Probiotics: A Foundation for Gastrointestinal Health in Infants, Children, and Adults

by Jon Vanderhoof, M.D.

Overview

To ensure good health, maintaining a properly functioning digestive system is crucial. The bacteria present in your digestive tract play a major role. Imbalances in the types of gut flora (friendly versus harmful), can lead to digestive disturbances, which, if left unchecked, can lead to far more serious health issues. Researchers have observed that certain organisms, primarily species of lactobacillus or bifidobacterium, have health-promoting benefits. In Probiotics: A Foundation for Gastrointestinal Health in Infants, Children, and Adults, you will discover that one such bacterium, Lactobacillus GG, has been clinically proven to be not only beneficial to the digestive system, but also to one's overall health.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940014393713
Publisher:	Health Point Press
Publication date:	01/15/2011
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	48
File size:	753 KB

About the Author

Jon A. Vanderhoof, M.D., is a Professor Emeritus of Pediatrics at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. From 1976 to 2006 was the Chief of the joint section of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition at the University of Nebraska and Creighton Univer sity. He is currently the Vice President for Global Medical Affairs at Mead Johnson Nutritionals and on the staff at Children’s Hospital in Boston. Dr. Vanderhoof received his doctor of medicine degree in 1972 from the University of Nebraska College of Medicine, completed a residency in Pediatrics at the University of Nebraska in 1974, and graduated from the fellowship program in pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition at the University of California at Los Angeles in 1976.

Dr. Vanderhoof has published over 140 refereed papers in various areas of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition, and has written comparable numbers of chapters and reviews on areas such as short bowel syndrome and probiotics. In 2001, he received the Shwachman Award from the North American Society of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, the highest award in North America given in the field of Pediatric Gastroenterology.

Eamonn Quigley, MD, FRCP, FACP, FACG, FRCPI, is professor of medicine and human physiology and at the National University of Ireland in Cork. He received his medical degree from the National University of Ireland and completed training in internal medicine and gastroenterology at the University of Glasgow; the Mayo Clinic; Hope Hospital, Salford; and the University of Manchester, United Kingdom.

His primary research interests and numerous publications have revolved around gastrointestinal motility, functional gastrointestinal disorders, and gastroesophageal reflux disease. Dr Quigley served as editorinchief of the American Journal of Gastroenterology from 1997 to 2003 and is currently president of the World Organization of Gastroenterology (WGOOMGE) and PresidentElect of the American College of Gastroenterology.