How are supplements like gummy vitamins and probiotics made and how do they work?
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Probiotics are basically things that help bacteria grow. Your intestines have a lot of bacteria that lives in harmony with your body. They make things that your body needs and they keep bad bacteria that try to hurt your body out. Probiotics help them grow. Vitamins are chemicals that act as “catalysts” for necessary chemical reactions that happen inside your body– i.e. you need them for your body to function normally. For example, vitamin K is an important catalyst for a reaction that makes the proteins that allow your blood to clot. Vitamin K is also made by the bacteria in your gut (why they are so important).
Vitamins and probiotics are created by extracting these chemicals out of other compounds, purifying them, and condensing them. The science behind it is complicated, but it’s basically things you learn to do in an organic chemistry lab– just on a much bigger scale.
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