Prebiotic and probiotic foods increase beneficial bacteria in the body, boost immunity, promote healthy digestion, and can improve overall health.

Nov 16, 2009 - Jennifer Murray

Feeding probiotics and prebiotics in the canine diet have been shown to improve digestive function and overall health.

Sep 1, 2009 - Joy Butler

Prebiotics and probiotic bacterias are essential to the digestive and immune systems of dogs and cats. Here we'll look at what they are, and how they work.

Oct 28, 2009 - Ian Shoust

Learn "what is probiotic" and "what is prebiotic", as well as what you should ask your doctor about probiotic supplements or prebiotic foods.

Sep 30, 2011 - Mike DeHaan

A new report evaluates the health benefits of probiotics- or prebiotics-enhanced infant formula and kids' foodstuff by examining previous research studies.

Dec 1, 2010 - Romelda Ascutia

Prebiotics, such as the type of fiber known as fructooligosaccharides (FOS), can be used as a dietary supplement for dogs and cats to maintain gastrointestinal health.

Jan 10, 2010 - Lorie Huston

Mother's milk contains prebiotics and antimicrobials, which help a baby establish healthy gut flora and avoid inflammatory bacteria.

Jul 4, 2009 - Art Ayers

In recent years there has been much interest in probiotics. Now there is greater understanding of how they work and growing evidence of their benefit.

Jan 12, 2009 - John Richard Roberts

Sugar, carbs, yeast and mushrooms feed non-beneficial bacteria including candida. Reduce discomfort and illness by eliminating the worst candida foods from your diet.

Jun 24, 2007 - Victoria Anisman-Reiner

Probiotic products containing Lactobacillus or Bifidobacterium bacteria may be used to treat diarrhea in the dog and cat and may remove the need for antibiotic treatment.

Jan 9, 2010 - Lorie Huston

Billions of beneficial bacteria comprise a healthy intestinal flora. Many factors affect these bacteria with intestinal health benefiting from a probiotic supplement.

Dec 16, 2008 - Melissa Peterson

Enjoy natural ways to enhance the population and beneficial activity of your intestinal flora. Probiotic foods are a great way to make your gut garden grow.

Jan 28, 2011 - Sue Visser

Eczema is a word for inflammation of the skin. It can have a number of causes and presentations, but at its core, it's an immune-system reaction.

Jul 19, 2010 - Paul Elsass

A new health study shows that children who consume milk with probiotics Lactobacillus acidophilus and Bifidobacterium animalis have fewer coughs, fevers & recover faster.

Jul 28, 2009 - Victoria Anisman-Reiner

Hot marketing touts the health benefits of probiotics but all hype aside, are the claims real? Or are consumers being taken in, in yet another health scam?

Jun 1, 2010 - Elizabeth Batt

View the inner game park that winds its way through our intestines. Fauna and flora wage a fierce micropscopic battle to achieve a healthy environment.

Mar 7, 2011 - Sue Visser

There is renewed scientific interest in bacteriophages, an old therapeutic application of using "bacteria-eating" viruses called phages to fight infectious diseases.

Nov 5, 2008 - Cheryl La Rocque

Synbiotics, combinations of probiotics and prebiotics, can be used as a natural, holistic method of treatment for various gastrointestinal diseases in dogs and cats.

Jan 14, 2010 - Lorie Huston

The Jerusalem Artichoke is a little-known, North American tuber that is said to be able to heal diabetes, and it may be one of the most overlooked health foods.

Dec 30, 2008 - Victoria Anisman-Reiner

Special gluten-free fiber in sugar-restricted diet food products is shown to tame irritable bowel symptoms.

Oct 26, 2010 - Brenda K. Oswalt