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Optibac probiotics at The Natural Health Hub

Sue Leach, homeopath and founder of The Hub, warns that antibiotics are not all they’re cracked up to be. They’re still prescribed when they’re not needed, they have lasting ill effects on our bodies and for many illnesses (such as ear infections in children) they simply don’t work… Antibiotics save lives, no question. But…

There is a lot of mythology bandied around about probiotics – and one of the biggest misconceptions is that many are destroyed by the acid in our stomachs so they don’t reach the intestines to do their work. The assumption is that a good-quality probiotic needs a special coating to ensure its transition to the…

It is advisable to take probiotics at the same time as antibiotics

For a long time it was considered a waste of money to take probiotics while on antibiotics. Now that’s no longer the case: taking a good-quality probiotic alongside antibiotics can help reduce the risk of antibiotic side-effects Probiotics are bacteria (apart from S. boulardii), which means they’re susceptible to being killed by antibiotics. So it…

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