What is micronutrition ?

Micronutrition studies the impact of micronutrients (vitamins, minerals, trace elements, essential fatty acids etc) on health, assesses any deficiencies and looks for ways of optimising an individual’s micronutritional status. 

It demonstrates its effectiveness :

• in treating functional disorders, which represent 80% of the reasons people a consult a doctor
• in prevention, by helping to permanently regulate the body’s major functions
• alongside treatments for certain pathologies in order to improve quality of life.

Who do you go to ?

Healthcare professionals trained in micronutrition are able to offer advice about diet and if needs be recommend supplements that match the person’s state of health. 

What are the three major areas of action in micronutrition ? 

• Balancing the intestinal ecosystem and improving digestive health with probiotics and prebiotics
• Protecting the body from outside attacks and the effects of aging with cell protectors
• Compensating for lifestyle related deficiencies and dysfunctions in the body using nutritional supplements

Did you know ?

PiLeJe is the pioneering company in probiotic research

In 2007, the benefits of Lactibiane Reference, the first product launched in 1991 by PiLeJe, were proved to the very highest scientific standards. For the first time in France the clinical trial*, co-ordinated by Pr Philippe Marteau, demonstrated the effectiveness of a probiotic mix in the treatment of Irritable Bowel Syndrome : a reduction of -42% in abdominal pain. This trial officially confirmed many doctors’ medical observations over a long period of time. The Lactibiane range has expanded and benefits in concrete terms from the many areas of probiotics research that are developing world wide. 
 
* This study was published in the journal “Gastroentérologie Clinique et Biologique” (February 2008)