Because 70% of the immune system is in the digestive tract, it’s super important to keep your intestinal flora balanced. Probiotics are a healthy concentrated form of the good bacteria that line your gut. Take them to strengthen your immune system, especially if you’ve recently been on antibiotics.
Some food sources of beneficial bacteria: Continue reading Aviod Flu: Take Probiotics
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In Favor of Life- Probiotics
Did you know if you take a probiotic supplement it decreases your baby’s susceptibility to developing eczema? Continue reading In Favor of Life- Probiotics
Natural Approach to Treating Thrush
The good news is that it will usually go away on its own within a few weeks, but in the meantime you can speed healing by:
- boiling any pacifiers and bottle nipples for 20 minutes after each use to sterilize them
- dab a little acidophilus on the spots in his/her mouth, or
- dissolve 1/8 teaspoon of lactobacillus bifidus in his/her bottle
If you are breastfeeding:
- take probiotics
- supplement with vitamin c
- avoid sugar (very important since yeast lives on sugar)