Showing posts with label yogurt. Show all posts
Showing posts with label yogurt. Show all posts

Tuesday, May 29, 2007

Puppy Milk Substitute works Wonders

My family and I recently happened to have a very tragic situation on our hands. We have an older Brazilian Mastiff female who gave birth to a litter of 4 puppies. All seemed well until she stopped feeding them. Not being close to weaning age they started to suffer right from the get go.Sadly three of them perished however we have managed to save one by using a puppy formula that we found on the internet. Its about 11 calories per cc which is quite a bit. Now the little pup isn't out of the woods yet but she is slowly gaining weight and is doing much better. One thing we also decided to do was to add some acidophilus to the forumula mix to replenish some of the good intestinal flora to the little pup. One the things I appreciate also about this formula is the use of yogurt and goats milk. Goats milk is highly nutrional and an excellent choice to try and replace the mothers milk. I have a strong inclination that it can be used for other animals as well. If your thinking also where in the world can I find goats milk. Its usually available in the can on the baking isle of most grocery stores. Well I hope not many will ever have to make this formula, but if you do the links in this entry and don't hesitate to try it out.

Thursday, May 24, 2007

Recently I've had a bout with a nasty stomach virus. I'm actually thinking it was the stomach flu with the way it hit me. I started out with a low grade fever and tremendous headache along with minor aches. Then it got serious. Trip after trip to the throne with watery dehydrating movements.
After talking to a close friend of mine he suggested along with the pharmacist and even a nurse practioner that I take some acidophilus. This is the healthy and friendly bacteria that occurs naturaly in our intestinal tract. Now at first this was not on my list as to how to treat diarrhea however I gave it a shot because the logic behind it made sense to me. I also have a strong inclination that regular over the counter medication used for diarrhea can actually be harmful to your system.
Well after a few doses the diarrhea decreased in frequency. Stomach pains even subsided. It could be the virus ran its course. However I know of a few people who had the same thing and it lasted over a week! Mine has only been going for 3 days.All of this reminds me again of the need to search for natural remedies. Something else I learned about antibiotics and modern medicine blew me away. Taking regular perscribed antibiotics can lead to something called ADD. Antibiotic Associated Diarrhea. What happens is this. The antibiotics kill off the good bacterial flora in your gut which upsets the normal balance leading to a proliferation of the bad. This in turn leads to watery diarrhea.
So the next time your bowels are functioning as they should whether it be from antibiotic medication,diarrhea or something else. Consider taking some readily availabe acidophilus. Oh and by the way. You'd have to eat like five gallons of yogurt to get the right quantities your intestines need!