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● Blood sugar levels ● Weight gain in infants and children ● Obesity Our intestinal microbes play a very important role in our nutrition. It is increasingly recognised that our intestinal germs influence how we handle sugar and fats. There is a strong link between the type of intestinal bacteria and obesity. Research has documented that fat people have different sets of intestinal germs compared to thin people. To prove if “fatness” was linked to the type of germs living in our intestinal tract, scientists transplanted the intestinal bacteria from fat people into thin mice and found that the thin mice rapidly became fat! The natural intestinal bacterial ecosystem is known to be disrupted during times of stress such as starvation, illness, surgery and use of medication, especially antibiotics. GG probiotic promotes nutrition because it helps to maintain a normal intestinal microbial ecosystem and a healthy gastrointestinal system despite times of stress. After a bout of illness or medication, loss of appetite and abdominal discomfort are common. Taking LACTOGG® helps to boost the appetite not only because it limits inflammatory damage to the gastrointestinal tract, but also because it improves abdominal bloating and pain. GG probiotic can also breakdown proteins such as cow's milk protein. This ability may enhance nutrition when illness and medication interfere with efficient digestion. The bacteria participate in the breakdown of food components which normally cannot be digested by our own digestive system such as vegetable fibres and complex carbohydrates. Breakdown is achieved via fermentation which produce short chain fatty acids (SCFAs). SCFAs influence the handling of blood sugar and fats. They promote the feeling of “fullness” after a meal while enhancing the absorption of minerals such as calcium, iron and magnesium. SCFA are invaluable to our nutrition because they are the most important source of energy for cells on the surface of the intestinal tract enabling them to survive, grow and repair. 
How should LACTOGG® be taken? Supplement amount: 1 sachet to 1 capsule a day As LACTOGG® can positively benefit nutrition and growth, it is advisable that LACTOGG® be continued after a course of antibiotics, surgery or illness. References: Backhed F et al. The gut microbiota as an environmental factor that regulates fat storage. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 2004;101:15718-15723 Cox LM et al. Altering the Intestinal Microbiota during a Critical Developmental Window Has Lasting Metabolic Consequences. Cell 2014:158(4):705-21 Cummings JH et al. Short chain fatty acids in human large intestine, portal, hepatic and venous blood. Gut 1987;28(10):1221-7 LeBlanc JG et al. Bacteria as vitamin suppliers to their host: a gut microbiota perspective. Curr Opin Biotechnol 2013;24(2):160-8 Pessi T et al. Suppression of T-cell activation by Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG-degraded bovine casein. Int Immunopharmacol 2001;1(12):211-8 Rokka T et al. Release of bioactive peptides by enzymatic proteolysis of Lactobacillus GG fermented UHT milk. Milchwissenschaft 1997;52(12):675-677 (Milk Science International) Siigur U et al. Effect of bacterial infection and administration of a probiotic on faecal short-chain fatty acids. Microb Ecol Health Dis 1996;9:271-277 |
