Dr. Steven Warren, MD., explains the unique and powerful infusion of Probiotics and Healthy Chocolate.
What is a Funtional Food? There are many natural functional foods in every food group. Chocolate is a functional food if it contains sufficient antioxidants and flavonoids. Manufacturers are creating functional foods by fortifying and enhancing their products for added health benefits. A new growing segment of functional food is called “probiotics."
What are Probiotics? Probiotic means “fit for life.” Probiotics are living microorganisms which when administered effectively in adequate amounts confer with health benefits. The adult intestinal tract is home to approximately 100 trillion microorganisms. More than 400 different bacterial species have been identified in the intestinal tract.
How are Probiotics Effective in the Intestinal Tract? First, in order to be effective, Probiotics must contain bacteria resistant to stomach acids and bile salts.
Second, the bacteria must be able to compete successfully with indigenous intestinal bacteria.
New types of functional foods must be developed to increase the bacteria and the bacteria must be protected by the use of encapsulation or terracoating techniques. The key to the effectiveness of probiotic treatment is for the bacteria to pass through the stomach and small intestines reaching the large intestines with the strength to colonize and flourish.
Monitoring Bacterial Development and Probiotic Influence “The Simulator of the Human Intestinal Microbial Ecosystem" (SHIME), is an in-vitro system created to simulate the activities and conditions found in the stomach, small intestines, and large intestines. This simulator enables scientists to monitor the quantity of bacteria and it's ability to survive the journey to the large intestines. it also monitors the development of the bacterial colonies in the large intestines.
American College of Gastroenterology (Health Statistics) 95 million Americans suffer from digestive problems. 60 million have heartburn, 50 million have irritable bowel syndrome, and 20 million suffer from stomach ulcers.
Chocolate is Superior to Milk (Yogurt) as an Ideal Delivery System for Probiotics Many, many new probiotic products have been launched in North America and Europe. But, we have a distinct advantage. Chocolate appears to be the ideal delivery system for probiotics. Chocolate has been shown to be far superior to milk as a delivery system for Probiotics.
Xoçai™ XoBiotic™ Chocolate Offers Great Health Benefits to Immune and Gut Health The Xoçai™ XoBiotic™ chocolate will be in the form of an 11-gram square and will deliver 1 billion microorganisms of two types— Lactobacillus Helveticus R0052 and Bifido Bacterium Longum R0175.
These probiotics have been selected for our probiotic chocolate because of their stability in chocolate and their guaranteed shelf life equal to the shelf life of the chocolate itself. It is recommended to properly store all Xoçai™ products at (40*F – 75*F).
