 I have been taking the probiotic Renew Life Ultimate Flora myself for a while. I don't know whether or not it will ward off a stomach bug. However, I have no complaints about it. It does not cause me to have a stomachache or gas pains or anything.
I will update this page after I have read some more papers. In the meantime, I will post other people's comments about probiotics. So, if you love them or hate them, please let me know. phd.annie at gmail.com.
Please remember that I am not a medical doctor and nothing I say is intended to be medical advice.
--Annie Pryor, Ph.D.
VIEWER COMMENTS
Tummy Tune Up did not work for my daughter.
My 2 younger children started vomiting from a stomach bug on the same day. I started giving my older daughter Tummy Tune Up that day in hopes of helping her escape the illness. I gave her Tummy Tune Up 5 times each day for 2 days. Then, later on that second day, she got sick. She was actually the sickest and couldn't stop vomiting. Luckily, her doctor called in a promethazine suppository to stop the vomiting. --Jennifer
Hi Annie,
We take different kinds of probiotics, for daily use we take a high potency but less expensive kind for the kids I get one I can easily mix in juice, and I take a multi strain one. But when stomach problems arise I PUMP the kids full of a kinda called Tummy Tuneup...they claim to stop the stomach flu right in it's tracks.. It is on the more expensive side but if it is a peace of mind for me then I am completely ok with it! I get it from www.morethanalive.com. I also give my kids a multi vitamin from there called Superkids it has aloe in it which is supposed to have a stomuch virus fighting property. Supposedly aloe vera helps keep the intestines (slippery) so the virus can not "hang on" and from everything I have read a stomach virus is really in the intestines. My mother in law also told me a old rememdy that she swears by she said someone told her of it when she had a bad bad bad stomach virus and it worked immediately...club soda and 4 splashes of bitters (the kind bartenders use). She said it is a miracle and always drinks it at any sign of nausea! Hope some of my secrets can help someone!
Ciara
Hi Annie,
I took my 1.5 year old son Jack to the doctor when he was sick recently with terrible diarrhea. We saw someone other than our regular doctor and she had me go to a special health food store and get a probiotic called Ultimate Flora. It has 10 different probiotics in it instead of 1 that Culturelle has. I had been giving him Culturelle because it's what my regular doctor told me to do on several different occasions when he had diarrhea and I never thought it helped at all. The Ultimate Flora worked in a day!! He was finally back to normal!
Liz
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