Blackmores Daycare Defence 28 Sachets

Product Details

In New Zealand today over 50% of 3-year-olds are in formal childcare. Childcare centres expose children to infections, especially colds and diarrhoea. Daycare Defence™ is a great tasting probiotic powder containing 2 clinically documented strains of probiotic bacteria that have been shown to help support a normal immune system and the healthy lining of the gastrointestinal tract. (White powder in 1 g sachet).

Blackmores Daycare Defence 28 Sachets

Blackmores Daycare Defence Features and benefits:
- Great tasting powder in a convenient sachet
- No artificial sweeteners
- For children from 2 years
- May help reduce the frequency and severity of colds
- Helps reduce the frequency and duration of acute diarrhoea in children
- May help to reduce the number of days sick from daycare
- Assists with the maintenance of intestinal flora after antibiotic use

How Blackmores Daycare Defence works:
Probiotics, or supplementary beneficial bacteria, may help support a healthy normal immune system and the healthy lining of the gastrointestinal tract.

Over 400 different species of bacteria normally reside in the human gastrointestinal tract, with approximately 35-50% of the contents of the human colon composed of bacteria. In a gastrointestinal system that is functioning well the populations of beneficial bacteria and pathogenic (i.e. disease-causing) bacteria are balanced.

Keeping intestinal bacteria in balance plays an important role in our general health and wellbeing. The ‘good’ bacteria support the immune response. They also compete with pathogenic bacteria for space and nutrients within the gastrointestinal tract.

Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG (LGG®) and Bifidobacterium animalis (BB-12®) have been extensively studied in children and adults. These strains have been shown to colonise the bowel and help support a healthy normal immune system and the healthy lining of the gastrointestinal tract. Research suggests that LGG may help reduce the incidence and severity of mild upper respiratory tract infections, such as colds, among children in daycare. It may also help to reduce the number of days absent from daycare due to illness. Both strains also help to reduce the frequency and duration of diarrhoea in young children at daycare as well as help with the maintenance of intestinal flora after antibiotic use.