Digestive Metabolism

Bion^® invests in research regarding the effect of probiotics on the digestive system.

The function of the digestive system is to transform food into small nutrients that can easily be absorbed by the body. The process of transforming food into nutrients is known as the digestive metabolism. If the digestive metabolism is not operating as it should be and breaking food down into nutrients then this can have an effect on the whole body, its functioning and therefore on overall wellbeing.

In human beings the intestinal microflora contains about 100,000 billion bacteria belonging to 400 different species. This microflora plays an important role in the digestive metabolism and can be stimulated by micro-organisms such as probiotics. The process of the substances being broken down by the intestinal microflora is important because the nutrients are then used by the body for energy and immune support.