{"id":13342,"date":"2016-06-06T22:59:45","date_gmt":"2016-06-06T12:59:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=13342"},"modified":"2016-06-06T22:59:45","modified_gmt":"2016-06-06T12:59:45","slug":"probiotics-good-or-bad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=13342","title":{"rendered":"Probiotics &#8211; Good or Bad?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Don Chisholm, the man behind the probiotics I use in my top bars and powders, has this to say about a recent Four Corners piece on probiotics:<br \/>\nThere has been a lot of talk lately about how ineffective Probiotics can be as stated on the ABC Four corners story.<br \/>\nWe agree with a lot of what they presented as there are a lot of companies using laboratory bred bacteria, of which many are patented, which means they are no longer a natural bacteria.<br \/>\nTo get a patent you must have a unique difference, so therefore these bacteria are no longer a natural Probiotic and may be more prone to being less viable and the question has to be asked, \u201cdoes your body recognise altered bacteria?&#8221;<br \/>\nNuferm\u2019s Probiotics are food based, not laboratory based and are actually Organic, plus they have been stressed to survive up to 55 degrees heat and temperatures as low as freezing, also will survive 12% alcohol.<br \/>\nWe test every batch for pathogens and even test for Gluten free so you can be assured of the highest quality when purchasing from Nuferm probiotic foods.<br \/>\nThe show on the ABC Four Corners stated information that relates to laboratory constructed Probiotics.<br \/>\nLaboratory bacteria or Synthetic bacteria function differently and are quite often not vital as they are not supported by a Prebiotic.<br \/>\nNuferms probiotics are supported by Prebiotics so the lifespan of the product has been proven to last over 7 years.<br \/>\nAs Scientist Rob Knight suggests we are more bacterial DNA than our own Human DNA, we are actually hosts for our bacteria.<br \/>\nThat being said they must play a significant role to be a majority not a minority in our lives.<br \/>\nBacteria are the only components our bodies cannot manufacture.<br \/>\nTherefore replacing your gut flora daily is vitally important to maintain immune, mental and overall health.<br \/>\nNuferm\u2019s customers are informed, intelligent and able to sort the Snake oil ointments from the real McCoy.<br \/>\nIf you have any further questions our passionate and enthusiastic team are always available to assist.<br \/>\nIf you have time to sit down and watch the epoisde click on the link to watch-<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/4corners\/stories\/2016\/05\/16\/4460291.htm\" target=\"_blank\"> http:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/4corners\/stories\/2016\/05\/16\/4460291.htm<\/a><br \/>\nIf you have any feed back or questions please contact NuFerm&#8217;s enthusiastic team 07 5549 2554<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Don Chisholm, the man behind the probiotics I use in my top bars and powders, has this to say about a recent Four Corners piece on probiotics: There has been a lot of talk lately about how ineffective Probiotics can be as stated on the ABC Four corners story. We agree with a lot of &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=13342\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Probiotics &#8211; Good or Bad?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13342","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-interest","category-health-tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13342","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13342"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13342\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13342"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13342"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}