File this one under “Why the
hell didn’t you tell me this 4 years ago?!” Scientists at the University of Turin, Italy, conducted a
study
of 83 breastfed, colicky infants divided into two groups: those treated
with probiotic, a live culture of a bacteria commonly found in the
intestinal tract, and simethicone, a gas remedy.
The babies in
the probiotic group, after just one week of receiving five drops of
probiotic daily, showed amazing progress. After four weeks, a
phenomenal 95% had responded favorably to the treatment, with no
negative side effects, compared to just 7% of the babies treated with
simethicone. The simethicone babies were crying three times as much as
their probiotic counterparts at the end of the 28 day study – 145
minutes daily, as opposed to 51.
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