The average American child gets 6-10 colds each year.
If you're a parent, you may have done your part in teaching your child proper handwashing technique, teaching them to avoid rubbing their eyes or nose, and sticking their fingers in their mouth. You can only do so much to prevent their exposure to cold germs, though. Their young immune systems can be more vulnerable. At school, they come into close contact with other kids.
You may not be able to keep your child from catching a cold this winter. However, there is hope! You may be able to reduce the number of days your child stays sick. How? With the help of probiotics!
Researchers at Lviv National Medical Unviersity in Ukraine studied the use of a probiotic blend to reduce the period of acute respiratory infections in elementary school children.
The length of sickness period was significantly shorter for children in the probiotic group compared to the placebo group.
There's good reason to believe probiotics just may be a useful secret weapon against the common cold!
Other similiar research studies have found beneficial effects of probiotics against respiratory infections in pre-school children, the sleep-deprived and stress-filled lives of college students as well as in adults (aged around 40) and older people.
EnergyFirst's Greenergy drink has probiotic ingredients. Also, EnergyFirst's probiotic complex blend contains 2 billion cells of various probiotic strands. See our Supplements page for more details.
References
European Journal of Clinical Nutrition (2016) 70, 463–469
http://kidshealth.org/en/parents/cold.html
British Journal of Nutrition, Volume 109, Issue 11 June 2013, pp. 1999-2007
Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2015 Feb 3;(2):CD006895
PEDIATRICS Volume 133, Number 4, April 2014