Probiotics protect the gut when you take an antibiotic

A new meta-analysis of six studies, involving 836 children who were prescribed an antibiotic, discovered that those who were also given a probiotic suffered far less diarrhea than those who just took the antibiotic.

Source: Canadian Medical Association Journal, 2006; 175: 377-83.

Steve - we have said that you must take meta-analyses with a grain of salt. However, we have seen almost every one of these six studies. We have been recommending probiotics, including acidophilus, bifidus, and saccromyces boulardii to every client that goes on an antibiotic for many years.