Info: 30 Capsules
Worried about catching a cold again this winter, or want something on hand to help recover quicker if you do get one? Metagenics UltraFlora Cold Support contains targeted probiotic strains that can help with common cold symptoms.
Info: 30 Capsules
Worried about catching a cold again this winter, or want something on hand to help recover quicker if you do get one? Metagenics UltraFlora Cold Support contains targeted probiotic strains that can help with common cold symptoms.
Product Notes:
Help Reduce Your Cold Symptoms
Not all probiotics are the same - and their impact on health can be highly strain specific. Now you can choose more targeted relief with UltraFlora Cold Support, featuring a clinically studied probiotic blend shown to reduce the duration and severity of symptoms associated with the common cold.
It might at first seem a bit counter-intuitive to take probiotics for colds, but think about it: not everyone contracts a cold, even when it's going around your workplace, and the ones that do may have a relatively weaker immune system. Probiotics can help the immune system by enabling you to digest and absorb nutrients more effectively. Similarly, the immune system draws on nutrients to do its work in battling colds or other illnesses, so it makes sense to take probiotics to help make more nutrients available to it. That's why Health Canada has approved this product to help reduce the number and/or severity of symptoms associated with the common cold.
This combination has also been shown to be able to help reduce the number of attacks of a relatively rare autoinflammatory condition that mainly affects children called PFAPA syndrome (short for: Periodic Fever, Aphthous stomatitis, Pharyngitis, and Adenitis).
Related Reading: Cold and Flu Season – Natural Keys to Prevention
UltraFlora Cold Support Ingredients:
Each capsule contains:
1 billion CFUs*, consisting of:
- Lactobacillus paracasei 8700:2: 0.5 billion CFUs
- Lactobacillus plantarum HEAL9: 0.5 billion CFUs
Non-medicinal ingredients: Corn starch, magnesium stearate (vegetable source), and capsule (hypromellose, gellan gum).
* CFUs = Colony Forming Units of total blend at date of expiration.
Suggested Usage:
Adults, adolescents, and children: Take one capsule daily, or as directed by your healthcare practitioner. Take at least 2 to 3 hours before or after any antibiotics you might be taking.
Warnings:
Do not use Metagenics Ultra Flora Cold Support probiotics if you have an immune-compromised condition (e.g. AIDS, lymphoma, patients undergoing long-term corticosteroid treatment). Consult a healthcare practitioner prior to use if you have fever, vomiting, bloody diarrhoea or severe abdominal pain. Discontinue use and consult a healthcare practitioner if symptoms of digestive upset (e.g. diarrhea) occur, worsen, or persist beyond 3 days. If symptoms of common cold worsen or persist for more than 7 days, consult a healthcare practitioner.
Health Canada Natural Product Number: 80057034.
Supporting Science:
Batu, Ezgi D et al. “Probiotic use in the prophylaxis of periodic fever, aphthous stomatitis, pharyngitis, and adenitis (PFAPA) syndrome: a retrospective cohort study.” Rheumatology International, 2022.
Berggren, Anna et al. “Randomised, double-blind and placebo-controlled study using new probiotic lactobacilli for strengthening the body immune defence against viral infections.” European Journal of Nutrition, 2011.
Busch, Regina et al. “Randomized, Double Blind and Placebo Controlled Study Using a Combination of Two Probiotic Lactobacilli to Alleviate Symptoms and Frequency of Common Cold.” Food and Nutrition Sciences, 2013.
Lazou Ahrén, Irini et al. “Evaluation of the efficacy of Lactobacillus plantarum HEAL9 and Lactobacillus paracasei 8700:2 on aspects of common cold infections in children attending day care: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical study.” European Journal of Nutrition, 2020.