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OptiBac Probiotics For your child's health decreases the risk of common childhood infections by about 25%
1st September 2009
Results of a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical study of OptiBac Probiotics' synbiotic unveiled.
 OptiBac Probiotics is proud to announce the results of a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled study conducted to evaluate the effetcs of key synbiotic For your child's health* on the incidence of infections in children during the winter period. (*Formerly known as ProbioStart from DTECTA Probiotics, For your child's health is manufactured by the Institut Rosell under the brand name ProbioKid.)
The study was conducted during the winter of 2006-2007 and involved 135 healthy, school-age children who had suffered from at least three episodes of ear-nose-throat (ENT), bronchopulmonary or gastric disorder during the course of the previous winter. The study found that a three-month daily supplementation with For your child's health during the winter significantly reduced the risks of common infections.
Fifty percent of the children in the synbiotic (probiotics & prebiotics) did not develop any ENT, bronchopulmonary or gastric disorder during the winter Vs. 32.9% of children in the placebo group (P<0.05). This represents a twenty-five percent reduction of the relative risk of infectious disease in the For your child's health group compared to the placebo group (P<0.05).
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% of children with at least one common winter infection
In addition, it was shown that only 25.8% of children in the synbiotic group missed at least one day of school Vs. 42.5% in the placebo group (P<0.05) No treatment-related side-effects were reported.
According to Isabelle, Champie, Human Nutrition Brand Manager for Institut Rosell-Lallemand, "Immune support is an expanding market for probiotic applications, and there is mounting scientific evidence indicating their benefits. While we put every effort into the formulation and scientific documentation of our products (the individual probiotic strains that are used to formulate ProbioKid [For your child's health] are well documented for their effects on different levels of the immune response, and their effectiveness has been confirmed by various scientific studies), we are also strongly committed to conducting clinical studies on the finished product formula rather than individual strains."
For your child's health combines an optimal blend of three well-documented probiotic strains - Lactobacillus acidophilus Rosell-52, BIfidobacterium bifidum Rosell-71 and Bifidobacterium infantis Rosell-33 - with a prebiotic (FOS). It has been specially formulated to support a healthy intestinal flora essential to maintaining the body's natural defences.
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