Unique Properties
Patient One Flora Maintenance is a multi-strain, identity-confirmed probiotic with a minimum of 25 billion bacteria per serving at encapsulation. Ten compatible, well-researched bacteria (seven found in the small intestine and three found in the large intestine) are combined with fructo-oligosaccharide (FOS, a prebiotic). The combination of a prebiotic and a probiotic has been clinically shown to promote enhanced effectiveness.
Flora Maintenance supplies HardiStrainTM standardized bacteria cultures, produced with a proprietary system that promotes increased viability over an extended shelf life. Our freeze-dried probiotic cultures are provided in an acid-resistant, delayed release capsule to survive harsh stomach acids for effective delivery to the intestinal tract where the organisms can colonize and replicate.
The "good" probiotic bacteria have the ability to adhere to the intestinal epithelial cells and to implant in the intestines and positively modulate the immune system. Patient One’s proprietary blend contains significant concentrations of L. acidophilus, L. casei, and L. rhamnosus, three of the most well documented strains.
As strain identity is essential to link a strain to a specific health effect, the probiotic strains in our formula are genetically identified using a sophisticated RiboPrinter® microbial characterization system.
