Probiotics are for life
In our modern Western culture we are continually brainwashed to think all bacteria are bad for you. The commercial marketing hype from vested interests repeatedly tells us we need chemicals to kill the bad bugs we are exposed to on a daily basis. We are exhorted to wash our hands with liquid soap laced with triclosan - use laundry powder designed to kill every microbe - to spray chlorine or triclosan on bench surfaces - use anti bacterial floor cleaners - sanitize everything baby is in contact with - use special chemical impregnated boards to prepare our food on... it goes on and on!It seems everything must be perfectly clean, totally free of ALL bacteria if we are to remain completely healthy and not come down with some life threatening bacterial attack on our immune system. Even our drinking water is treated with chlorine which efficiently kills off any living matter and renders the water "safe". The meat we buy from the butcher is more often than not contaminated with antibiotic residues, growth hormones and numerous other manmade chemicals used to enhance the growth of animals kept in artificial and cramped conditions and fed on an artificial diet of grains and foreign protein. Our vegetables almost without exception, unless they are Certified Organic are contaminated with residues of chemical sprays. Everywhere we turn, it seems, we are collecting chemicals in our bodies and increasing the bodyload we must endure, with who knows what long term consequences.
