Key Takeaways
A healthy gut is connected to a healthy immune system.
Consistent consumption of probiotics helps maintain a healthy gut microbiome, which in turn fosters a healthy immune system.
Probiotics help support a healthy immune system by contributing to gut barrier function and supporting normal immune signaling in the gut. They also help maintain a balanced gut environment and support normal immune responses.
AG1's formula contains probiotics (as well as additional prebiotic compounds) to support your gut health—and with it, your body's overall immune health.
Probiotics are live microorganisms—often called beneficial bacteria—that help maintain a healthy balance of gut microbes and support the gut barrier.
As such, probiotics play a role in supporting healthy immune function. That's part of why AG1 Next Gen contains not just immune-supporting vitamins, minerals, and nutrients, but also clinically-backed strains of probiotics for a well-rounded approach to overall health.
Did you know that a large portion of the immune system's cells are active in the gut microbiome?1 This means that a healthy gut microbiome correlates with a healthy immune function. Probiotics are usually taken to address the former, but in doing so, they help the latter.
Here’s a little more about how probiotics help with immune function:
There’s no specific “immune support probiotic”. Benefits are often strain-specific, and their effectiveness can vary for each individual and your unique health.
Keep this in mind:
AG1 Next Gen’s formula contains 37mg (10 billion viable cells)† of the strains Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG, Lactobacillus acidophilus NCFM, Bifidobacterium lactis HN019, Lactobacillus casei LC-11, and LP-115. It also includes a (with ingredients like apple powder and inulin), intended to work alongside our selected probiotic strains to promote the growth of healthy bacteria. The ingredients in AG1 Next Gen are carefully selected and research-backed, designed to offer the best support for not just your gut, but your immune health. In short, AG1’s formula with essential vitamins, minerals, nutrients, and probiotics.
Luckily, it’s easy to start getting probiotics into your diet or supplement routine. While mixing up a daily drink of AG1 will provide you with five strains of probiotics as well as prebiotics—all of which will contribute to your gut function—it can’t replace whole foods.
Here are some tips for adding probiotics to your meals:
Together, these probiotic-assisted actions help the immune system do its job without added gut-related stress. Basically, probiotics support immune system health by doing what they do best: supporting the gut.
Probiotics are not intended to treat, cure, or prevent any disease. Rather, probiotics help support a balanced immune function by helping maintain a healthy gut microbial community, interacting with immune cells in the gut,5 and supporting gut barrier integrity (which is a key immune defense6).
Maintaining good gut health can help you achieve better immune health. Probiotics aren’t just for the gut; rather, they positively affect the whole immune system.