PROBIOTIC HELPS IMPROVE COLIC SYMPTOMS

There is a growing interest in a "healthy gut." It seems every other week the grocery store has a new product that has added a probiotic into it's food. Now there is more positive evidence for our babies to take a probiotic as well.

"Researchers from the University of Turin randomly gave 83 infants either a daily dose of probiotic Lactobacillus reuteri 30 minutes after feeding, or simethicone, a pharmaceutical control. After 7 days, the scientists reported that the average crying times of the probiotic infants were down 21 percent, from 197 minutes a day to 159 minutes a day, according to the mothers, while the crying times of the control group were only reduced by 10 percent; from 197 minutes per day to 177. After 28 days, the crying times had dropped 75 percent (51 minutes per day) for the probiotic group and 26 percent (145 minutes per day) for the control group." http://www.NaturalNews.com/021421.html

There has also been previous research that colic may have links to an unstable stomach, which would tie into this study. Although, to date all colic studies have not come up with a conclusion as to why a baby has colic nor do we know conclusively how to treat it. It wouldn't hurt to try a wheat and dairy free diet with a small amount of a probiotic and see if there were any changes.