Can I take probiotics every day?

Probiotics are mainly used to regulate people's gastrointestinal tract. If you feel that you often have diarrhea, you can take probiotics. This can prevent the symptoms from becoming more serious. Even children's diarrhea can be improved with probiotics. However, you must remember that probiotics cannot be taken for a long time, otherwise it will cause some adverse effects on the gastrointestinal tract.

1. When preparing milk powder or preparations containing probiotics, be sure to use warm boiled water (35-40°C) for your baby. The prepared milk or probiotic preparations must be taken in time to avoid the death and ineffectiveness of the probiotics.

2. Probiotics cannot be taken together with antibiotics. Antibiotics, especially broad-spectrum antibiotics, cannot distinguish between harmful bacteria and beneficial bacteria, so when they kill the enemy, they often kill the beneficial bacteria as well. Taking some probiotics at this time or later will play a good role in maintaining the balance of intestinal flora. If antibiotics must be taken, the interval between taking probiotics and antibiotics should not be less than 2 to 3 hours.

Babies over 3.1 years old can drink probiotic yogurt. Especially for babies with loss of appetite, constipation, frequent diarrhea or indigestion, long-term selection of probiotic yogurt can also regulate gastrointestinal function. If you experience abdominal discomfort, abdominal pain, nausea, or vomiting after drinking yogurt, you should stop drinking it immediately.

4. The food for probiotics includes fiber, lactose, starch, oligosaccharides, fermentation products of probiotics and other ingredients; therefore, while supplementing with probiotics, you should eat more root vegetables, fruits, seaweed and other foods, which is equivalent to setting up an environment in the intestines that they like to grow. Most probiotics do not like meat and glucose. If the food containing probiotics contains too much sugar, it will reduce the activity of the bacteria.

5. If there is no indigestion, bloating, diarrhea or other factors that disrupt the balance of intestinal flora, it is not recommended that infants and young children take too much probiotic preparations

When the physiological state of the gastrointestinal tract is in balance, the excreted stool is usually soft and easy to pass. On the contrary, when the internal microecological balance is disturbed, it will lead to constipation or diarrhea, as well as gas production, flatulence, bloating, etc., collectively known as intestinal syndrome. Some people with intestinal syndrome experience long-term constipation, while others experience long-term diarrhea. Commonly used antidiarrheal drugs such as some are effective quickly, but some pathogens and toxic substances may still remain in the body, so they only treat the symptoms and not the root cause.

Probiotics can inhibit the growth of pathogenic microorganisms throughout the gastrointestinal tract, have antiviral activity, can relieve diarrhea caused by rotavirus and antibiotic treatment, and shorten the course of the disease. Several studies conducted in India and Denmark on infants aged 0-3 years have shown that a combination of probiotics and prebiotics can reduce the incidence of diarrhea and promote the absorption of nutrients. Therefore, as a new means, probiotics have been increasingly used to balance intestinal health.