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Which are the reason for increasing the popularity of probiotic products ?

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The reasons foe increasing the popularity of probiotic products are as follows :
i. Probiotics are healthy foodstuffs which contain active bacteria such as Lactobacillus acidophilus, Lactobacillus casei, Bifidobacterium bifidum, etc.
ii. These microbes from colonies of useful microbes in the alimentary canal and maintain the balance of the beneficial intenstial microorganisms that help in digestion, and decrease the population of harmful microbes such as Clostridium.
iii. They also improve resistance and lower the ill effects of harmful substances frrmed during metabolic activities.
iv. When we take antibiotics, the useful microbes in alimentry canal become inactive. These microbes can be made active by consuming probiotice.
v. Also, probiotics are used for treatment of diarrhoea and treatment of poultry diseases.
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