Natural Factors - Acidophilus & Bifidus with Goat Milk  - 90 Capsules

Natural Factors Acidophilus & Bifidus is a synergistic combination that supports intestinal tract health and contains goat milk, an excellent growth factor for beneficial micro-flora. These cultures are freeze-dried to ensure long-term stability and maximum potency. At time of manufacture guaranteed minimum 5 billion active cells per capsule.

What are Acidophilus & Bifidus?
Acidophilus & bifidus are probiotic bacteria that favorably alter the intestinal microflora balance, inhibit the growth of harmful bacteria, promote good digestion, boost immune function, and increase resistance to infection. People with flourishing intestinal colonies of beneficial bacteria are better equipped to fight the growth of disease-causing bacteria. Lactobacilli and bifidobacteria maintain a healthy balance of intestinal flora by producing organic compounds—such as lactic acid, hydrogen peroxide, and acetic acid—that increase the acidity of the intestine and inhibit the reproduction of many harmful bacteria. Probiotic bacteria also produce substances called bacteriocins, which act as natural antibiotics to kill undesirable microorganisms.

Where are they found?
Beneficial bacteria present in fermented dairy foods—namely live culture yogurt—have been used as a folk remedy for hundreds, if not thousands, of years. Yogurt is the traditional source of beneficial bacteria. However, different brands of yogurt can vary greatly in their bacteria strain and potency. Some (particularly frozen) yogurts do not contain any live bacteria. Supplements in powder, liquid extract, capsule, or tablet form containing beneficial bacteria are other sources of probiotics.

Natural Factors priority is enhancing people's health.

• They offer more than 300 different formulas available exclusively at natural health stores.
• They are family-owned, Canadian-based business.
• They have produced and sold quality supplements to North Americans for more than 50 years.
• They grow their own herbs, organically and process them fresh from the fields.
• They test and standardize herbs for total quality control.
• Their science team includes medical doctors, naturopathic physicians, researchers and herbalists from around the world.
• They create new, condition-specific formulas that are clinically proven to work.
• Their laboratory facilities comply with Good Laboratory Practices and are among the finest in North America.
• They meet or exceed Canadian Government Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) guidelines and all Health Canada and FDA regulatory requirements

Factor Farms:
A quality herbal product starts with the highest quality fresh organic plant material. The efficacy of herbal products has always been affected by growing conditions, harvesting, processing and storage. At Factor Farms in beautiful Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada our quality can be guaranteed as we control the entire process from seedling to finished product.

To grow herbs organically no chemical fertilizers, herbicides, fungicides or pesticides are allowed. We use only natural substances that have been approved by the organic industry. You can be assured that the fresh herb extracts contain no traces of unwanted chemical. Even the seed and plant sources are organic.

To be organically certified, certification inspectors work closely with growers to ensure that the organic standards are adhered to. We must keep detailed records of what we use on our farm. Even after harvest, processing is regulated so that no harmful chemicals are used to manufacture the fresh herb extracts.
 
Local cultivation of medicinal herbs at Factors Farms ensures that the herbs are picked, processed, and extracted at just the right time when the active ingredients are at their peak.

Natural Factor knows that the natural habitats of many herbs are shrinking and that over-harvesting from the wild can endanger native medicinal plant populations. So organic cultivation of herbs is preferred over "wild crafting".