Are these things any good?

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I bought them today for my 7 year old son since he cant drop supplement form. They look like a great way to get a healthy amount of gut bacteria.

Ingredients (red lid) Water, Skimmed Milk (Reconstituted), Glucose-Fructose Syrup, Sugar, Maltodextrin, Flavouring, Contains Lactobacillus casei Shirota.

Ingredients (Blue lid)Water, Skimmed Milk (Reconstituted), Glucose-Fructose Syrup, Sweeteners (Maltitol Syrup, Sucralose), Dextrin, Flavouring, Contains Lactobacillus casei Shirota.


Bleahhhhhhhhhhh

From what I can gather you don't need to keep taking the stuff long term once your gut bacteria is sorted. I suspect you would get way more benefit from eating good quality greek yogurt.

[QUOTE=DinoHunter;1117212]Ingredients (red lid) Water, Skimmed Milk (Reconstituted), Glucose-Fructose Syrup, Sugar, Maltodextrin, Flavouring, Contains Lactobacillus casei Shirota.

Ingredients (Blue lid)Water, Skimmed Milk (Reconstituted), Glucose-Fructose Syrup, Sweeteners (Maltitol Syrup, Sucralose), Dextrin, Flavouring, Contains Lactobacillus casei Shirota.


Bleahhhhhhhhhhh[/QUOTE]

Definately agree. This is for your son, right? Just buy a very good probiotic, Mark's is excellent.

It's ok for kids but I don't like them myself. Too much added sugar.

[QUOTE=Damiana;1117481]It's ok for kids but I don't like them myself. Too much added sugar.[/QUOTE]

why is that OK for kids? :confused:

I agree with the good quality pro-biotic instead.

[QUOTE=Ayla2010;1117521]why is that OK for kids? :confused:

I agree with the good quality pro-biotic instead.[/QUOTE]
Children need more carbs and less protein than adults.

So if your baseline of a normal diet is yourself, then your kids can and should have have some higher sugar foods (like 'yoghurt' from the supermarket and more fruit), and less meat.

I just load some greek yogurt over berries in a thermo-insulated container, and my kiddo also loves pickles and pickled cabbage.... I am going give a shot to pickled tomatoes one of these weekends. When I was a kid that was my fav. winter food.

Why would a growing child need [I]less [/I]protein?

[QUOTE=Ayla2010;1117521]why is that OK for kids? :confused:

I agree with the good quality pro-biotic instead.[/QUOTE]

Cause kids generally aren't watching their carbs, and growing children need them. Plus, it's hard enough to force yogurt down a kids throat if he doesn't want any.