Garden of Life Primal Defense

Garden of Life is a top notch company in the health food store, where quality and efficacy are of upmost importance.  Primal Defense contains a unique whole food blend with Homeostatic Soil Organisms (HSOs). The HSOs in Primal Defense are important probiotics you would get in abundance if your food came from soil untouched by pesticides, herbicides and other widely used chemicals. To replenish the valuable probiotics our pasteurized, irradiated and disinfected food no longer provides, Primal Defense includes 12 species of hardy beneficial microorganisms in the form of the HSO Probiotic Blend.  The only ingredient we are not thrilled with (in any supplement) is magnesium stearate, which is in over 95% of supplements on the market. It is a harmful ingredient used to lubricate the machinery that makes the pills, resulting in a combination of hydrogenated oils. Nonetheless probiotics are an important part of digestive and immune wellness.