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Missing beneficial bacteria in infant guts linked to rising asthma and allergy cases
Medical Xpress / Communications Biology ^ | July 4, 2025 | Sanjukta Mondal / John B. Jarman et al

Posted on 07/20/2025 7:36:37 PM PDT by ConservativeMind

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Vaginal births and a lack of administered antibiotics were found preventative of auto-immune disorders. It could also be that supplementing with Bifidobacteria, which some kefirs and yogurts have, could also help. I believe there are probiotic formulas for young children available, too.
1 posted on 07/20/2025 7:36:37 PM PDT by ConservativeMind
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2 posted on 07/20/2025 7:37:18 PM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: ConservativeMind

Yep. C-sections and infant formula are the main culprits.


3 posted on 07/20/2025 7:41:56 PM PDT by Blurb2350 (posted from my 1500-watt blow dryer)
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To: Blurb2350

Yogurt and breast milk...


4 posted on 07/20/2025 7:47:49 PM PDT by Fungi
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To: ConservativeMind

Study is 412 infants.....much to small to derive such a conclusion....


5 posted on 07/20/2025 7:47:57 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: ConservativeMind

I think kids are kept too clean too. Hand sanitizers, wipes on everything, no roughhousing in the grass, no playing in mud, no pets, sterilized environments. They never have a chance to build up an immune system.


6 posted on 07/20/2025 7:51:59 PM PDT by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes.)
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To: ConservativeMind

Maybe this isn’t true, but I read it several years ago. I’ve never had kids, so am definitely not an expert.

I read that babies born naturally are healthier than babies via c-sections. The reason is that there’s something “down there” where the mother’s poop has been. And during birth that gives the baby some kind of immunity or something.

Apologies if not true or too gross.


7 posted on 07/20/2025 8:04:22 PM PDT by MayflowerMadam (It's hard not to celebrate the fall of bad people. - Bongino)
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To: Organic Panic

Too clean is my thought too. Kids don’t wipe out on their bikes in the dirt and streets like we did when we were young. When my son joined the army he heard a lot of the young recruits had such low bone density that they got hurt passing basic training. Grew up on their butts playing video games and never developed bone strength.


8 posted on 07/20/2025 8:21:12 PM PDT by enraged
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To: Blurb2350

We have a friend who has to have a c-section because she had to have one with her first baby. They’re going to deliver him by the end of the week, because he’s already 8 pounds, and mama’s not a big person and she’s been miserable for weeks. My daughter had to have a c-section because her baby had a shortened umbilical cord and the cord was wrapped around his neck. He has had several respiratory flare ups and is deaf in one ear, probably from laying on that side in the womb for 9 months. Thankfully, there’s nothing wrong with his brain; he’s smart as a whip! Usually, c sections are done because it’s required.


9 posted on 07/20/2025 8:21:54 PM PDT by Flaming Conservative ((Pray without ceasing))
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To: ConservativeMind

The question is whether it would work for adults.

When I was a kid with those problems, NOBODY was talking about the gut or probiotics.


10 posted on 07/20/2025 8:51:12 PM PDT by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon." Amen. Come, Lord Jesus….)
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And C-sections often can’t be helped.

Needing to use formula rarely can’t be helped. There are the occasional reports of women who, for some reason, cannot produce breast milk, which must be heart breaking for them, because they clearly want to and tried before they realized they can’t.


11 posted on 07/20/2025 8:53:35 PM PDT by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon." Amen. Come, Lord Jesus….)
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To: Organic Panic

Yup.

A adequate exposure to dirt and germs is critical to training the immune system properly.


12 posted on 07/20/2025 8:54:47 PM PDT by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon." Amen. Come, Lord Jesus….)
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To: ConservativeMind

THE NEVER ENDING “VACCINATIONS” A KID GETS ARE NOT HELPFUL


13 posted on 07/20/2025 8:55:08 PM PDT by ridesthemiles (not giving up on TRUMP---EVER)
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To: MayflowerMadam

That’s correct. And the first breast milk is called colostrum. Colostrum has many prebiotic and immune system benefits. Children not fed mother’s milk have more health problems. Some even think autism is correlated with children not having been breast fed. So natural birth and natural nutrition has huge benefits for the future health of babies.


14 posted on 07/20/2025 9:35:42 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie ( O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is gracious, and his mercy endures forever. — Psalm 106)
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To: metmom

I also wonder if the probiotic bugs don’t need occasional refreshing, especially after a course of antibiotics. I take kefir regularly, seems to help.


15 posted on 07/20/2025 9:54:24 PM PDT by matthew fuller (Truth, Justice and the Trump Way!)
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Missing beneficial bacteria in infant guts linked to rising asthma and allergy cases

I always buy only top-quality infant guts, loaded with the "right" kind of bacteria.

A little vinegar and pepper and - Voilà!

Regards,

16 posted on 07/20/2025 11:01:24 PM PDT by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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“And the first breast milk is called colostrum.”

Right. We saw an OLD Law & Order episode just last night where the colostrum was discussed at length.


17 posted on 07/21/2025 3:50:07 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam (It's hard not to celebrate the fall of bad people. - Bongino)
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To: ConservativeMind

So what’s the solution?


18 posted on 07/21/2025 6:00:24 AM PDT by SomeCallMeTim
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To: SomeCallMeTim

In this case, there is only insight as to how to prevent it.

If your child needed a C-section and was given antibiotics in the first two years of life, they are at a higher risk for permanently having issues, due to genetic changes made by age two.


19 posted on 07/21/2025 6:08:44 AM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: matthew fuller

My GI doctor told me that probiotics can help but need to be kept up because if you don’t, your system will eventually revert to it’s original state, (I’m guessing probably what you developed as a baby)


20 posted on 07/21/2025 12:23:56 PM PDT by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon." Amen. Come, Lord Jesus….)
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