Probiotic Benefits for Mother+Child & Histamine Intolerance

Probiotic supplements help gut health and more.

The benefits of probiotics for irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), for babies and pregnant mothers, and for histamine intolerance and allergies have been shown in high quality research. Learn what the research says, and how to best use probiotics supplements. 

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Probiotics for IBS

• Meta-analyses are the pinnacle of science. They look at the results of multiple clinical trials together.
• Meta-analyses have found probiotics to be beneficial for IBS symptoms such as [1] [2]:
  • Gas
  • Bloating
  • Constipation
  • Diarrhea
  • Altered bowel function
  • Abdominal pain
• Choose high-quality probiotic products
  • Some don’t respond well to probiotics due to fillers, excipients, or prebiotics

Sponsored Resources

Hi everyone. I want to thank Doctor’s Data who helped to make this podcast possible and who I’m very excited to say has now released a profile called the GI 360 which is finally a validated microbiota mapping measure.

If you remember back, I’ve discussed numerous times the only lab that is really validating a mapping of the microbiota to have clinical significance is the GA map out of Norway. Well, turns out that Doctor’s Data is not only using the same methodology but also in collaboration with this group in Norway using their parameters to adjust what we call normal, abnormal or dysbiotic and normal. So great news, we finally have a validated measure.

Now this test also offers, in addition to the microbiota dysbiosis index, a PCR assessment for bacteria, virus and pathogens, a comprehensive microscopy for a parasite, a MALDI-TOF bacteria and yeast culture. And as you would imagine, because of the rigorous validation they’ve gone through, they also have approval from the CE, which is equivalent to the European FDA.
So great test, please check them out. Doctor’s Data is offering 50% off a practitioner’s first GI 360 test kit. Go to doctorsdata.com/Ruscio to claim your first kit, limit one per provider. The offer ends October 31st, 2020.

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Probiotics for Mothers and Babies

• Babies given probiotics had [3]:
  • Less colic and irritability
  • Less diarrhea
  • Fewer spitting episodes
  • Fewer respiratory infections
• Pregnant mothers given probiotics had [4]:
  • fewer incidences of pre-eclampsia, gestational diabetes, and hypertension
  • less weight gain
  • fewer vaginal bacterial infections

Probiotics and Histamine Intolerance

• Probiotics are a net-antihistamine.
• You don’t need special “low histamine” probiotics if you have SIBO or histamine intolerance.
• Research shows probiotics reduce histamine-mediated problems such as seasonal allergies, allergic rhinitis, and conjunctivitis sinusitis. [5]
• Histamine intolerance is likely caused by leaky gut, and probiotics help repair this root cause.