Category Archives: Probiotics

Breastfeeding, Breastfeeding Infants, Infant Microbiota, Probiotics

Probiotic Supplements and The Breastfeeding Infant – Why Not

Posted on by Dawn Whitten
03
Dec

Here are 4 and a bit reasons to pause the probiotic prescription pad. There certainly are a plethora of probiotic products marketed for infants – but should we give these to the exclusively-breastfed infant? Here are 4 and a bit reasons to pause and reconsider prescribing probiotics directly to the exclusively- or predominantly-breastfed infant under 6 months.   Reason […]

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gastrointestinal microbiota, Probiotics, SIBO

Probiotics Cause SIBO and Brain Fog – Really?!

Posted on by Dr Jason Hawrelak
Brain fog
23
Nov

I’ve been meaning to critique this study for some months. With the bulk of my teaching done for the year (and my grading), I’ve finally found some time to have a good look at this study linking probiotic use and brain fog: Rao SSC, Rehman A, Yu S, et al. Brain Fogginess, Gas and Bloating: […]

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