Greetings.
New Zealand naturopath, Eric Bakker, author of Candida Crusher.
I'm going to talk about probiotics again today.
What constitutes a good probiotic?
How do you know you're buying a good quality product?
The thing is you have to place a lot of trust and integrity in your supplier.
What I would like to tell you, particularly, if you take any kind of dietary supplement
on a long-term basis, you've got to know what kind of people made this product.
Where did it come from?
Where did they get the raw materials?
What kind of research has gone into this product?
Is it just a sales product?
Is it full of hype?
You can get a good feel for the product by looking at the person behind the product,
and this is why I chose Nebraska Biocultures for my probiotics.
I've had a very special probiotic made specifically for Candida patients in conjunction with very
nice people at Nebraska Biocultures.
The legacy of the probiotic that I particularly like to recommend is an amazing legacy.
Dr. Khem Shahani who was a microbiologist and whose son, Michael, has now taken over.
Khem worked with lactobacillus for a long time and developed the lactobacillus DDS1,
the Department of Dairy Science 1, so it's probably the most researched of any lactobacillus
ever.
Khem has published over 200 scientific articles on various kinds of probiotics, and particularly,
his beloved acidophilus DDS1, which many now in the world regard as the Cadillac or the
Rolls Royce of lactobacillus.
There are hundreds of different strains of lactobacillus acidophilus you can use, but
the DDS1 is the only human strain that's ever been used.
Khem worked on this for a long, long time.
There are many patents on this particular product.
There is even a patent on it that shows that it's actually antibiotic or penicillin resistant
as well.
It's a remarkable product.
In my opinion, any kind of dietary supplement you take with probiotics should contain the
lactobacillus DDS1.
It's exactly why I've put it in the Canxida Restore.
I've put other probiotics from Dr. Shahan in there as well, also made with the same
extremely high stringent quality.
Several years ago before GMP, good manufacturing procedures, were enforced in the dietary supplement
industry in the US, I spoke with many experts in America and in Europe regarding probiotic
cultivation and manufacturing formulations and marketing because this is my industry.
And I was quite amazed to discover that when a survey was done on US probiotics just before
GMP was enforced that over half the probiotics surveyed were, in fact, useless and were dead.
There were no viable bacteria in them at all, so people were getting ripped off.
They had no idea.
I can tell you now if you're watching this video, chances are if you're buying some kind
of el-cheapo product, you could still be getting ripped off or scammed.
Check out and make sure that the factory or the supplier has a GMP certification.
I think just about all manufacturers are GMP today.
The companies I deal with have been GMP for years even before GMP was enforced.
Dr. Shahani's probiotics are packed usually 10 to 15 percent over the quantity of the
bacteria that it states on the label just to ensure that you're getting plenty in there.
A good daily dose is between 1 and 15 billion, that's usually all you need.
If the product is manufactured properly by a reputable supplier, it's going to last quite
a long time, too.
The product you're looking for should have been very carefully formulated, cultivated,
and manufactured by a top quality supplier.
A person who has spent a long time working with probiotics.
You really have to understand probiotics.
It can't just be another product that a company is making.
That's why I like to work with highly specialized people like Dr. Shahani's company.
They've worked with probiotics now for many, many decades, so you're getting a big pedigree
there.
These products are made; the bacteria are grown in very special medium cultures that
often don't even involve dairy.
Like garbanzo beans or chickpeas form a growing medium for some of the most potent probiotics
on the planet.
A chickpea or a garbanzo bean, would you believe it?
These products are grown and then they're harvested.
They're concentrated and then a cryo protective agent has been added, so this is a proprietary
process where an agent has been added to the bacteria to stop it from deteriorating, to
allow it to have all kinds of swings of temperature.
It's going to be remarkably stable.
Then it's freeze dried.
And then certain other kinds of natural stabilizers are added in with the packaging to give this
a very long shelf life.
The product you take ideally should be kept cool.
It doesn't have to be kept in the refrigerator, but it will do better long term in the refrigerator.
But probiotics like a stability of temperature.
They don't like humidity and they don't like wide fluctuations of temperature.
If you keep it quite cool as you would in your pantry or in your cupboard, it's going
to perform a lot better.
If you keep it in your fridge, it'll perform even better.
If you're only going to take one here or there long term, probably keep it in the refrigerator.
You can even freeze this particular probiotic with no problem at all, with no loss of viability.
And you can even take the frozen probiotic capsule and swallow it.
It can go from a 40-50 degree temperature fluctuation.
Remember, these products are freeze-dried.
They're very, very high quality.
And they only get activated in the environment where it's dark, it's moist, and it's warm.
As soon as those three factors come into play, it will thrive.
The DDS1, a good quality product, will survive the stomach acid.
It really will.
This is why again I chose lactobacillus rhamnosus in this formula because it thrives in a very
high acid environment.
So even if only a small amount of the DDS1 gets through � which it won't � let's
just say a tiny amount went through.
The rhamnosus will almost certainly gets through because it loves high acid.
Those two will thrive together.
There are a lot of factors for you to consider when you buy a probiotic.
But as I say, you need to look at the company, the raw material supplier; they've got to
have a lot of research backing them.
There has got to be a lot of trust and integrity, and don't get scammed by probiotics because
there is a lot of rubbish out there on the market.
That's why I designed my own product; I have for many years now because I know the people
who make, and I know the supplier where the raw materials come from.
Therefore, I can guarantee to my patients it's going to be a top-notch product.
Thanks for tuning into my video today.