Why We Started Prenutra: The Full Story
The year was 2006, and my father lost his ability to walk. He had his knee replaced, and to reduce the risk of surgical infection, he was prescribed the antibiotic Ciprofloxacin. A few weeks later, during his rehab, he ruptured his Achilles tendon. That, along with Parkinson’s, and he wasn’t able to walk for the rest of his life.
Fast-forward a few years and I met my wife, Mayra. Her family is originally from Ecuador, and we would fly down to visit a few times a year. But every visit would result in a serious case of Traveler’s Sickness. Despite her family’s home being in a gated community rivaling those in California, and me taking all the proper safety precautions, Montezuma would get his revenge.
I went to my doctor and he prescribed Ciprofloxacin to fight it. And that’s when alarm bells went off. I researched the drug and found this FDA warning. My family and I put two and two together and realized that Cipro might have contributed to my dad’s permanent disability.
This realization did two things: It opened my eyes to the dark side of antibiotics, and it forced me to seek an alternative.
I began searching on PubMed to find something that might work without the serious side-effects. And I found a study that concluded a prebiotic, called galactooligosaccharide (GOS), could help prevent Traveler’s Sickness. I got a sample of GOS and followed the same regimen that they prescribed the test subjects, and traveled back to Ecuador.
It was amazing. Montezuma didn’t touch me.
I traveled back down again a few months later and again, I didn’t get sick.
My wife and I started taking it daily and traveled all over the world. We ate street food in Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Indonesia, and even Tijuana Mexico, and we never got sick.
Ironically, we didn’t take it when visiting family in Ireland. On our final day there, we got so sick with the stomach flu, we missed our flight home.
From then on, I decided to take GOS daily. Mayra, on the other hand, didn’t. She came down with a serious bout of H3N2 Swine Flu during the winter of 2017. Despite caring for her, and not doing anything to protect myself, I never got sick.
Through researching additional studies, I found that GOS could be the most effective supplement at strengthening our immune system overall.
That’s when we knew we had to start Prenutra and improve on the GOS that was already available. Our proprietary Multi-ProBio Rx™ GOS, the ingredient in our Daily Tummy Defense™, is more concentrated, much better tasting, comes in a fully dissolvable syrup, and is cookable up to 200°F.
We also started Prenutra as a vehicle to raise funds for charity. Through our travels, we witnessed abject poverty and realized we needed to find a way to give back. That’s why we set up Prenutra as a California Social Purpose Corporation, with our social purpose written into our charter.
I’m happy to report that I’ve now been taking Daily Tummy Defense™ every day for almost four years, and I have not once gotten sick.*
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