Hi Marshall,
Great report! Thanks.
I am a firm believer in probiotics and have appreciated their assistance in
my own health recovery. The best probiotics I believe I have ever used were
the ones in the homemade kefir I which used to prepare daily. The kefir
seemed to provide more benefit than the expensive alternatives.
You might want to check the date of your source. Could it have been August
2008?
Someone on this list offered, not long ago, a link for an immune enhancing
probiotic product developed by Russian scientists called Del Immune-V. I
wonder if anyone here has tried this product yet?
Blessings,
Peter
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From: "Marshall Dudley" <mdud...@king-cart.com>
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Sent: Tuesday, July 28, 2009 4:11 PM
Subject: CS>Bacteria a day to keep colds away
*Bacteria a Day Could Keep Kids' Colds Away*
Bacteria that are present in the body naturally and sometimes are added to
food or dietary supplements might help ward off children's colds,
researchers say.
A study done in China found that small children who drank a mixture of
such bacteria — known as probiotics — in milk twice a day during the
winter and spring had fewer colds, needed fewer antibiotics, and missed
fewer days of school than children who drank plain milk.
Researchers have shown in some studies that probiotics can benefit those
who are already ill with various conditions, and the bacteria are thought
to boost the immune system's response to invaders. Whether they were
effective at preventing sickness, however, was unclear.
The study in China involved 326 children, ages 3 to 5, who were assigned
randomly to three groups: one given milk with a bacterium called
Lactobacillus acidophilus mixed in, another that received the same
organism along with a strain of another bacterium, Bifidobacterium
animalis, and a third that received just milk with placebo.
In the journal Pediatrics, the researchers report that the Lactobacillus
group had 53 percent fewer fevers, 41 percent fewer cough episodes, and 28
percent fewer runny noses than the placebo group.
The Lactobacillus/Bifidobacterium group had even larger reductions in
symptom rates: 72 percent fewer fevers, 62 percent fewer coughs, and 59
percent fewer runny noses.
Furthermore, when children in the test groups did get fevers, coughs or
runny noses, they recovered significantly faster. Compared with the
placebo group, the length of illness was decreased by 32 percent with
Lactobacillus and by 48 percent with Lactobacillus/Bifidobacterium.
The investigators also noted that antibiotic use was 68 percent lower in
the Lactobacillus group and 84 percent lower in the
Lactobacillus/Bifidobacterium group, compared to the placebo group.
Finally, they said, children who received the probiotics were absent from
day care 28 to 32 percent less often than children in the placebo group.
SOURCE: Pediatrics, August 2009.
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