Beyond. Health and Wellness Magazine August 2016 | Page 13

Probiotic Benefits for Children
• There is evidence to suggest probiotics are
safe and effective in treating persistent
diarrhea in children.
• Saccharomyces boulardii has therapeutic
properties in the treatment of acute
diarrhea in children.
• Lactic acid bacteria as probiotics reduce
the risk for infantile eczema.
• Probiotic and prebiotic supplementation
improves the symptoms of children with
atopic dermatitis.
• Probiotics and prebiotics significantly
prevent eczema and atopic eczema in
infants.
• Supplementation of mothers and their
babies with the probiotic Lactobacillus

reuteri reduces IgE-associated eczema and
may reduce respiratory allergic disease
later in life.
• A probiotic mixture has positive effects on
symptoms of constipation in children.
• Bifidobacterium infantis and Lactobacillus
acidophilus reduces the incidence and
severity of necrotizing enterocolitis in very
low birth weight infants.
• Lactobacillus reuteri and Bifidobacterium
lactis supplementation of children fed
formula reduces adverse events, e.g.
antibiotic use, diarrhea, etc.
• Long term use of probiotics and synbiotics
reduce the incidence and severity of
respiratory diseases during the cold season.

Teach your children, that
“EVERY TIME YOU EAT IS
AN OPPORTUNITY TO
NOURISH YOUR BODY”.
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