Ingested probiotics reduce nasal colonization with pathogenic bacteria – (01-27-03)

Ingested probiotics reduce nasal colonization with pathogenic bacteria

This really was interesting news to me…oral probiotics can positively effect the balance of bacteria in the nasal cavity. This supports many functional medicine practioner’s recommendation for probiotic supplementation in children with recurrent ear infections–supplementation can reduce the presence of pathogenic bacteria in the nasal cavity that can produce infections.

AJCN — Abstracts: Glück and Gebbers 77 (2): 517

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