 Because we get all of our nutrients from our food and these nutrients are absorbed through our digestive tract, it is extremely important that we maintain a healthy digestive system! There is a common misconception that one strain of probiotic may be as effective as another in obtaining desired clinical outcomes. However, one strain behaves very different in the human body than another. In this blog entry I will be discussing the various types of probiotics that Metagenics has to offer and what results each type has been shown achieve. When prescribing probiotics be sure that your healthcare professional is prescribing for a purpose, not just to make money! Whether it is due to poor diet, stress and lifestyle or medications (including oral contraceptives and antibiotics), it is important to ensure that the good bacteria in the gut is replenished to maintain a fully functioning digestive tract. Studies have shown that antibiotics continue to have a negative impact on the numbers and diversity of gut flora up to FOUR years after just a one week course. A probiotic such as Ultra Flora Restore would be most appropriate to restore healthy levels of gut bacteria. The following strains have been shown to or may: Ultra Flora Immune Enhance - Enhance healthy immune system functioning - Reduce the duration and severity of colds - Maintain healthy gastrointestinal immune function and support beneficial intestinal bacterial adherence Ultra Flora Immune Control - Maintain healthy immune system regulation - Reduce occurrence of, allergy symptoms - Decrease occurrence of eczema in infants and children Ultra Flora LGG - Reduce the incidence of eczema and food allergies in infants (when taken by mom in 3rd trimester and first 18 months of breastfeeding) - Reduce frequency of diarrhea Ultra Flora Restore - Assist in restoration of healthy gut flora - Ideal for use during and after ANTIBIOTIC therapy  Ultra Flora Dysbiosis - Assist with the management of dysbiosis (is a term for a microbial imbalance) - Relieve and reduce the frequency of diarrhea - Reduce the risk of TRAVELLER'S DIARRHEA Probex - Assist with the management o medically diagnosed IBS - Relieve bloating, intestinal pain and inflammation Ultra Flora Digest - Support healthy digestive function and beneficial gut bacteria - Support healthy immunity - A great tasting, rapidly dispensible source of fibre After selecting and prescribing the correct probiotics, the gut needs to have a healthy terrain and the ingested probiotics need sufficient fuel. Providing sufficient fuel for the good bacteria to thrive can be ensured by recommending a diet with adequate fibre and prebiotics or by recommending a proven prebiotics such as Ultra Flora Digest.   SYMPTOMSThe International Headache Society classifies a headache as a migraine when: (a) the pain can be classified by at least two of the following:
(b) there is at least one of the following associated symptoms:
(c) the headache lasts for between 4 and 72 hours. TRIGGERS Triggers are many and varied, not the same for everyone and not necessarily the same for different attacks in the same person. Identifying triggers may be complicated by the fact that it often takes a combination of triggers to set off a headache. Dietary Triggers
Environmental Triggers
Hormonal Triggers Hormonal fluctuations are implicated as a significant trigger for women as three times as many women suffer from migraine headaches as men, this difference being most apparent during the reproductive years. Hormonal triggers may be:
Physical and Emotional Triggers
Log Your Migraine Triggers with Migraine Buddy Your Chiropractor & Your MigraineIf you are unsure about the cause or nature of your headache, need assistance in managing your migraines or if the pattern of your headaches change, it is important you consult your chiropractor. Studies show that 50% of migraine sufferers have not been diagnosed. Even if you have previously consulted a doctor and the prescribed treatment has not been successful it is worth going again. Migraines can be managed, effective migraine management involves a partnership between you and your chiropractor. Based on the theory that most diseases of the body are a result of a misalignment of the vertebral column with pressure on the adjacent nerves that may affect blood vessel and muscle function, chiropractic manual techniques purport to adjust the misalignment. Thus, providing relief from migraine headaches! Remedial Massage Therapy can also reduce muscle tension throughout the body, thereby reducing headache. Supplements & Migraine Health Studies have shown no adverse effects associated with Coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10) therapy in any of the patients, and Co Q10 appears to be a good migraine preventative. The data suggests that coenzyme Q10 starts to work within 4 weeks of initiation of therapy, but usually takes 5 to 12 weeks to yield a greater than 50% reduction in days with migraine.
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