Benefits of Postbiotics

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While many people are familiar with probiotics, they may not have heard of postbiotics. The two substances work together to promote gut health, but they are very different. Read on to learn what postbiotics are and the benefits of postbiotics.

The human body contains trillions of bacteria in the stomach. These bacteria play an essential role in maintaining gut homeostasis and are an important part of the gut microbiome.

There are three key substances that help maintain the balance of the microbiome. They are: prebiotics, probiotics and postbiotics. Simply put, prebiotics are specialized fibers and probiotics are live microorganisms. Many people are familiar with the role prebiotics and probiotics play in digestive health. However, postbiotics like EpiCor may be lesser known.

What are Postbiotics?

The bacterial fermentation process of live organisms like probiotics or yeast is what produces the postbiotics. In other words, postbiotics are the beneficial products that are created after the probiotic feeds on the prebiotic. That certainly is a mouthful, but as you can see all three of these substances work together to maintain balance in the gut.

What is the difference between Probiotics and Postbiotics?

Probiotics are live bacteria that can be found in certain foods and supplements. Postbiotics are the non-living metabolites and compounds made through the process of fermentation.

Where do I find Postbiotics?

As I mentioned above postbiotics are produced from fermentation. So, they can be found in foods like sauerkraut, yogurt, buttermilk, pickles, tempeh, miso soup and sourdough bread. They can also be found in any supplement like Gut Connection by Country Life, or Healthy Origins that contain the ingredient EpiCor.

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What is EpiCor?

Epicorp is inspired by a real-life healthy story and it is a first-of-its-kind fermentate ingredient. It's made through a natural and proprietary fermentation process that produces a unique fingerprint of metabolites. It is made from dried fermentation broth, so it is a whole food.

Benefits of Postbiotics

Now that we know what postbiotics are, let's talk about why they are important. There are a number of benefits to including postbiotics into your daily wellness routine. Here a few of the benefits specific to EpiCor postbiotic fementates:

• Immune Health: Clinical studies indicate that probiotics, like those it found in EpiCor helps support immune health. In fact, EpiCor acts like a multivitamin for your immune system™.
• Healthy Gut: New science data suggests that EpiCor may support a healthy gut ecology.
• Nasal Comfort: It can support daily nasal comfort.

So Tell Me...

Were you familiar with postbiotics and how they worked? Did you know there was a difference between probiotics and postbiotics? Have you tried the supplement EpiCor? Will you give EpiCor a try?

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Sources: 1. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3667473/ 2. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4339954/