Probiotics and Allergy

 For Years, those of us in  Natural health, have been preaching the importance of supplementing with enzymes and probiotics for good colon health - here is a recent scientific report that seems very interesting-

Probiotics for Allergies?

Live probiotic, “Lactobacillus reuteri, taken orally may help alleviate allergic asthmatic response say

Researchers from McMaster University and St Josephs Healthcare ( Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2007).

The study investigated the allergen response in mice after taking two probiotic orally, L. reuteri and L.Salivarius.

The body’s immune responses were” improved” in the respiratory airway and lungs, as L.reutueri (but not L.salvarius) ” probiotic affected inflammation.”

From Natural Products March 2007 page 16

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