| There are many children with special needs that | | | | Nutritionals, Therbiotic Complete comes from |
| can benefit from a probiotic supplement and I | | | | Klaire Labs and Multi-Flor Spectrum can be found |
| want to talk briefly about the different types of | | | | at Kirkman. |
| probiotics that are available. In general, probiotics | | | | There are also treatment specific probiotics which |
| are considered to be life promoting organisms | | | | we will cover next. Treatment specific means |
| that can help with much needed mineral and | | | | that they target a certain issue or can help with a |
| vitamin utilization, along with being able to provide | | | | specific purpose. Culturelle is a good example of |
| much needed food for the digestive tract. | | | | one treatment specific probiotic. Culturelle is a |
| Probiotic formulas can also aid in the fight against | | | | probiotic that is comprised of a specific strain of |
| undesirable pathogens such as yeast and bacteria. | | | | acidophilus called acidophilus GG. This strain of |
| Probiotics can also serve to help stimulate the | | | | probiotic can attack a certain bacteria known as |
| critical immune function in the digestive tract. So | | | | clostridia bacteria. Acidophilus GG will target these |
| for that specific purpose of general aid to the | | | | forms of clostridia bacteria, and there are many |
| digestive system, you could use a multi-flora | | | | different forms out there. When I see elevated |
| probiotic formula. A multi-flora probiotic formula | | | | markers for clostridia bacteria in stool tests or |
| consists of various different forms of acidophilus | | | | organic acid tests in children with special needs, I |
| or bifidobacter bacteria, those combinations make | | | | will usually suggest starting with Culturelle as a |
| up a multi-flora strain and serve as sort of a | | | | probiotic for a long term therapy to aid in |
| multi-vitamin for the digestive tract. There are | | | | controlling clostridia bacteria. It can be very |
| many examples of multi-flora probiotics, Probiotic | | | | effective at fighting that particular form of |
| Support formula is one example, Therbiotic | | | | bacteria in the gut. In part 2 of this series I will |
| Complete is another example and Multi-Flor | | | | explore other probiotic options that can be |
| Spectrum is another example. You can find | | | | targeted for different situations. |
| Probiotic Support Formula at New Beginnings | | | | |