Ever heard of #FBF? Flashback Friday? It is the #TBT for slackers and this #FBF I am flashing back to one of your favorite giveaways... PROBIOTICS! Love this brand and am still using it. Lots of good info on my last post so I attached it again.
Good luck!
I was given a month supply of Microbiome Plus+ Gastrointestinal probiotic to review. I have taken many probiotics over the years as they have so many health benefits (which I will review later). I like to think of them as fish oil for the gut (vs the brain). With this many benefits why wouldn't you take them?
Now,
I am not a big pill popper and don't like to take a supplement without a
hefty amount of research backing up the benefits, but clinical
studies have established that probiotic therapy can help treat several
gastrointestinal ills, delay the development of allergies in children,
and treat and prevent vaginal and urinary infections in women. Speaking
of the vagina, did you know you can indeed administer probiotics
straight to the area of need, if indeed this is your area of need. Not
sure about rectal administration, but sure beats a fecal transplant any
day (sorry I am slightly obsessed with odd medical procedures)
I
noticed that the Microbiome package states that they
shouldn't be given to those under the age of twelve without consulting a
doctor, but if that is what you need I say call up that doc. After all,
there are so many things that probiotics have been proven to do for
children and no research that I could find seem to show any negative
effect on children. In fact, the L. Reuteri bacteria is found to pass
through breastmilk without even the smallest negative impact on infants,
while decreasing the incidence of infant specific ailments including
necrotizing enterocolitis.
One
important thing to do when taking probiotics is to make sure that the
strain you are taking has proven effects on your particular ailment. The
probiotic contained in Microbiome Plus+ is L. Reuteri. L. Reuteri is
found to have many health benefits, including but not limited to
decreasing the symptoms of colic in infants, preventing tooth decay and
decreasing the occurence of gingivitis in adults, preventing ulcers, and
treating rotavirus. Children and adults who take L. Reuteri display
higher immunity and decreased sickness.
But
Microbiome Plus+ is not only probiotics. With Microbiome Plus+ you take
two pills twice per day. One is the probiotic, but the other is a
prebiotic. I never fully understood this, but after doing a bit of
research my understanding is that Prebiotics are food for probiotics.
That
is, with the administration of prebiotics, the probiotics are more able
to do their work. Again, I can't see a reason not to do this.
So, unless you are supping on sauerkraut and yogurt nightly, I suggest you give these a try.
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| Take on of each pill (two total) twice per day |