{"id":168,"date":"2021-01-01T15:53:00","date_gmt":"2021-01-01T10:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/petsaffa.com\/blog\/?p=168"},"modified":"2023-09-23T12:04:09","modified_gmt":"2023-09-23T06:34:09","slug":"probiotics-for-constipation-relieve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/petsaffa.com\/blog\/probiotics-for-constipation-relieve\/","title":{"rendered":"Probiotics for Constipation Relieve"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n

The modern word Probiotics has its origin in Latin and Greek words .The Latin word pro (\u201cfor\u201d) and the Greek bios (\u201clife\u201d). In 1907, Russian scientist called Elie Metchnikoff gave the idea that micro flora of the gut can be constantly modified and can be replaced The modern word Probiotics has its origin in Latin and Greek words .<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

The Latin word pro (\u201cfor\u201d) and the Greek bios (\u201clife\u201d). In 1907, Russian scientist called Elie Metchnikoff gave the idea that micro flora of the gut can be constantly modified and can be replaced with healthy and friendly microflora. His proposition stressed on toxin production by harmful bacteria thus resulting in autointoxication of intestine.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Metchnikoff is considered to be the \u201cfather of Probiotics\u201d.A widely used definition by `\u00a0<\/strong>World Health Organization \u2019\u00a0<\/strong>and the `Food and Agriculture Organization\u2019\u00a0of the United Nations is \u2013 Probiotics are \u201clive microorganisms, which, when administered in adequate amounts, confer a health benefit on the host.\u201d These microorganisms can be bacterial, viral, or yeast, and can generally only be seen under a microscope.<\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Before Metchnikoff gave the above scientific proposition; some thousand years back in time, a Roman naturalist named Pliney the Elder advocated fermented milk drinking for intestinal related problems and issues.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

References of\u00a0Fermented foods\u00a0are also found in sacred books of Hinduism and Christianity. Therapeutic uses of Probiotics were well known even before the bacteria present in them. Indeed\u00a0`<\/strong>some connected links were known even before they were linked\u2019.<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Our gut is homely and friendly place providing many symbiotic bacteria like\u00a0Lactobacillus acidophilus<\/em>, Bifidobacterium etc to live in comfortably. Microbial ecosystem density of the colon is reported to be 1012<\/sup>\u00a0cells per gram of intestinal content.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

\u00a0Well known abundance of bacteria in the intestine makes a percentage of 60 in the dry mass of\u00a0fecal matter. An imbalance of microbial flora known as\u00a0dysbiosis\u00a0in the colon results in constipation. Common causes of constipation include<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n