Probiotics Reduces Childhood Eczema

AUKLAND, New Zealand ─ Probiotics reduce and prevent eczema in children under two, a new New Zealand study found. “Our study has found when you give pregnant women the probiotic supplement, L rhamnosus, during the last five weeks of pregnancy, and for six months after birth while mothers are breast feeding, and then you give their infants the same probiotic up to two years of age, there is a 50 per cent reduction in eczema by the age of two," study researcher Julian Crane said.