Both “too much hygiene” (in the form of antibacterial soaps, hand washes, etc.) and antibiotics eliminate common bacteria, doing away with some of the good bacteria needed for that immune system balance. Smart use of probiotics in personal health, household cleaners and even in your lawn and garden can help reintroduce that good bacteria to your life.

In a nutshell, probiotics (me and my little microbe buddies) are live microorganisms which, when administered in adequate amount and under appropriate circumstances, confer a health benefit on the host. These benefits might include boosting the immune system and aiding your digestive tract.

Most of our customers drink their Essential, Xtra Immunity or Herbal Probiotics with water, juice or other healthy beverage or food.  That’s why we here at Innovative Probiotics are always on the lookout for good recipes for our probiotics.

Here's a terrific one for a mango-berry green smoothie with probiotics! Have your own favorite green smoothie recipe? Be sure to share it in the comments section!

Whether this is your first visit to InnovativeProbiotics.com or your 15^th, we’d like to welcome you to our own little corner of the internet. Here at Innovative Probiotics – and at our parent company, OCCU-TEC, we have a strong belief in the power of probiotics and a passion for natural health, wellness and sustainable living. We suspect you do too.

OCCU-TEC will be the exclusive preferred online retailer for SCD Probiotics line of consumer goods.  OCCU-TEC will market the items under the brand InnovativeProBiotics.com.

Compost has the ability to help regenerate poor soils. The composting process encourages the production of beneficial micro-organisms (mainly bacteria and fungi) which in turn break down organic matter to create humus.  Humus--a rich nutrient-filled material--increases the nutrient content in soils and helps soils retain moisture. Compost has also been shown to suppress plant diseases and pests, reduce or eliminate the need for chemical fertilizers, and promote higher yields of agricultural crops.

By the time you read this you may have already had breakfast or lunch. Within your body there are approximately 400 species of 'friendly' bacteria, referred to as 'Probiotics' that are helping you digest your meal, warding off harmful microbes, and processing folic acid and other critical nutrients.

Although most people consider these Probiotic bacteria as only applying to human and animal digestion, now through a partnership with Kansas City, Missouri, based SCD Probiotics (SCD) OCCU-TEC is on the cutting edge of leveraging this naturally occurring process to technological applications in a wide variety of industries including livestock production, wastewater management, home and garden, human health, companion animal, environmental and agricultural.