I just realized today that every sip of probiotic drink I take is lonely...

If you have a poor appetite on a hot afternoon, a bottle of drink can instantly restore your appetite.

There are many types of beverages, such as plant protein beverages, milk beverages, fruit juice beverages, etc.

Among these beverages, milk beverages with added probiotics are more popular among people who want to lose weight or care about intestinal health. Probiotics are bacteria that are beneficial to human health. Can beverages with added probiotics also play a magical role in human health?

Probiotics that really help

Probiotics play an important role in the human intestine.

Most of us know about probiotics mainly from the manufacturers' strong promotion of probiotic drinks. In the eyes of many people, probiotics can enhance human immunity, promote gastrointestinal digestion, improve intestinal health and prevent constipation. Therefore, consumers are willing to pay for these lactic acid drinks with probiotics added.

What are probiotic drinks all about? Can these probiotics actually play the positive roles they are claimed to play in our guts?

Studies have found that probiotics can indeed play a positive role after entering the intestines.

There are two types of bacteria in our intestines, one is beneficial to the human body, and the other is harmful to the intestines. In a healthy intestine, the two types of bacteria are in a balanced state.

If there is a problem with the intestine, harmful bacteria will take over. At this time, if you can obtain probiotics from the outside and enter the intestine, it can increase the number of beneficial bacteria, fight against harmful bacteria, and benefit intestinal health.

Drinking probiotic drinks is just drinking for nothing

In theory, the probiotics contained in probiotic drinks are very beneficial to intestinal health. Are you feeling particularly excited at this time and want to drink two bottles immediately? Stop! The story is not over yet!

Whether the probiotics contained in probiotic drinks can play a positive role in the human body depends on the history of the probiotics in the human body.

The probiotics contained in probiotic drinks must first pass through the stomach and be baptized by gastric acid. The pH value of gastric acid is between 0.9 and 1.5, which is a strong acid substance, comparable to sulfuric acid and has strong corrosiveness.

Under the action of gastric acid, the survival rate of probiotics is relatively low. Even if some probiotics escape the "clutches" of gastric acid, there is still pancreatic juice waiting for the arrival of probiotics.

What is pancreatic juice? Pancreatic juice is a substance secreted by the pancreas and is also a type of digestive juice, with a pH value between 7.8 and 8.4. Some probiotics that have escaped the clutches of gastric acid will only survive after encountering pancreatic juice.

Perhaps, probiotic beverage manufacturers will claim that they add tens of billions of probiotics during the production process, but the number of probiotics that can safely reach the intestines is very small.

Even if all the probiotics in a bottle of probiotic drinks reach the intestines safely, the number cannot be comparable to the original number of bacteria in the intestines. The gap between the two is too large. In the "fight" between the beneficial and harmful intestinal bacteria, the probiotics contained in the probiotic drinks will not play much of a role.

Because the native flora in the human intestine has a certain degree of xenophobia, foreign probiotics are not easily directly recognized by the native flora and it is difficult for them to coexist with them.

A combination of various factors determines the fate of probiotics in probiotic drinks.

The probiotic drinks that consumers buy are actually just a sales gimmick. The health benefits that they originally hoped to obtain from probiotic drinks are just a pipe dream.

Moreover, regular consumption of probiotic beverages can also have adverse effects on human health.

Probiotic drinks are more likely to make you fat

Probiotic drinks made from probiotics are actually a type of milk drink. Although milk is added, the amount of water added is much higher than that of milk. At the same time, extra sugar is added during the production process. Drinking probiotic drinks frequently will undoubtedly increase sugar intake.

A 150ml bottle of probiotic drink may contain up to 22 grams of sugar. Many people feel that 22.5 grams of sucrose is too sweet to be eaten directly. But when added to a probiotic drink, we can drink it easily. Excessive intake of refined sugar will also increase the risk of diseases such as dental caries, obesity, diabetes and gout.

Many diseases are often caused by problems with our diet. The taste of probiotic milk drinks is also praiseworthy only.

The right way to maintain a healthy gut

The intestine is one of the organs in the human body that has the most contact with the outside world. The best way to regulate the intestine is to pay attention to your daily diet.

To regulate the stomach and intestines, you need to eat more foods rich in dietary fiber. Dietary fiber is like a "cleaner" in the intestines, which can promote intestinal peristalsis and the secretion of digestive juices, and reduce the incidence of intestinal diseases.

Eating more foods rich in dietary fiber in your daily diet can help probiotics create a healthy living environment. Only when the intestinal flora is balanced can the intestinal health be guaranteed.

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Author: Wang Guizhen, National First-Class Public Nutritionist

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