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DESCRIPTION: Probiotics may help prevent antibiotic-associated diarrhea and appear to speed recovery from acute gastroenteritis.
This is the first of a four-part video series on the current state of probiotic science. Next up is Preventing the Common Cold with Probiotics? ( in which their effect on immune function is explored.
Of course the best way to avoid antibiotic-associated diarrhea is to prevent the need for antibiotics in the first place by avoiding infection. See, for example:
Don’t Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is (
Food Poisoning Bacteria Cross-Contamination (
Meat May Exceed Daily Allowance of Irony (
U.S. Meat Supply Flying at Half Staph (
Unsafe at Any Feed (
Yersinia in Pork
You can also avoid consuming antibiotics in your diet: Lowering Dietary Antibiotic Intake ( and More Antibiotics In White Meat or Dark Meat? (
Another mention of frozen “poopsicles” can be found in my video Relieving Yourself of Excess Estrogen (
The mislabeling of probiotic supplements will come as no surprise to those who’ve been following my work. For example:
Heavy Metals in Protein Powder Supplements (
Dietary Supplement Snake Oil (
Some Dietary Supplements May Be More Than a Waste of Money (
Creatine Brain Fuel Supplementation (
Some Ayurvedic Medicine Worse Than Lead Paint Exposure (
Fish Oil in Troubled Waters (
Probiotics are one of the 1,553 topics I cover ( here on NutritionFacts.org, for example in Boosting Good Bacteria in the Colon Without Probiotics (
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