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5 Reasons for Stomach Bloating

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Bloating is very common. Your stomach feels tight and full of air. The local term of "angin" is used to describe that feeling of trapped air. It's one of the symptoms of indigestion. Here are 5 reasons why stomach bloating and indigestion happen: 1) Constipation Stools stored in your rectum and colon is old food that's being broken down and release gas, which build up and go back into your upper gut, causing the bloated feeling. The longer stools stay in the colon, the more water is reabsorbed and the more difficult it is to evacuate. 2) Gastroparesis Diabetes, hypothyroidism and Parkinson's disease can cause the gut to move slower than normal. Food is difficult to be broken down and absorbed properly. 3) Aerophagia Excessive swallowing of air by people who have disorders such as anxiety or depression can cause bloating. 4) Food intolerance Inability to digest foods like lactose and gluten can cause abdominal discomfort. Fermentation of undigested carbo (from food...

Uniqueness of Lactoberry Probiotics

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There are many probiotics products in the market today. What are the differences between Lactoberry and all these other products? One of the unique features of Lactoberry  probiotics is that the strains of bacteria used are the same as those which are already existing in our body. If you take new strains of probiotics which are not in our body, our body may reject them. In other words, as Lactoberry helps to strengthen and increase the quantity of bacteria that are already present inside our body, you can be rest assured it won't create any resistance or side effects. In fact, the strains in Lactoberry are from Denmark, but they have been "trained" to be localised hence our body won't resist it. Two Major Hurdles For a probiotic to work effectively in our body, it has to be able to travel successfully all the way to our intestines. If they die prematurely, whatever is consumed is wasted. There are 2 major hurdles these probiotics have to go through: (a) Body temp...