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| saccromyces Boullardii | A non pathogenic Friendly Yeast (Probiotic) widely prescribed in a lyophilized form, used in adults and children as a biotherapeutic agent. Controlled clinical trials have demonstrated the efficacy of Saccromyces Boullardii for preventing or treating several intestinal disorders including AAD (Antibiotic Associated Diarrhea), recurrent Clostridium Difficile Disease, acute diarrhea in children and adults, travelers’ diarrhea, diarrhea in tube fed patients, AIDS related diarrhea and relapses of Chrones Disease and Ulcerative Cholitis. |
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| short Chain Fatty Acids (SCFA) | Compounds produced by beneficial bacteria as a result of consuming fibers like FOS. SCFAs are responsible for many of the desirable effects of FOS, including reduction in future putrfactive substances and cholesterol lowering. Promotes growth of ephithelial cells that line the colon. It acts like glue on the intestinal lining to prevent pathological bacteria from adhering to the surface walls. |
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| SHR | Albino rats bred from a male with mild hypertension, mated with a female with high blood pressure. Brother X, sister mating with continued selection for high blood pressure. |
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| statins (Statin) | A class of drugs that lower cholesterol. |
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| sterol | Any of the solid steroid alcohols (as cholesterol) widely distributed in animal and plant lipids. |
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| sterols and Stanols | sterols and Stanols represent a group of compounds that are an essential constituent of cell membranes in animals and plants. Cholesterol is actually a sterol of human cells, whereas phytosterols are produced by plants (also called phytosterols and phytostanols). The most common plant sterols are sitosterol, campesterol, and stigmasterol. Plant sterols, although structurally similar to cholesterol, are not synthesized by the human body and are very poorly absorbed. The specific plant sterols that are currently incorporated into foods and supplements are extracted from soybean oil. The plant sterols, currently incorporated into foods, are esterified to unsaturated fatty acids (creating sterol esters) to increase lipid solubility, thus allowing maximal incorporation into a limited amount of fat. Some plant sterols currently available are saturated, to form the stanol derivatives, which are also effective at lowering cholesterol. |
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| stevia | Is an herb with incredible sweetening power. Its ability to sweeten is rated between 70 to 400 times that of white sugar. It is completely natural in its biochemical profile. Unlike other natural sweetening agents, it is completely calorie free, never initiates a rise in blood sugar, does not provide food for microorganisms like bacteria and yeast, and has been shown to lower blood pressure. |
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| symbiosis | A type of organism-organism interaction where one organism lives in intimate association with another. |
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| synbiotics | The combining of Prebiotics with Probiotics, i.e. Probiotics + MOS, Probiotics + FOS. |
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| synergistic | "Used esp. of drugs or muscles that work together so the total effect is greater than the sum of the two (or more)". |
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