Postbiol-EC 60 capsules Vitals

Product description

Postbiotics are the next big thing in the nutritional supplement world. Vitals introduces a new product with the most famous postbiotic in the world. Postbiol-EC from Vitals contains EpiCor®, with a unique composition of nutrients that originate from the conversion (fermentation) of nutrients in a natural culture medium by baker's yeast. EpiCor® was developed by a company with over 75 years of experience in natural fermentation processes. It is a so-called postbiotic, which is defined as a preparation of non-living microorganisms. In addition to metabolic products (metabolites), EpiCor® contains inactive (non-living) baker's yeast cells, which has added value. It can therefore also be seen as a so-called 'whole food' fermentate, in which all components of the fermentation process are still present in the end product. A postbiotic is excellent to use as an addition to a prebiotic and/or a probiotic, but can also be used on its own in situations where a prebiotic or probiotic is less suitable. Prebiotics, Probiotics and Postbiotics Prebiotics and probiotics have been used successfully for many years. The knowledge in this area is therefore much more extensive than about postbiotics, which is a relatively new subject and has only recently come into the spotlight. For a long time there was no consensus about the term 'postbiotics', which could cause confusion in the scientific literature. This changed in 2019 when a large panel of experts from various relevant fields (the International Scientific Association for Probiotics and Prebiotics, ISAPP) agreed on a correct definition. The term 'postbiotic' means 'after life' and refers to the essence of a postbiotic, namely that it consists of (parts of) no longer living micro-organisms, whether or not in combination with the substances they produce (metabolites). . So not simply (and exclusively) the metabolites produced by living micro-organisms. It is very distinct from prebiotics (water-soluble fibres, fermentable by the intestinal flora) and probiotics (preparations containing living micro-organisms). The advantages of postbiotics compared to prebiotics and probiotics include that the required dose of postbiotics is generally much lower and that preparations containing non-living micro-organisms have a longer shelf life than preparations containing living micro-organisms. That does not alter the fact that these different types of preparations can also be used very well together, because they complement each other nicely. EpiCor® As with probiotics, with postbiotics, research is only significant if it has been carried out with that specific preparation (ie with a specific micro-organism or combination of micro-organisms, characterized at strain level, in combination with certain metabolites). One of the postbiotics with which most (human) research has been done at the moment is yeast fermentate EpiCor® from manufacturer Cargill. Traditionally, Vitals attaches great importance to scientific substantiation, which is why Postbiol-EC has chosen this beautiful raw material. EpiCor® is produced by a patented fermentation process using baker's yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae). This microorganism is used because of the thousands of years of human experience in making foods fermented by baker's yeast and because of the ability of this yeast to form various nutrients. Nutrients in the natural culture medium are converted by Saccharomyces into a unique fermentate under anaerobic (oxygen-free) and strictly controlled culture conditions. Subsequently, the yeast cells are inactivated through a mild drying process that leaves the formed metabolites intact. In addition to non-living yeast cells, the dried yeast fermentate contains proteins, peptides, antioxidants, minerals, polyphenols, soluble and insoluble fibres, polysaccharides (beta-1,3/1,6-glucans) and mannans (polymers of mannose) in a unique , constant composition. This makes Postbiol-EC from Vitals suitable in various situations as a daily supplement to the diet.