Probiotic Rescue: How You can use Probiotics to Fight Cholesterol, Cancer Superbugs, Digestive Complaints and More

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"Probiotic Rescue is your road map to the safe and effective use of probiotic supplements for health and disease prevention."
Donald J. Brown, N.D.

Probiotics will improve your health!

It has long been understood that probiotics can help calm and heal nearly any digestive complaint, including bloating and indigestion, irritable bowel syndrome, celiac disease and more. But did you know that the most cutting-edge research shows probiotics ...

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Overview

"Probiotic Rescue is your road map to the safe and effective use of probiotic supplements for health and disease prevention."
Donald J. Brown, N.D.

Probiotics will improve your health!

It has long been understood that probiotics can help calm and heal nearly any digestive complaint, including bloating and indigestion, irritable bowel syndrome, celiac disease and more. But did you know that the most cutting-edge research shows probiotics can help to prevent or treat cancer, improve your skin, and avoid osteoporosis and heart disease? With health benefits for people of every age, probiotics are the most important nutritional breakthrough of the century. In this outstanding, comprehensive resource, you will find:

  • chapter-by-chapter, scientifically supported disease treatments and credible information you can trust;
  • specific strains of probiotics recommended for treatment of your individual health concerns;
  • a complete resource of probiotic foods and supplements (including the newest information about products soon to be released in North America); and
  • a totally unbiased buying guide for food and supplements to help you add probiotics to your day-to-day life!
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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780470154755
  • Publisher: Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated
  • Publication date: 4/11/2008
  • Edition number: 1
  • Pages: 272
  • Sales rank: 746,671
  • Product dimensions: 5.43 (w) x 8.46 (h) x 0.71 (d)

Table of Contents

PART I: Probiotic Basics.

Chapter 1. Probiotics 101.

Chapter 2. A History of Probiotics.

Chapter 3. How Probiotics Work: Probiotics' Mechanism of Action.

Chapter 4. Not Created Equal: Probiotic Species and Strains.

Chapter 5. Prebiotics: food for Probiotics.

Part II: Probiotics to the Rescue.

Chapter 6. From Diarrhea to Constipation: Probiotics and the Toilet.

Chapter 7. Probiotics for Infants.

Chapter 8. Probiotic Rescue: Intestinal Dysbiosis, Irritable Bowel Syndrome and Inflammatory Bowel Disease.

Chapter 9. Allergies and Probiotics.

Chapter 10. Rescue from Lactose Intolerance.

Chapter 11. The Urogenital Tract and Probiotics: Yeast Buster and More.

Chapter 12. Probiotics for Strong Bones.

Chapter 13. Heart Attack: Probiotics and Their Effect on Cholesterol.

Chapter 14. Probiotics and Cancer.

Chapter 15. Gastric Reflux, Ulcers, Stomach Cancer and Probiotics.

Part III: Safety, Products and the Future of Probiotics.

Chapter 16. The Future of Probiotics: Superbugs, Asthma, Oral Health and More.

Chapter 17. the Safety of Probiotics.

Chapter 18. Finding Your Way Through the Supermarket and Supplement Aisles.

Chapter 19. Common Probiotic Species.

Appendices.

Glossary.

References.

Index.

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