Healthy Habits: Healthy Weight Week Tips

A lot of people make resolutions to lose weight in the new year. However, sporadic or extreme diets, along with too much processed food and not enough fiber, fruits and vegetables, can cause intestinal upset. Trillions of "good bacteria" reside in the digestive tract, helping food nutrients to be absorbed. Florastor wants to share some tips to stay healthy without resorting to extreme diets.

Eat Balanced Meals: People who eat regular, balanced meals are more likely to be in a normal weight range and have healthier dietary and eating patterns.
Drink More Water: Unlike sugary sodas, sports drinks and fruit juices, water has zero calories and doesn't put stress on the insulin system. Water is the ultimate health drink, helping with digestion and brain and muscle performance.
Get Up and Move: Physical activity not only promotes digestive health, but also can help control weight, builds muscles, reduces fat and promotes strong bone and joint development.
Revel in "Nothing": Shuttling from one event to another can become a source of family stress. Allow some unstructured "nothing time" to promote healthy balance and improve overall well-being.
Take Probiotics Daily: When the body is stressed from work, school, travel, diet or the effects of medication, probiotics can help maintain a healthy balance of good bacteria in the intestinal tract. †2

Why Florastor Is Different 
Unlike bacterial-based probiotics like yogurt, yeast-based Florastor doesn't need refrigeration, making it a travel-friendly companion. It also contains 250 mg of Saccharomyces boulardii lyo, found naturally on the skin of the tropical fruits lychee and mangosteen — and is not compromised when using antibiotics.†3 Florastor is an all-natural, vegetarian and gluten-free capsule. FlorastorKids comes in a powder packet and is appropriate for children two months and older.†4 The powder contains 250 mg of the same probiotic yeast strain as Florastor and can be dissolved in most drinks or soft foods.

†These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.

2. Swidsinski A, Loening-Baucke V, Verstraelen H, Osowska S, Doerffel Y (2008) Biostructure of fecal microbiota in healthy subjects and patients with chronic idiopathic diarrhea. Gastroenterology: 135(2): 568-579.