Constipation

Do you or your kids suffer from constipation?

Few things in life are more comforting than a cookie and a glass of milk. I'll bet your little ones are especially fond of their "pink milk" and chocolate-flavored milk. As are some adults.

Milk Consumption and Kids

Most of us would have grown up drinking two glasses of milk a day or more because of its calcium and protein content.

One of the less mentioned milk nutrition facts may interest you. I only stumbled upon it myself because I was pregnant.

Here's another curious thing about milk nutrition and young kids.

Some years ago, my then five-year-old daughter started complaining of stomach cramps. This went on for four days. She would crumple up in agony from the cramps and there was nothing I could do to help. It was very strange because she didn't have vomiting or diarrhea and she hadn't eaten anything unusual and she had no known food allergy. Or so I thought.

It was only after a trip to the local GP and another to the hospital ER that I learned the cause of her trouble might be cow's milk. Apparently, cow's milk can cause a young child to be constipated.

This was certainly news to me, because I thought milk would have a laxative effect rather than the reverse. When I drink milk, I find it tends to loosen my bowels.

Evidence of link between milk and chronic constipation in children

I researched the subject and came across an interesting study done at a university in Italy in 1998. It involved 65 children chronically constipated children who had been prescribed laxatives after dietary changes had failed to cure them of their condition.

Each child received either cow's milk or soy milk for two weeks, had a rest week, then for the next two weeks had the other milk that they didn't get the first time. When the results were analyzed, it was discovered that while they were on soy milk, 68% of the children were no longer constipated. In contrast, their conditions remained the same when they were on cow's milk.

Is there a cure?

Dr. Alan Greene of DrGreene.com suggests that it could be the protein in cow's milk that is at the root of the problem, and that switching to soy milk can dramatically improve the quality of life of a child suffering from lactose intolerance.

Switching to non-dairy is a relatively simple and inexpensive way to relieve pain and discomfort caused by intolerance to cow's milk.

Probiotics and Constipation

Besides ensuring a child has enough soluble fiber and plenty of fluids in her diet and gets adequate exercise, is there anything else a parent can do to keep child constipation at bay?

If your child has no major digestive health issues, good for you! Keep her that way with super healthy food that includes fibre-rich options, plenty of exercise and a good quality Probiotic Supplement for prevention and maintenance.

Research has shown that Probiotics, the good bacteria that prevent harmful micro-organisms from building up in the body and poisoning it, can also aid in the proper digestion of food and nutrients and maintain a healthy ratio of good to bad intestinal bacteria in the gut.

Probiotics are also useful for re-building the immune system compromised by long-term use of antibiotics. This is something parents want to watch out for, especially in Western cultures which endorse the liberal prescription of antibiotics for all sorts of ailments.

If your child is chronically constipated and suffering, then you may want to experiment by switching her to a non-dairy diet, and incorporating a good quality Probiotic Supplement into her daily regime to eliminate bad bacteria and toxins and to ensure a healthy digestive function.

I truly believe that modern lifestyle diseases can be minimized and prevented through self-education as a first step.

Which Probiotic Supplement?

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