With so many different offenders, from yeast to bacteria to UTIs, it’s important to have a tool that provides relief for a wide range of triggers that can be behind discomfort, itching and more. While classic probiotics are great for the gut, the vagina and urinary tract require a highly unique set of good bugs to help resist colonization by pathogens that are specific to that area.
Lactobacilli are the most prevalent beneficial bacteria found in the vaginal microbiome, and act as a barrier to prevent imbalance when flourishing and abundant. Unfortunately, conditions like BV are characterized by a decrease in Lactobacillus and an increase of anaerobic bacteria (like Gardnerella and Prevotella), where not enough good bugs are present to prevent the adhesion of microbes within the vaginal tissue. Restoring populations of healthy flora that colonize the vaginal tract is essential to not only reducing, but preventing imbalance and discomfort in the long term.
By arming your microbiome with a daily dose of beneficial, vaginal tract-specific Lactobacillus strains, you’re getting multiple benefits:
✓ Lactobacillus can physically attach themselves to the mucous membranes of the vagina, taking up space that crowds out pathogenic invaders.
✓ Lactobacillus create an acidic pH within the vagina by producing lactic acid, keeping out infectious microbes that prefer an imbalanced pH.
✓ Lactobacillus strains produce yeast and bacteria-fighting factors such as bacteriocin, hydrogen peroxide, and EVs that inhibit the presence and biofilm formation of imbalance-inducing overgrowths.
With the addition of Lactospore®, a spore-forming probiotic that aids the growth and survival of fellow Lactobacillus strains, this blend becomes a complete solution for microbial balance. Lactospore® is a clinically studied strain of Bacillus coagulans, which helps to create an optimally acidic environment within the gut and vaginal microbiome, thus preventing the growth of pathogenic microbes. Lactospore® is particularly beneficial for womens health, especially related to bloating, vaginal health, urinary tract balance and mood.
In addition, LactoSpore® also produces Bacteriocins (antimicrobial compounds) that are inhibitory towards imbalance-inducing overgrowths in both the gut and vagina. These compounds, unique to its species, work like natural antibiotics that fight off pathogens and bad bacteria by inhibiting them from producing their toxins.*