I take a probiotic capsule every morning before breakfast. Why? If you are like me you have taken antibiotics at some point in your life. Most certainly you have consumed chlorinated drinking water. Did you know that antibiotics are actually based on poisons produced by fungus to kill bacteria?

The basic idea of antibiotics is simple enough. Use a mycotoxin (a toxin produced by fungus) to kill bacteria that has infected the patient and is making them sick. The problem is antibiotics also kill the good bacteria in your digestive system that are necessary for good health. By taking a quality probiotic you can replace the vital bacteria that were destroyed.

The chlorine in your drinking water kills bacteria to. This is fine for nasty bacteria in the water pipes but bad news for the good bacteria in your digestive system. If you don’t already use quality water filter for your tap to remove the chlorine from your water I highly recommend you do.

The good bacteria in your digestive system helps you digest and absorb nutrients from the food you eat. To be healthy you must not only consume nutritious food but also be capable of absorbing that nutrition. All that good food is no good to you and a waste of money if it just passes through your body unabsorbed.

Friendly bacteria from probiotics help produce the wave-like movement of the intestines which helps with constipation and aids digestion by moving food through the digestive system. The good bacteria in probiotics are also vital to immune system function, you body’s natural defense system against things like cancer.

In a healthy human body the bacteria and the fungi keep each other in check. Balance is maintained. So taking an antibiotic, drinking chlorinated water and even drinking alcohol without taking a quality probiotic like the Megaflora probiotic afterward destroys the good bacteria in your body leaving it free of competition. With no competition fungi spread unchecked. The result of this out-of-balance state is often a broad range of seemingly unrelated health problems.

Don’t just take my word for it. Give these probiotics a try for yourself and listen carefully to what your body tells you.