The Best Bugs
- Lady Bugs promotes optimal vaginal health with a combination of research-backed probiotics and prebiotics.
- A mix of friendly bacteria naturally takes up residence in the vagina and urinary tract, just like in your digestive system.
- If this mixture of microbes is off-balance, it can contribute to issues like bacterial vaginosis, yeast infections, and UTIs. When the microbiome is balanced, it helps the vagina maintain an already healthy pH and resist colonization by other (not-so-friendly) bugs.
Plus Prebiotics
- We want to make sure that you get the strongest, healthiest bacteria from our probiotics. That’s why Lady Bugs includes prebiotics, a special type of soluble fiber that good bacteria thrive on.
- Though your body can’t digest these prebiotics, the bacteria in your digestive tract luckily can. When probiotics and prebiotics come together, they create beneficial compounds like short-chained fatty acids that support healthy glucose and lipid metabolism and a well-functioning digestive system.
- Our prebiotic of choice is inulin from organic Jerusalem artichoke because it’s one of lactobacillus bacteria’s favorite foods!
Science-backed Benefits
- We include some of the most widely-studied probiotics for vaginal health in Lady Bugs. L. crispatus, for example, may help protect the epithelial (skin-type) cells of the vaginal wall from stress and support the healing of damaged epithelial cells.
- Healthy epithelial cells are an important line of defense against disease-causing pathogens. For this reason, we also include L. acidophilus and L. plantarum, well-known probiotics that may increase the presence of anti-inflammatory signaling molecules and decrease the presence of pro-inflammatory signaling molecules.
- If you’ve ever had a UTI or bacterial vaginosis, you might have been prescribed an antibiotic. L. rhamnosus makes its way into Lady Bugs because of its potential to support digestive health and regularity after taking antibiotics.
Acid-resistant Probiotics
- To get the best benefits from your probiotics, you want bacteria that can survive the acidic stomach and make their way through the digestive tract.
- That’s why we use probiotic strains like L. reuteri, L. acidophilus, and L. plantarum, which have been studied for their potential to survive a wide range of acidity levels.
For All Stages of Life
- Optimizing your vaginal health is important through all stages of your fertility journey. During pregnancy, the vaginal microbiome changes composition, and many experience an increase in yeast infections.
- Research suggests that a balanced mix of healthy bacteria is important throughout pregnancy and that an unbalanced vaginal microbiome may relate to adverse pregnancy outcomes like preterm labor.
- The benefits of a balanced microbiome continues during breastfeeding, and, in 2015, the World Allergy Organization recommended the use of probiotics throughout pregnancy and breastfeeding.
- Some researchers argue that the health of the vaginal microbiome is even more important after menopause because the microbiome may affect symptoms like vaginal dryness and urge incontinence.
- Lady Bugs is here to support a balanced and healthy vaginal microbiome throughout adulthood.
