Probiotics for Irritable Bowel Syndrome In this article, we will review evidence for the use of probiotics in the treatment of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) in adults. However, this does not replace the advice of your physician, whom you should always consult with for specific treatment recommendations. The World Health Organization defines probiotics as “live [...]
Probiotics, Prebiotics, and the Microbiome Did you know that all multicellular organisms, including every animal and plant, are covered in a vast array of microorganisms? Microorganisms, also known as microbes, are extremely small (microscopic), living organisms, such as bacteria, viruses, yeast, parasites, and more. They live on our skin, in our body [...]
Probiotics for Inflammatory Bowel Disease Sulfa Drugs? NSAIDS? Who needs ‘em? I’ve got yoghurt for my IBD! For those of you amused by the absurdity of such a notion, there may be more to this statement than you might think. With the rapidly growing threat of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, medical researchers have been directing their attention [...]
Probiotics May Provide Relief for Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) Symptoms Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) is the most common gastrointestinal condition in the world, yet it remains one of the most difficult for patients to find relief from. The chronic and often debilitating symptoms of IBS include abdominal pain, bloating, constipation, and/or diarrhea. Treating IBS can [...]
Probiotics for Targeting Specific Illness A new article in the Toronto Star by Dr. Elena M. Comelli (read it here) discusses the importance of using specific strains of probiotics to target specific diseases and conditions. She recommends that everyone consume a yogurt containing probiotics every day to maintain good health, but notes that if you [...]
Colic Helped by Probiotics Colic is quite common among babies, affecting approximately 3-28% of newborns. Colic is defined by excessive crying for no apparent reason, for at least three hours a day, on a minimum of three days per week, over a period of three or more weeks. Recent studies show that certain bad bacteria, [...]
Product Review Florastor® The use of probiotics for acute and chronic digestive diseases has been gaining popularity in the North American medical community for the past 5 years. From the Greek “for life”, “probiotics” are live bacteria or yeast cells that aid the damaged, dysfunctional, or inflamed bowel in digestion and absorption. Russian scientist Ilia [...]
Seniors and Bacteria Bacteria are everywhere. An estimated five nonillion (5×1030) bacteria exist on Earth, a collective biomass that is greater than all plants and animals combined. The intestinal tract alone is home to 100,000,000,000,000(1014) bacteria, which is more than ten times the number of the body’s own cells.1 The diverse ecosystem in the average [...]
Click here to download a PDF of this information. Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) If you suffer from the following ongoing symptoms, you might have IBS: Abdominal Pain Bloating Constipation Diarrhea IBS is a chronic, often debilitating, functional gastrointestinal (GI) disorder with symptoms that include abdominal pain, bloating, and altered bowel behaviours, such as constipation and/or [...]
Necrotizing Enterocolitis Why More Than 40 Canadian Hospitals Are Using Probiotics for Intestinal Disease in Infants New parents of preterm infants typically experience a wave of emotions and are often fearful that their newborn may develop an unpredictable health condition. A common disease primarily diagnosed in premature babies is necrotizing [...]
Nutrition and COVID-19 Nutrition is important at the best of times and essential at the worst of times. There are evidence-based nutrition and lifestyle strategies that already exist to promote a healthy immune system, but not when it comes specifically to preventing and alleviating symptoms of COVID-19. This article will summarize the research that has [...]
Product Review koena™ Probiotic Pronounced koh-eh-na, which means ‘balance’ in Hawaiian, this multi-strain probiotic is designed to support gastrointestinal health in adults and adolescents 14 years of age and older. It consists of 15 different probiotic strains and has 300 billion colony-forming units (CFU) per sachet. It is a unique probiotic supplement with its combination [...]
Gut Bacteria’s Far-Reaching Effects Manipulating body fat, mood, and IBS by mixing up your gut bacteria Non-human cells in and on our bodies outnumber our human cells ten to one. Each person has a unique microbiome, a particular combination and quantity of bacteria, fungi, viruses, and other microorganisms. Each of our gastrointestinal (GI) tracts hosts [...]
Advances in Diverticular Disease and Diet New evidence is shedding light on the ways diet influences diverticular disease and is reinforcing some of the Gastrointestinal Society’s long-held positions, such as how nuts and seeds are safe to eat. This article will focus on the latest research and how that influences recommendations on what you can [...]
Probiotic Treatment for Kids with UC Ulcerative colitis (UC) is a chronic inflammatory bowel disease characterized by fine ulcerations on the inner mucosal lining of the colon. The most common symptoms are diarrhea and rectal bleeding. Although there is no cure for UC, there are a number of treatments available, the most common of which [...]
Caring for Your Gut While Travelling Abroad There are several infectious illnesses a traveller could experience, especially while visiting developing regions where health and sanitation conditions are different from North American standards. This article will focus on three conditions that affect the digestive system: travellers’ diarrhea, hepatitis A, and hepatitis B. Travellers’ Diarrhea Travellers’ diarrhea [...]
Rethinking Diverticulitis Treatment and Prevention Current treatment guidelines for diverticulitis, a complication of diverticular disease, usually include antibiotics. An article published recently in Drug, Healthcare and Patient Safety examines the evidence for this treatment and explores other potential options.1 Diverticular Disease Diverticular disease and diverticulosis are interchangeable terms meaning the presence of diverticula, small sac-like [...]
Link Between Changing Gut Flora and Obesity Marc Bomhof would like to amend the old saying, You Are What You Eat, to be more accurate. Perhaps something like: You Are What You and Your Gut Microbiota Eat. “It’s estimated that there’s about 100 trillion bacteria living in our digestive tract,” explains Bomhof. “We have about [...]
Help for Overweight Children The balance between different species of bacteria in the gut can affect human health in many ways that we are only beginning to discover. Most of us know that introducing certain harmful bacteria can cause illness, such as gastroenteritis, but subtler changes in bacterial balance can affect seemingly unrelated aspects of [...]
The Brain-Gut-Microbiome Axis How researchers now have more than just a ‘gut feeling’ Biology is like a ball of string; as researchers unravel one aspect of the vast bundle that constitutes their field of work, they reach another tangle. To cope with this complexity – and as scientific understanding advances – scientists and physicians have [...]
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