Probiotics protect your intestinal tract from many things. One of the most important things that probiotics do is to accumulate around the Peyer's patches in the intestinal tract. The Peyer's patches are our immune system in the intestinal tract, and it is the largest part of our immune system due to food being our biggest exposure to infections.
It is critical that you keep your probiotics (flora) of the gut healthy, happy, and in large numbers. Our diet affects the gut health, and one of the biggest to be aware of is meats that contain antibiotics, as they kill the probiotics. Make sure you take probiotics (capsules, yogurt, other fermented foods, etc.) daily! A last note: this information applies to cancer prevention.
"There is no one to blame. There is simply taking action!"........Wm. Marcus Spurlock, MD Dr. Spurlock presently works in Dallas, TX treating people with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Fibromyalgia, Bio-Identical Hormone Deficiences and Environmental Illnesses. He has been doing this work exclusively for the last 9 years. In the fall of 2011 he opened a new health center; please visit his website, which is where he posts education beyond what is sprinkled at Lumigrate. http://www.renewedvitalitymd.com/ [1] Through a total body approach, the treatments he and his team provide are 85-90% successful in returning patients to their previous health potential. You can see his complete vitae in Lumigrate's forum "About Our Writers" (link: http://www.lumigrate.com/forum/my-vitae-wm-marcus-spurlock-m... [2]), and the majority of his contributions on Lumigrate are in the FMS/CFS/CPain section, where you'll see a forum which includes his name: http://www.lumigrate.com/forums/health-issuesdis-eases/fibro... [3].
Links:
[1] http://www.renewedvitalitymd.com/
[2] http://www.lumigrate.com/forum/my-vitae-wm-marcus-spurlock-md
[3] http://www.lumigrate.com/forums/health-issuesdis-eases/fibromyalgia-chronic-pain-and-chronic-fatigue/exhaustion