Ultra Flora IB - 30 Caps

Benefits of Ultra Flora

- Helps relieve occasional constipation, abdominal discomfort, bloating, cramping, bowel irritation, and urgent bowel movements.
- Provides strain-identified probiotics that have been demonstrated effective for reducing bowel complaint frequency and improving reported quality of life.
- Promotes a healthy balance of GI microflora.
- High potency formula providing a great value per dose.

FAQ

Who would benefit from Ultra Flora IB?
Health care professionals typically recommend this "good" bacteria supplement for those with occasional, minor intestinal irritation accompanied by abdominal discomfort and bowel distress (cramping, occasional urgent bowel movements, occasional constipation).*

How does Ultra Flora IB work?
As a nutraceutical, this product is formulated to complement dietary recommendations to promote gastrointestinal and immune health. This formula is designed to encourage growth of beneficial bacteria and support healthy immune function, intestinal integrity, and healthy digestive function. It delivers an ultra concentrated dose of specific, strain-identified beneficial microflora: B. lactis BI-07 and L. acidophilus NCFMone of the most extensively tested acidophilus species available. Bifidobacterium is one of the most abundant and perhaps most important types of bacteria in humans.*

How does Ultra Flora IB compare to other products or approaches?
Not all bacterial strains are suitable for all health purposes. And probiotic formulas should only contain strains of beneficial bacteria. Metagenics probiotic formulas not only provide scientifically identified strains with recognized health benefits, but also a guarantee of potency at the date of expiration (not the date of manufacture like many other product offerings). Ultra Flora IB offers a reliable approach for support for both lower and upper intestinal health with a trustworthy combination of probiotic strains to help relieve minor intestinal irritation. This product delivers our most concentrated dose of these specific beneficial probiotic strains.*

How long is Ultra Flora IB typically recommended?
This formula was designed for strategic, short-term gastrointestinal and immune health support. Individual results and recommendations may vary based on your specific needs. For best results, follow your health care professional's guidelines.*

Why is Ultra Flora IB safe?
It contains a blend of natural ingredients with an excellent safety profile. For a higher degree of reliability and predicted safety, Metagenics probiotic formulas contain only identity-verified bacterial strains with established health benefits.

Probiotics
Probiotics, or friendly bacteria, are the beneficial microbial flora we all need for optimal digestive and colon health. We all have them the first probiotics being given to us during the process of breast feeding from our mothers, with our need for them never waning throughout our entire lives. Without health gut flora, poor assimilation of nutrients, intestinal irritation or constipation can result. But, their effects go beyond those commonly associated with digestion.

Both naturopathic and medical doctors are recognizing the importance gut flora plays for overall health. Many normal, bodily functions require healthy gut flora, ranging from immune function to heart health. Certain strains of the Lactobacillus type have been shown to be crucial for producing important immune factors which the body cannot produce without them, while others have been shown to be crucial for the reduction of bad cholesterol.

The Types of Friendly Bacteria
In general, probiotics can be categorized by where they are used by the body. For example, there are friendly bacteria which are used only in the small intestine and those that proliferate only in the large intestine, or colon. But, believe it or not, beneficial bacteria exist in the mouth, urinary tract, stomach, and even on the surface of the skin.

What to Look For in a Probiotic
There are literally thousands of probiotic supplements available in health food stores today; with so many available it can be difficult to know which one is best for you or your family. A multi-strain probiotic is frequently the best way to go for most people. This type of probiotic can be considered the "multivitamin" of the probiotic category of supplements as they will usually supply you with at least 6, 8 or even as many as 10 or 20 different strains of healthy bacteria. Naturally in your body you have many, so it makes sense to take a supplement with as broad a spectrum as possible as this will give you the greatest coverage to replenish or maintain the natural gut flora.

That said, there are certain types of therapeutic probiotics which more specifically address certain health concerns. Saccharomyces boulardii is one that is particularly useful for those who have had chronic intestinal flushing from c. difficile infection or even from food poisoning. The homeostatic soil organism type of probiotic (such as the popular brand Primal Defense) contains healthy bacteria from soils. In years past we would have ingested these from root vegetables grown in the ground, but in our modern sanitized world where we purchase cleaned vegetables from supermarkets, it's difficult for us to get it from food unless we're growing them ourselves. This particular type of beneficial bacteria has been clinically proven to fight candida well.