(ARA) - Bacteria isn't always as bad as you might think. Unwanted or pathogenic bacteria can make you sick, but beneficial bacteria or probiotics can help keep your body balanced, by helping you break down food, aiding your immune system and supplementing your health in important ways that keep you at your best.

The word probiotic means "for life" and represents the application of beneficial bacteria into the body. The number of probiotics for digestive health and immunity support has boomed in the last few years and science is only beginning to understand the complex relationship our bodies have with beneficial bacteria.

"Good bugs," or beneficial bacteria, are in products everywhere you look and they're actually good for you. For example, there are yogurts that promote digestive health and those that provide immunity support. And now there's a probiotic to maintain feminine health that is available in feminine care aisles of most drug and discount stores.

RepHresh Pro-B is a once-daily capsule that contains the first strains of probiotics that specifically promote vaginal health. They are clinically shown to balance yeast and bacteria to maintain feminine health. Previously available in Europe and Canada, RepHresh Pro-B has successfully completed the Food and Drug Administration New Dietary Ingredient process in the U.S, and these beneficial probiotic strains are available for the millions of women in the United States who deal with feminine health issues each year. RepHresh Pro-B contains the world's most clinically documented probiotic lactobacilli for women's vaginal health, Lactobacillus rhamnosus GR-1 and Lactobacillus reuteri RC-14. These patented strains help to maintain the flora important to overall vaginal health, naturally balancing yeast and bacteria to maintain feminine health.

The specific strains (L. rhamnosus GR-1 and L. reuteri RC-14) are important, because other strains of Lactobacillus do not have the same science behind them. These strains were specifically chosen because they were found in the urogenital tract of healthy women, and they showed many properties that could help women with yeast and bacteria. Their benefits have now been documented in numerous clinical and laboratory studies over the last 27 years.

Doctors have long known that lactobacillus, beneficial bacteria, is important to women's health. This has sparked the mythology surrounding yogurt and vaginal health. But, the bacteria found in yogurt is not the type that has been clinically documented to maintain feminine health. The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists has indicated that studies of nonvaginal strains have "failed to show a clear benefit."

By providing proper strains of lactobacillus, RepHresh Pro-B is finally providing the type of probiotic that is important to women's health. Just one capsule of RepHresh Pro-B per day helps maintain vaginal flora in a normal, healthy range.

Visit Pro-B.com to learn more. RepHresh Pro-B is available without a prescription in the feminine products aisle of most drug and discount stores.

Courtesy of ARAcontent

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EDITOR'S NOTE:

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