The nutritionist reminded that the probiotics for babies should pay attention to the prebiotics, digestive enzymes, and laxative components in the ingredients; the picture is a situational photo.

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[Health Channel/Comprehensive Report] Can babies eat probiotics?

Dietitian Chen Yichun said that whether you can eat or not depends on the formula of probiotics. Pay attention to the probiotics, digestive enzymes, and laxative ingredients in the probiotic ingredients, and pay attention to the following 5 points when choosing:

●If it contains prebiotics (dietary fiber), give it more than 6-12 months to ensure good intestinal tolerance.

For babies under 6 months, you need to choose baby-specific probiotics (without prebiotics).

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●Choose products with simple ingredients and only contain "probiotics" and "prebiotics" (only probiotics are recommended for under 6 months).

●It must not contain laxative ingredients.

●Choose the resident bacteria of the human body instead of the environmental bacteria (eg: spores, yeasts). Some environmental bacteria are also good bacteria, which are helpful to human health and have good effects (because of rejection), but they are not suitable for babies.

●Choose probiotics that do not contain flavors, colors, sweeteners, sugar, fruit juice powder.

Three types of ingredients to pay attention to when giving probiotics to babies

●Prebiotics

Chen Yichun said that prebiotics such as oligosaccharides, dietary fiber, etc., most probiotic products will add prebiotics, because prebiotics are the source of nutrition for probiotics, which can allow probiotics to grow well after entering the intestinal tract.

However, infants under 6 months or premature infants need special attention. Whether the infant's intestinal function development is mature?

Is it already acceptable to receive such high fiber stimulation?

If it is not yet mature, eating too much may cause flatulence and abdominal pain.

●Digestive enzymes

Chen Yichun explained that some probiotics emphasize that they can help digestion, usually adding "digestive enzymes", such as proteolytic enzymes, lipolytic enzymes, and amylolytic enzymes.

Although digestive enzymes are safe for babies and can help babies break down food (milk), they are less prone to flatulence and allergies, but if the baby's own digestive function is normal and there is no serious allergy, there is no need to supplement digestive enzymes.

● laxative ingredients

Chen Yichun pointed out that probiotics that can make your bowel movements smoother quickly are likely to be laxative ingredients, such as senna leaf, sausage tree fruit, Abel extract, Taiwan buckthorn, aloe vera, Wang Jiangnan, lady's finger, magnesium, lactose, she said that she had seen some manufacturers package laxative ingredients as very natural "herbs". Although Taiwan's regulations allow the use of certain laxative ingredients, some have been banned, but it is legal and not. It does not mean health. Long-term use of laxative ingredients may lead to damage to the intestinal mucosa, electrolyte imbalance caused by watery diarrhea, and even intestinal dependence. The more the dose is, the more effective it is.

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