You be your doctor and prescribe the probiotic!. An analysis of 63 previously published studies evaluated the effects of probiotics (including Lactobacillus, Bifidobacterium, Saccharomyces, Streptococcus, Enterococcus and/or Bacillus) on antibiotic-associated diarrhoea.
People who took probiotics were 42% less likely to develop diarrhoea during antibiotic treatment than people not taking them. What does that mean? From my perspective it means two things:
1. One day doctors will prescribe a probiotic with every script written for antibiotics, in some countries they already do!
2. You take the initiative to write yourself the prescription for the probiotics just while you are waiting for medicine to catch up! Don't rely on the doctor to give you this information as they are bound by certain constraints and ...
We think stress is a negative thing, but the truth is: Stress is actually an incredibly powerful positive force. Stress is a call to action!
Stress awakens our consciousness into taking action. Stress causes us to confront situations and solve problems! It forces us to create accountability and discipline. It increases our overall desire to change and transform.
Stress is a positive opportunity to break out from where we are stuck. It is easy to think that it is our environment that is causing all our stress, But perhaps by seeing stress as 'our response to what is going on', then we are in a better position to make some changes.
Alrighty, what are you waiting for? Go make some changes and ...
After Antibiotic Use on Infants, Disease-Causing Bacteria Are The Dominant Population In The Gut, Even After Eight Weeks Recovery
Eight weeks after antibiotic treatment of infants, the diversity of gastrointestinal flora remained diminished, although the number of individual bacteria was back to normal, according to a paper in the November 2012 issue of the journal Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. Additionally, the potentially disease-causing Proteobacteria were now the dominant population in the treated infants.
"This is the first sequencing-based study to demonstrate the negative effects of short-term antibiotic treatment on the beneficial gut bacteria populations in infants," says coauthor Catherine Stanton of the Teagasc Food Research Centre, Fermoy, Cork, Ireland.
Many studies have shown that treating infants with antibiotics seems to increase their ...
Does Paracetamol Really Reduce Fever?
Paracetamol is one of the most commonly used drugs in the Western world. It is used as an effective pain reliever and is also widely used to reduce fever, especially in infants. So how effective is Paracetamol for reducing fever?
Paracetamol is gaining acceptance as an inferior choice in the management of fever. The results of one study showed that there was no difference when compared to placebo in its ability to bring fever down. Use of Paracetamol or ibuprofen has also been shown as not effective in preventing febrile convulsions. Therefore, there have been some questions raised regarding the efficacy of Paracetamol as an antipyretic agent. Also….
Could Paracetamol cause allergies? An analysis of 205,487 children ...
I was given the most beautiful gift, a natural treat of pure hand made soaps today, which inspired me to check out the website " Blue Earth" Wow!!! The Blue Earth natural skin care products are just beautiful, smell divine and really reasonably priced too!
If you are looking for a present or a quality range of natural skin care products; look no further - they certainly have my seal of approval, I plan on indulging more.
I hope you do too. After all, sometimes our health and wellness is dependent on minimising toxic exposure to chemicals but also caring and nurturing ourselves in what can be a very uncaring and nurturing day!
I dare you to ...
A friend sent me this through today and I thought you might enjoy what I think is an excellent reference for fruit to help reduce oxidative stress - ...
Studies have shown that per 70kg body weight, unstressed rats produce 1.8-4.9g vitamin C per day, compared with stressed rats which produced 15.2g. In a study of healthy men and women, oral supplementation of 2000mg vitamin C for 3 weeks, reduced histamine levels by 40%.10 High dose vitamin C may be effective in reducing total histamine levels.
We also know from studies that stress causes an increase in the need for certain other nutrients, Magnesium and B vitamins. You can't always turn down the stress but you can turn down the symptoms of stress such as anxiety, fatigue, aches and pains, and grumpiness by making sure you have enough of the nutrients your body needs to deal with the ...
In the word of one physician, it’s Wheat. Long ago genetically modified wheat....And it is in everything. Dr. William Davis, author of “Wheat Belly”, says wheat is the “perfect, chronic poison.”
He was on CBS morning news recently talking about this. Even though he ever so keenly side-stepped discussion of the more recent GMO endeavors making the news itself, he does enlighten on some of the issues with wheat.
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-505269_162-57505149/modern-wheat-a-perfect-chronic-poison-doctor-says/
I know that if there are two foods that improve the generally improve my patients health - It is wheat and of course processed sugar.
Wheat ...
Super foods, give bang for your buck!, they are superbly rich in nutrient count, super low in fat count and super healthy if included in your diet. We’ve compiled a list of the ultimate super foods ( just in name of transparency I got this article from the net but thought it was a great read for you!) that are readily available and can make you go that extra mile and live happily & healthily.
Super food # 1:
Oatmeal
Oatmeal is a fighter super food– oatmeal seeds grow in very difficult soil conditions and have a distinct, roasted taste once harvested and cleaned and cooked for morning meals. It contains a generous amount of Manganese and 15-18% Selenium, Phosphorus, Fiber, Magnesium ...
I read this article in I think it was The rainbow network years ago and it was so well written I have kept it as a handout for those who were interested too. Here it is for you...
A NEW DISEASE, A NEW MARKETING OPPORTUNITY
Osteoporosis is big news-and big business-these days. As a disease, it emerged out of obscurity only two decades ago to become a concern for women throughout the industrialised world. Advertising campaigns in the media and fact sheets in doctors' waiting rooms and pharmacies continually warn women of the dangers of disappearing bone mass.
The marketing hype announces that one woman in two over the age of 60 is likely to crumble from an osteoporotic fracture (yet one ...
