Yogurt treats diarrhea
Conventional wisdom says that there is no effective treatment for most infectious diarrhea: some medicines may relieve symptoms, but they don’t help the child to get over the infection faster. Not so! Yogurt treats diarrhea if it's the right kind, that has 'active cultures' or 'lactobacillus', a good bacteria that the digestive system uses to abosorb food. (poor absorption is what causes diarrhea).The April 2002 issue of Pediatrics contains a meta-analysis of eleven separate, well-designed scientific studies of treating diarrhea with Lactobacillus (the beneficial bacteria found in yogurt). The pooled results are impressive. Eating Lactobacillus- containing food such as yogurt, or taking Lactobacillus supplements (10 billion colony forming units over 48 hours), does treat diarrhea and is safe. Yogurt also helps if your baby is on antibiotics which may cause loose stools.
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