Category Archives: Digestive Health and Probiotics

Digestion begins in the mouth. We at PERQUE recommend strengthening your digestion by savoring and chewing the food well so that it is liquified before you swallow it. In other words: “Drinking your solids and chewing your liquids”. Salivary Amylase is the most important digestive enzyme in the saliva initiating the process of digestion by breaking [...]

12/06/2007 – Probiotic supplementation during pregnancy and then for the infants after birth could reduce the incidence of eczema, suggests a new clinical trial from Sweden. The study, published in the current issue of the JACI1, reports that probiotic-supplemented children of mothers with allergies experience significant reductions in eczema. Note added: PERQUE Digesta Guard Forté [...]

The benefits of live bacterial cultures found in fermented milk products on the gastrointestinal tract have been known for centuries. Previous studies have shown that selected strains of lactobacilli can result in a modest reduction in the duration of diarrhea. Stomach virus, bacteria, and parasite infections are common causes of diarrhea in children. However, rotavirus [...]