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4 Reasons To Avoid A Probiotic Supplement

By Henry Bingaman

Reason number 1- You own a pharmaceutical company. A good probiotic is one of the keys to keeping your immune system strong. Pharmaceutical companies make their money selling the idea that you need their drugs to stay healthy. If you're immune system is healthy and fully functioning, you'll only need to take prescription drugs in real emergencies.

If you own a pharmaceutical company you'll be setting a bad example by keeping up your health. After all, people cant be expected to take a drug that you'd never take, right?

Reason number 2- you live on a farm 2 centuries ago. Technology and progress are great, but we may embrace them too quickly. It's true that people are living a decade or two longer on average. We're not dying in bulk from things like polio or the plague. But we are ingesting a lot of unhealthy toxins. A good probiotic can boost your immune and help your body process those toxins better.

Reason number 3- You eat an organic diet every day. Dairy and veggies included. I eat organic food as often as I can manage, but its not always easy. I cant be 100 percent sure that there wasn't a mix-up in the grocery store. But more often, I just cheat. Its a fast paced world and I cant always eat perfectly.

Sometimes it's a soda, a french fry,a coffee, or a beer. No matter what it is, I cheat in some small way almost every day. These little cheats add up to a lot of unhealthy food every month. But I know that my Probiotic supplement is there to clean up my mess.

Excuse number 4- you're waiting for the scientific tests on probiotics to be conclusive. You'll be waiting a long time. Its not because there haven't been hundreds of university and independent studies that have shown just how beneficial probiotics can be, but because there will always be a pharmaceutical giant out to disprove them. And the pharmaceutical companies are working with government money.

As long as such a huge percent (almost 20% by some counts) of the United States profits are coming from the ultra-powerful marketing of prescription drugs to cure diseases, the government has no interest in preventing them. Your health comes after the economy's health in their view. - 26706

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