented products, kimchi, nabean, etc., there is a big difference in the bacteria in the human tract. Therefore, the strains of kidney health care are very different. A simple example is that when you go to Hokkaido, you can buy horse oil at the venue, which is very useful, but after bringing it back to Taiwan, I found that it is too oily, the same principle.

However, most of the probiotics for kidney health care are bacteria A, B, C, rhamnosus, Lactobacillus rosieride, etc. So how much points can I add to add a bean mushroom? Is it really more in line with the stomach tract of Eastern people? Want to be verified.

(This article is authorized by the "Smile Pharmacy Network". Original text: Probiotics must be effective, the real key is actually this!)

Author Profile_Liao Weicheng

Pharmacy Department of Taipei Medical Hospital, registered pharmacist from the Republic of China, diabetes mellitus teacher, and home pharmacist care qualified pharmacist.

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