Reduce Your Children"s Flu Symptoms by 50 Percent
While Swine Flu has been in the headlines so much lately with terrible stories of children with no underlying health issues dying from the illness, thank goodness most children who get flu do recover after a few days.
However, the symptoms during that time for all types of flu can be severe.
High temperature, sore throat, runny nose, coughing.
These symptoms can in turn lead to other complications such as tonsillitis, chest and ear infections, which then require antibiotics to clear up.
I have 2 young children so I speak from experience when I say there is little more heart breaking than watching your usually energetic child lie listlessly in bed, or struggle desperately to get to sleep at night as they continue coughing into the early hours.
So it's very good news to hear that a study by Danisco has shown that taking a probiotic supplement can reduce the symptoms of flu by up to 50% and also reduce the chance of the need for antibiotics.
The study used the strain L.
Acidophilus in one group involved in the study.
In this group the incidence of fever fell by 53%, coughing fell by 41% and the incidence of runny noses fell by 28%.
There was also a significant reduction in the number of children needing antibiotics.
These are not just small improvements, but dramatically impressive results.
And perhaps parents should ignore them to their cost.
However, this is just another study supporting the immune enhancing qualities of Probiotics.
Many people advocate the value of probiotics at particular times - like after taking antibiotics or after a sickness bug.
But this type of study suggests that perhaps we should make probiotics part of our regular diet, particularly during the winter months when there are naturally more viruses, and particularly flu viruses around.
Many people are suspicious of new advances in nutrition that allow us to discover nutrients such as probiotics and the benefits they can bring, but personally I welcome it, celebrate it and wholeheartedly embrace it.
We seem to be continually hit with new types of viruses that seem to have the potential to beat us, so if we don't keep up, won't we suffer the possibility that they will? I will be giving my children an Acidophilus probiotic this winter and as it tastes like strawberry milkshake, I will tell them it's a treat.
So that's two benefits in one.
However, the symptoms during that time for all types of flu can be severe.
High temperature, sore throat, runny nose, coughing.
These symptoms can in turn lead to other complications such as tonsillitis, chest and ear infections, which then require antibiotics to clear up.
I have 2 young children so I speak from experience when I say there is little more heart breaking than watching your usually energetic child lie listlessly in bed, or struggle desperately to get to sleep at night as they continue coughing into the early hours.
So it's very good news to hear that a study by Danisco has shown that taking a probiotic supplement can reduce the symptoms of flu by up to 50% and also reduce the chance of the need for antibiotics.
The study used the strain L.
Acidophilus in one group involved in the study.
In this group the incidence of fever fell by 53%, coughing fell by 41% and the incidence of runny noses fell by 28%.
There was also a significant reduction in the number of children needing antibiotics.
These are not just small improvements, but dramatically impressive results.
And perhaps parents should ignore them to their cost.
However, this is just another study supporting the immune enhancing qualities of Probiotics.
Many people advocate the value of probiotics at particular times - like after taking antibiotics or after a sickness bug.
But this type of study suggests that perhaps we should make probiotics part of our regular diet, particularly during the winter months when there are naturally more viruses, and particularly flu viruses around.
Many people are suspicious of new advances in nutrition that allow us to discover nutrients such as probiotics and the benefits they can bring, but personally I welcome it, celebrate it and wholeheartedly embrace it.
We seem to be continually hit with new types of viruses that seem to have the potential to beat us, so if we don't keep up, won't we suffer the possibility that they will? I will be giving my children an Acidophilus probiotic this winter and as it tastes like strawberry milkshake, I will tell them it's a treat.
So that's two benefits in one.
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