Flora Udo's Choice Junior Blend Probiotics

A blend of 8 probiotics for children (age 5-15 years)

Recommended use:

To maintain healthy intestinal and oral flora

Take one capsule per day on a full stomach.

As an intensive treatment

Storage: Flora Udo's Choice Children's Blend Probiotics may be frozen. Refrigeration ensures maximum potency and stability. However, Udo's Choice Children's Blend Probiotics can be left unrefrigerated for short periods of time, making it convenient for travel.

Code

fmd038

Size

60 capsules

Price

£14.99

Some conditions in which probiotics may be useful:

(please read this important notice concerning supplement medical claims)

Intestinal health
Repopulating the gut after use of antibiotics
Strengthen immune system
Yeast overgrowth
Candida - Candida Albicans
Thrush  -   Vaginitis
Urinary Tract Infections
Toxic bowel
Toxic liver
Dysbiosis
Destroy pathogenic bacteria, viruses and fungi
Help balance sex hormones, especially oestrogen
Herpes infection
Food poisoning
Bifidobacteria for infants whose mothers did not breastfeed
Prevent constipation, diarrhoea, flatulence and bloating
Overcome skin problems - acne
Reduce dietary cholesterol
Assist digestion of lactose in milk by producing lactase

Udo's Child Specific Formula:

• Guarantees four billion viable organisms of beneficial bacteria* that are absolutely essential for proper digestion, strong immune function and over-all health . (*at time of manufacture)
• Formulated to include the bifidobacteria B.bifidum and B.breve essential for the healthy development of a child's digestive tract

Further information on Bifidobacterium bifidum:

• Bifido bacterium bifidum (also referred to as B. bifidum) is a natural inhabitant of the human large intestine

• Also found in the lower part of small intestine

• Also found in the human vagina

• Together with other bifidobacteria species, B. bifidum are the predominant organisms in the large intestine of breast-fed infants, accounting for about 99 per cent of the microflora

• In adults and adolescents, bifidobacteria are a major component of the large intestine's microflora

• Levels of bifidobacteria decline with age

• Levels of bifidobacteria decline in various disease states

• Bifido bacteria produce acetic and lactic acids, and small amounts of formic acid, from fermentable carbohydrates

According to Leon Chaitow ND, DO and Natasha Trenev, in their book Probiotics, The revolutionary 'friendly bacteria' way to vital health and well-being, the major beneficial functions of bifidobacteria are:

• the prevention of the colonization of the intestine by invading pathogenic bacteria or yeasts with which they compete for nutrients and attachment sites

• the production of acetic and lactic acids which lower the pH (increase the acidity of the intestine thus making the region undesirable for other possibly harmful bacteria

• assisting in nitrogen retention and weight gain in infants

• the inhibition of bacteria which can alter nitrates in the intestine (derived from food or water) into potentially harmful nitrites

• the production of B vitamins

• assisting in the dietary management of liver conditions

They further state that oral antibiotic therapy, therapeutic irradiation of the abdomen, reduced gastric acidity, impaired intestinal motility, stresses or some other conditions, will all disturb the intestinal microflora and cause bifidobacteria to decline. They state that bifidobacteria in supplements or in bifido milk can help to restore the intestinal microflora.

Further information on Lactobacillus acidophilus:

• lactobacillus acidophilus is a natural inhabitant of the human small and large intestine

• Also found in the human mouth and vagina

• Lactabacillus acidophilus produces lactic acid as a main product from carbohydrates

Leon Chaitow and Natasha Trenev state in their above mentioned book that lactobacillus acidophilus

• enhances and allows digestion of milk sugar (lactose) by producing the enzyme lactase

• generally aids in the digestion of nutrients

• is able by some competitive means, e.g. creation of lactic acid and other inhibitory substances, to suppress undesirable micro-organisms in the intestine

• (some strains) act to help destroy hostile invading bacteria by producing natural antibiotic substances

• (some strains) are able to help reduce the level of cholesterol, thus lessening the dangers of cardiovascular complications

• helps lessen the proliferation of hostile yeasts such as Candida albicans

They further state that "When the intestinal microflora is disturbed (the lactobacilli can be adversely affected) under the influence of oral antibiotic therapy, or stress conditions, the use of supplemental acidophilus, in food or concentrated form, can reverse such negative processes. The regular use of acidophilus bacteria as a supplement or in food is a protective means against an imbalance of the intestinal microflora."

Further information on Lactobacillus bulgaricus:

• a transient yet important bacteria in human ecology

• found in yoghurt and cheese

• produces lactic acid as a main product from carbohydrates

• some strains produce natural antibiotic substances

• when eaten or taken as supplements these bacteria benefit humans by enhancing digestion of milk sugar by producing the enzyme lactase

• because they create lactic acid, the more acid environment they create serves to inhibit the growth of the less desirable micro-organisms

Further information on Streptococcus Thermophillus:

• a transient, i.e. non-resident bacteria of the human intestine

• found in yoghurt and cheese

• produces lactic acid as a main product from fermentable carbohydrates

• some strains produce antibiotic-like substances

• streptococcus thermophillus are the only streptococci which produce lactase

• produce more lactase than lactobacillus bulgaricus

• due to their lactic acid production, they help inhibit other pathogenic bacteria

This information is not intended to replace the advice of a qualified Healthcare Professional.