How are Probiotics Different then Gripewater and Simethicone Drops?
Gripewater is simply a combination of highly secret ingredients, most of which the manufacturer is not required to list on the label. Many of them contain sodium bicarbonate (which can be dangerous to infants in the quantities present in some gripe water formulas), simple sugars like sucrose or fructose, ginger, fennel, dill, chammomile, peppermint, alcohol and vegetable charcoal. Simethicone drops are a common anti-foaming medication and shampoo ingredient, made by combining Polydimethylsiloxane (an organic polymer used to make medical devices and calking) and silica gel (those little plastic beads you find in your new shoes.) Probiotics work to ease baby gas, colic and intestinal distress in infants by colonizing the intestinal tract with beneficial bacteria. Rather than address symptoms of indigestion like simethicone drops and gripe water do, probiotics provide your baby with the foundation he needs for overall health – a colony of beneficial bacteria continuously fighting indigest
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