” Today, more than 95% of all the chronic disease is caused by food choice, toxic food ingredients, nutritional deficiencies & lack of physical exercise”- Mike Adams
I, found this quote be extremely true when i had the pleasure to attend the bloggers meet held by ” Dupont, which was focused on creating awareness about the incorporation of probiotics in our diets.
What are Probiotics & why are they necessary?
Probiotics are live bacteria and yeasts that are good for you, especially your digestive system. Your body is full of bacteria, both good and bad. Probiotics are often called “good” or “helpful” bacteria because they help keep your gut healthy. The amount of good bacteria present in your body is almost the size of your fist.
You can find probiotics in supplements and some foods, like yogurt, Kefir, miso soup etc.
What should I look for on the labels of probiotic foods?
The first thing you want to look for is the full probiotic name, which includes the genus, species, and then the strain. Many products containing probiotics list only the genus and species on the package, such as “bifidobacterium lactis”.
But you must look out for these factors as well :
- The strain used in the product.
- How much of the probiotic each serving of the product contains.
- The research that suggested a health benefit from the probiotic in question, and the amount of probiotic that was used in the research.
Can you name some probiotic products manufactured by Dupont?
- Howaru premium probiotics
- Florafit probiotics
Howaru Premium Probiotics again have a few products which are concern specific like ;
. Howaru Balance Probiotics for healthy digestive system and immune health
. Howaru Bifido Probiotics used in ice creams and confectionaries to give added benefits
. Howaru Early Life probiotics for children
. Howaru Shape for getting fit & boosting metabolism.
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Topic of discussion in the Meet :
The topic of discussion in the meet was categorised into 3 parts :
- Availability of the probiotics & where can we get them.
- The necessity of incorporating probiotics in your diet.
- The health & emotional and mental benefits of probiotics.
What do you mean by Emotional & Mental Benefits of Probiotics?
We all are very well versed with the health benefits of probiotics like better immune system, better digestive health, clearing up of allergies, etc., but do we know that probiotics have proven to be a great way to improve your emotional & mental health as well?
Here is an excerpt to throw some light on this :
An increasing number of studies link gut health to mood and mental health (14).
Both animal and human studies find that probiotic supplements can improve some mental health disorders (15).
A review of 15 human studies found supplementing with Bifidobacterium and Lactobacillus strains for 1–2 months can improve anxiety, depression, autism, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and memory (15).
One study followed 70 chemical workers for 6 weeks. Those who consumed 100 grams of probiotic yogurt per day or took a daily probiotic capsule experienced benefits for general health, depression, anxiety and stress (16).
Benefits were also seen in a study of 40 patients with depression
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Panel discussion with the experts :
Prateek Nag, Regional Product Manager introduced the concept of the “good bacteria” & answered a few questions on how probiotics can be introduced.
Dr. Anders Henriksson from Dupont Nutrition and Probiotics in Food spoke about the Science of Probiotics & mental health benefits of probiotics.
Whereas, Dr. Priyanka Rohatgi spoke about the role of probiotics in medicines.
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The meet ended on a very positive note about trying to be a part of the journey to get healthy with probiotics.
Thank you team #dupont #ebixadamindia for having me over.
* References :
WebMD
Wikipedia
Probiotics are must addition to our diet for maintaining a good gut health. The products from Dupont look promising, will check them for sure.
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It’s so important to include probiotics in our meal for healthy growth I was part of Mumbai meet and now included this for family meal for healthy life
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That would be awesome! Really nice to know that.
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Event look so insightful. I always add probiotic in my family meal for healthy lifestyle.
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Thank you for sharing this post. The Bloggers Meet seems like it was a very interesting and informative event. I am glad that people are becoming aware of the benefits of soy protein.
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This is so imformative article. Never knew the importance of probiotics until I hopped on to this awesome blog post. Keep sharing more knowledge based articles.:)
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You just made my day, dear.
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Amazing and inspiring post. This is the best event of DuPont for nutrition. Probiotics is best for the digestive system. Great thoughts.
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I heard about this from a friend of mine. Probiotics have become so useful today,I must say. Love the article btw. Hope I could also get invited for such an insightful event.
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You will love the insights that they share!
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Probiotics are so important for health. I love what Dupont is doing, these awareness events are v essential. Will check their products.
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Probiotic is an important part of my family’s diet.This is very important information that you shared.I just wrote a book on Probiotic food.
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That’s just so wonderful, would love to read it!
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Good to see that the brand DuPont is increasing awareness about importance of probiotics in our development and maiming a healthy gut. I use probiotics even in skincare as I know the good bacteria is useful to protect our skin just like it is useful in maintaining healthy gut. Thanks for sharing xx
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The event seems very informative.. Probiotics are really good for our health.. You have shared such depth information on it.. Loved the post.
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No doubt probiotics is the great way to keep the gut Healthy. Never know that so many Probiotics source is available. Thanks for sharing
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Exactly! Even I didn’t know about the immense benefits of probiotics
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Probiotics are very important for the gut health and needs to be inbuilt in our diet in some form or the other
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That’s a very true fact.
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Probiotics are very good for our gut health and overall immunity. Dupont event was very informative and helped us to understand them better. It
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I’m actually very keen to try these products. I have been struggling with weight loss since forever and it seems very interesting to try the howaru line of products
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I’m very intrigued to try them out as well!
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Being from the Biotech background, I have studied a lot about Probiotics and know their health benefits. But I was unaware of the fact that probiotics are found to be beneficial for emotional as well as mental health. Wonderful post!
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This events looks very informative with good conversation. probiotics us too much necessary for complete health.. thanks for the information
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This such an insightful post about probiotics. How much of it and what time it should be used and DuPont has come up with great range of products to create the balance of probiotics.
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Looks like you had an amazing time there. And the probiotics looks healthy also this article is so informative. Thanks for sharing.
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It truly was very enriching!
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Probiotics are really important for a healthy gut and we should definatly include them in our diet. Thanks for this great post
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I agree, dear!
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This bloggers meet was really helpful ad I got to know a lot about probiotics. Thanks for sharing a detailed review.
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Really I thoroughly enjoyed it as well.
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