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May232011

Probiotics for Travelers

Guest Post by Gerard Guillory, M.D.

If you’ve had a vacation or business trip ruined by diarrhea and indigestion, you might want to
bring a probiotic supplement on your next trip. A good supplement will help your body protect
itself against the bacteria that typically cause “traveler’s diarrhea” and enable you to spend your
trip seeing the sights instead of the bathrooms.

Probiotics are a combination of living, beneficial bacteria that occur naturally in the human
intestinal tract. They are essential for maintaining healthy digestion. A growing body of
evidence suggests that the use of probiotics can help treat and prevent a wide array of intestinaltract
disorders, including traveler’s diarrhea.

Probiotics have been examined for their effectiveness in the prevention and treatment of such
gastrointestinal disorders as antibiotic-associated diarrhea, various forms of bacterial and viral
diarrhea, inflammatory bowel disease (ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease), irritable bowel
syndrome, small-bowel bacterial overgrowth, and lactose intolerance. Probiotics may also help
prevent the development of colon cancer.

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