Pregnant Women Need A lot of Good Eating Bacteria

Bacterial role in the human body contained 10 times more in number than the number of body cells. Some of these bacteria are needed by the body, especially in the digestive process and immune system development. Consuming good bacteria will strengthen the immune and digestive systems.

Bacteria that are beneficial to the body are called probiotics. According to World Health Organization or WHO, probiotics are living organisms that if in sufficient quantities will be beneficial to its host. Types of probiotics are beneficial to the body is bifidiobakterium and some types of lactobacilli.

Probiotics are contained naturally in the human body. Ie in the digestive tract. Originally known beneficial probiotics to strengthen the digestive system. However, some studies also found that probiotics are very well taken by pregnant women for the health of her baby.

Consumption of probiotics during pregnancy is beneficial for the digestive system and strengthen the immune system of infants, reducing the risk of eczema and allergies in babies, baby also reduce the risk of developing obesity and diabetes mellitus.

"Babies can get probiotics from the mother during pregnancy and through breast milk. That's why milk is good for strengthening the immune system of infants. But unfortunately, the ASI is not a standard product. For probiotic content in breast milk varies from each woman," said Erika Isolauri , MD, D. Med. Sci, a pediatrician from the University of Turku in Finland role in the press conference organized by Nestle Nutrition Institute in San Sari Pacific Hotel, Jakarta (03/13/2012).

So far, people tend to assume identical with yogurt and probiotic fermented milk. In fact, according to Dr. Erika, not a probiotic yogurt, fermented milk products but only. In the yogurt, there are good bacteria called lactobacilli. However, yogurt also contain other bacteria that are not necessarily good for the body.

"In Finland, research on probiotics has been for several decades. Probiotics can be found in some food products that includes content such as juice and yogurt probiotiknya enriched. It's good to see first customers in the packaging label to find out the types of bacteria contained in the product before consume it, "said Dr. Erika.

Dr. Erika said, the type of beneficial probiotic bacteria are Lactobacillus lactis rhamnossus and Bifidiobacterium. One of the advantages of probiotics is the body would never be able to experience the advantages of probiotics. Therefore, probiotics interact with other bacteria in the body so that the numbers are always balanced naturally by the body's mechanisms.