Probiotics foods have been enjoyed for centuries, and recently more and more research has been confirming the many health benefits that the billions of friendly bacteria in our guts impart, as well as the role they play in treating gastrointestinal diseases. Since IBD is the result of an unbalanced gut microbiome, health practitioners are increasingly using probiotics as part of treatment protocols for Crohn’s and Colitis – in an effort to rebalance gut flora and help reduce the damaging inflammatory process characteristic of these disease. http://www.todaysdietitian.com/newarchives/040113p34.shtml
