Description:
KiddiFlora® has all the benefits of Geneflora® and comes in a delicious, raspberry-flavored, chewable tablet ( or “chewblet” ) that both kids and adults love.

To help minimize or alleviate the side-effects associated with antibiotics, both Geneflora® and KiddiFlora® can be taken before, during and after antibiotic treatment. No Refrigeration Required.

AN ADVANCEMENT IN LACTOBACILLUS THERAPY
Many published studies have shown that infants start to become colonized with lactobacilli very soon after birth. Within the first 2 to 3 days after birth, the ailmentary canal of the baby is colonized with lactobacilli. The Lactobacilliary Flora is not constant and is influenced by age. In breast-fed infants, more than 99.8% of the total gut flora consists of Lactobacillus bifidus. With the introduction of bottle-feeding, the lactobacilli become less numerous and on substitution of solid food and adult diet, the normally mixed but predominantly gram-negative bacteriodes and coli forms become established. This change of formula milk food and weaning food makes the children more susceptible to enteric pathogenic infections because they lack the protective mechanisms derived from lactobacilli.

BENEFITS OF LACTOBACILLI
Lactobacillus and lactose help to keep the intestinal contents acid which inhibits the growth of harmful pathogenic bacteria. This is one of the ways in which breast-feeding protects against gastrointestinal infections.

Lactobacilli possess nutritive value. They promote the production of B vitamins in the intestines and elaborate enzymes which partially hydrolyze milk proteins, fat and lactose, and can increase digestibility of Lactobacillus containing products.

Lactobacilli are capable of protecting from pathogenic bacterial invasion into the intestinal tract and restoring the disturbed balance of intestinal flora to normal after antibiotic treatment.

SPOROGENES VS. ACIDOPHILUS
Antibiotics and sulpha drugs cause gastrointestinal upsets and these disturbances often change the composition of the Intestinal Flora resulting in the overgrowth of pathogenic organisms and consequently diarrhea.

Many types of foods have been suggested as carriers of Lactobacillus acidophilus, but because the viability of the organisms cannot be properly maintained, these goods are rated as "unsuccessful." There is uncertainty about the survival of Lactobacillus acidophilus, and the production of D(-) lactic acid, limit the use of Lactobacillus acidophilus for intestinal application.

A hardy strain of Lactobacillus sporogenes is free from all the drawbacks of ordinary lactobacilli such as Lactobacillus acidophilus. Lactobacillus sporogenes is a powerful species of lactobacilli having many advantages over ordinary lactobacilli such as stability in terms of viable bacterial count, survival in gastric acidity, favorable proliferating rate in the intestinal tract and superior L(+) lactic acid producing capacity.

THE IMPORTANCE OF LACTIC ACID
Lactic acid produced by lactobacilli occurs in 2 active forms, the D(-) lactic acid and the L(+) lactic acid. While there is complete metabolism of the L(+) lactic acid, D(-) lactic acid is used very slowly in man and excess D(-) lactic acid can introduce metabolic disturbances.

Lactobacillus acidophilus produces D(-) lactic acid, whereas Lactobacillus sporogenes produces L(+) lactic acid. Because babies are unable to transform D(-) lactic acid, infants should only be given L(+) lactic acid in order to prevent the problem of acidosis.

Further the World Health Organization (W.H.O.) has recommended restricted intake of products containing high concentrations of D(-) lactic acid, and in the Infant Nutritional Programme such products should be totally avoided. Lactobacillus sporogenes which produces L(+) lactic acid is an ideal choice in this situation and fulfills W.H.O. recommendation of Infant Nutrition Programmes.

ACTION OF LACTOBACILLUS SPOROGENES
When Lactobacillus sporogenes is administered orally, the spores are activated in the stomach due to the low pH of gastric juice, water and mechanical churning action of the stomach. The spore coats swell and enlarge in size. Their water content increases and the rate of metabolic process rises. From the spore-coats, an outgrowth begins to protrude and later, in the duodenum, such outgrowth cells germinate and transform again into vegetative cells. They start growth and proliferation in the small intestines every thirty minutes thereafter.

While proliferating in the intestines, they provide plenty of viable lactobacilli, which are capable of settling down in the intestinal tract and producing large quantities of lactic acid. The production of lactic acid prevents the growth of harmful pathogenic bacteria in the intestines. The presence of lactic acid helps to restore the normal balance of the intestinal flora after antibiotic treatment and the production of B vitamins and digestive enzymes ensure proper digestion and absorption of nutrients.

Geneflora™ and Kiddi-Flora™ contain the cutting-edge probiotic L. sporogenes

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