In November, 2014 San Dimas Community Hospital started serving probiotics to their patients due to the numerous health Certain diseases and infections occur when the balance of gut-friendly bacteria in the intestines is disturbed or the intestine order to support the immune system, beneficial microorganisms called probiotics have been used widely in various word ‘probiotics’ is derived from “pro” and “biota” which means live micro-organisms that have multiple health reinforcing the barrier between the intestinal/ beneficial bacteria help to decrease the passage of harmful bacteria or bloodstream which have been suggested to help protect the intestinal lining, and decrease infections as well as possible allergic reactions to food contracting infections or diseases due to having a Nutrition Services Department at San Dimas Community Hospital is contributing to help improve the immune systems of patients by providing and a high protein frozen contains five different strands of live active cultures, is soy and glutenfree, and has 20 grams and live active cultures source suitable for optimal “I am so happy that we are able to help prevent our patients from getting with probiotics,” says Maryanna Stratte, Direc- at San Dimas Community many positive outcomes surrounding our patients health since we started us- of probiotics have been widely studied by clinical trials and are generally found to be safe, except in severe immunocompro- can also be found in food sources such as yogurt, -