{"id":2615,"date":"2022-10-08T11:52:59","date_gmt":"2022-10-08T11:52:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/probioticindia.in\/?page_id=2615"},"modified":"2022-10-20T06:50:29","modified_gmt":"2022-10-20T06:50:29","slug":"what-makes-a-probiotic","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/probioticindia.in\/?page_id=2615","title":{"rendered":"What Makes a Probiotic?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2615\" class=\"elementor elementor-2615\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2714b65c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2714b65c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-935865d\" data-id=\"935865d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-617869b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"617869b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.7.8 - 02-10-2022 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#818a91;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#818a91;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\tEtymologically, Probiotic stands for\u00a0<em>pro<\/em>\u00a0(&#8220;<strong>for<\/strong>&#8220;) and the Greek adjective\u00a0bios (&#8220;<strong>life<\/strong>&#8220;)\r\n\r\nAccording to\u00a0FAO\/WHO: Probiotics are &#8220;Live microorganisms which when administered in adequate amounts confer a health benefit on the host&#8221;.\r\n\r\nProbiotic bacteria in general belong to a special category of friendly bacteria viz. lactic acid bacteria (LAB). Lactobacilli and bifidobacteria are the two key members of this group used extensively as probiotics. However, certain yeasts like Saccharomyces boulardi is also included in this group and found to be helpful in promoting human health. Probiotics are commonly consumed as part of fermented foods with specially added active live cultures; such as in yogurt, dahi, yakult or as dietary supplements.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Etymologically, Probiotic stands for\u00a0pro\u00a0(&#8220;for&#8220;) and the Greek adjective\u00a0bios (&#8220;life&#8220;) According to\u00a0FAO\/WHO: Probiotics are &#8220;Live microorganisms which when administered in adequate amounts confer a health benefit on the host&#8221;. Probiotic bacteria in general belong to a special category of friendly bacteria viz. lactic acid bacteria (LAB). Lactobacilli and bifidobacteria are the two key members of this [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2615","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/probioticindia.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2615","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/probioticindia.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/probioticindia.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/probioticindia.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/probioticindia.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2615"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/probioticindia.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2615\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2855,"href":"https:\/\/probioticindia.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2615\/revisions\/2855"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/probioticindia.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}