Frequently Asked Questions

1. Why is it so important to include probiotics in your diet?

You might think you're the only one using your gut, but you would be wrong. 100 trillion bacteria also like to call you gut "home" - that's more bacteria than there are stars in the Milky Way galaxy. Bacteria come in three sorts: friendly, neutral, and distinctly unfriendly. Friendly and neutral bacteria give as well as they get. In exchange for a warm home and regular meals, they promote regular bowel movements, synthesize vitamins, reduce the risk of many diseases, including bowel cancer, and fight disease-causing yeast and parasites and unfriendly bacteria.

2. What is the importance of having propionic acid in the gut?

Propionic acid is the preferred food for all Bifidobacteria in your gut. Bifidobacteria are the most friendly and helpful bacteria in your gut. Unless someone eats beans, lentils or other pulses every day, it is difficult to produce enough propionic acid to support a healthy population of Bifidobacteria. Propionic acid can also be absorbed into the body where it helps to decrease the amount of cholesterol that your liver makes. It is the propionic acid derived from beans, fruit, and oat fibre that is the active ingredient in lowering a person's cholesterol level, promoting a healthier heart.

3. What are the benefits of Sécuril^®?

The science behind Sécuril^® suggests that stimulating the growth of your own balanced bacteria may be the best for your intestinal health. Your body maintains a balance of many species of bacteria inside the gut. If you supplement one particular species, that species may grow excessively, crowding out other healthy bacteria, and while "friendly", it may produce a bacterial imbalance. Sécuril^® works by encouraging the growth of all Bifidobacteria species, allowing them to find their own optimal balance point.

4. Is Sécuril^® a natural probiotic or purely synthetic, and can it be found in a natural food source?

Anyone who has ever eaten Swiss or Emmental cheese has already eaten Sécuril^®, since the specific bacteria in Sécuril^® has been used for centuries to make these cheeses. To get the therapeutic dose of Sécuril^® found in two capsules, however, you'd have to eat 100g (3.5oz) of these cheeses every day. That's a lot of cheese to eat day in and day out. But Sécuril^® is completely natural and safe. It has been shown to grow only when supplemented and has not even been shown to produce any adverse side-effects.

5. How does Sécuril^® aid the natural probiotics in your body?

Sécuril^® eats just about anything from your diet and produces huge amounts of propionic acid, which is the favorite food of all 5 major species of Bifidobacteria living in your gut. Sécuril^® also releases a Bifidogenic growth factor that promotes healthy bacteria growth. This combination of food and stimulation allows for dramatic increases in Bifidobacteria levels.

6. How long does it take before one actually feels the results of taking Sécuril^®?

Most people notice a significant difference within 2 weeks.

7. How is Sécuril^® different from FOS?

While FOS is a food that lactobacillus like, it is also a favorite food of Candida albicans and other yeast. People who take FOS often experience severe bloating, pain and discomfort. FOS has never been a particularly good food for Bifidobacteria since they thrive on smaller chain fatty acids like propionic acid, which is only a 3-carbon fatty acid that is normally the waste product of other species of healthy bacteria. Propionic acid is a fatty acid and not a carbohydrate, like FOS. That's where Sécuril^® comes in. While it is not a "normal" bacteria in the human gut, it is friendly and will grow there if supplemented. Sécuril^® can eat almost anything and make propionic acid out of it. This allows for dramatic increases in the levels of Bifidobacteria species (there are five major species of Bifidobacteria in your gut that need to be in balance with one another). Perhaps the best thing about propionic acid is that not only does Candida not like it as food, it is directly toxic to Candida since yeast cannot live in an acidic microenvironment.

8. I have taken Sécuril now for one month and am feeling very positive. Is there a time limit as to how long you may continue to take this product?

Sécuril is a prebiotic and a probiotic. That is to say, it fosters the growth of your own healthy bacteria and it is a healthy bacteria itself. There is no limit as to the amount of time you can take Sécuril, since it helps to maintain your healthy bacteria levels. It has no known adverse side-effects, even after years of use. Most people find that one capsule a day is an adequate maintenance dose.

9. Is Stabilium^® Safe for Children?

Stabilium^® is a food supplement and has never been shown to be unsafe for anyone. It's about as "natural" as you could hope a supplement to be and it amounts to no more safety risk than eating a very small piece of fish, specifically cod. However, it is probably prudent to change the dose of Stabilium^® to reflect the weight of smaller children. The normal adult dose for Stabilium^® is 3 capsules in the morning. If a child weighs 50-100 pounds (25-50kg) then a dose of two capsules should be effective. If someone weighs less than 50 pounds (25kg) then one capsule a day should be effective. Three capsules would not likely have any ill effect on them, but the lower dose should still be effective in promoting a healthy stress response.

10. Is Stabilium^® safe to take with other medications like antidepressants or high blood pressure pills?

Stabilium^® has no known interactions with any medication. It is safe to use with any other medication. Stabilium^® is essentially safe for everyone. It's about as "natural" as you could hope a supplement to be and it amounts to no more safety risk than eating a small piece of cod fish. There have never been any side-effects reported in any of the clinical trial on Stabilium^® and when they looked for a "toxic" dose in animal studies, they couldn't find one. Feeding mice only, Stabilium^® brought about no ill effects on their health.

If you have a question about Stabilium^®, Sécuril^®, or Sano-Gastril^®, please feel free to write to info@stabilium.co.uk.