Kirkman's New Products
CD-Biotic™ and CD-Herbal™ Help Control Difficult
Bacteria
By Jon B. Pangborn, PhD
Certified Clinical Nutritionist
Fellow, Am. Inst. Chemists
Consultant to Kirkman Group, Inc.
Hello Parents and Health Professionals:
Every so often, we get lucky and come across an important piece of information that
can be put to use to help our children. Last year, I spent a considerable amount of time
studying how natural antibiotics and probiotics deal with harmful microbes – the kind
that can take up residence in our intestinal tracts. This is what we sometimes call
"dysbiosis." Some of these little troublemakers have become quite clever at adapting.
They survive our attempts to eradicate them with pharmaceuticals. And it seems like
what doesn’t kill them makes them stronger.
I found that nature has some answers to this problem. Plants like barberry use a double
punch to stay healthy. Invading microbes are hit with both a natural antibiotic plus
another substance that disables the microbe’s defense against the antibiotic. Certain
herbals, when used in their complete form, have a similar ability to get rid of specific
microorganisms.
Two of the best herbals for intestinal health are oregano and thyme where complete
herbal forms are used. An important helper, one that acts to reduce the stress that
results from eliminating dysbiotic flora, is curcumin. Kirkman Labs has combined these
herbals into an excellent product for restoring intestinal health – “CD-Herbal™.”
Along with natural, herbal antibiotics, come certain probiotic flora, specific ones that
have been documented to assist the eradication of undesired organisms while
enhancing the beneficial ones. Two species of Lactobacillus are reported to do this –
plantarum and rhamnosis. They help along with the assistance of Saccharomyces
boulardii. S. boulardii is an amazing yeast that gets rid of other yeasts and then leaves
of its own accord. Kirkman® has combined these into “CD-Biotic™,” and I highly
recommend its use along with “CD-Herbal™.”
The elimination of undesirable flora often is accompanied by a die-off reaction causing
nausea and other discomforts. When this occurs, activated charcoal is recommended
until the die-off subsides.
Kirkman's New Concentrated Duo
CD-Biotic™ and CD-Herbal™: Powerful Promoters of
Gastrointestinal Health
By Larry Newman
Chief Operating Officer
Technical & Regulatory Affairs
Kirkman Group, Inc.
CD-Biotic™: A Specialty Probiotic
Probiotics are defined scientifically as “living microorganisms that when ingested or
locally applied in sufficient numbers can fill one or more specified, demonstrated
functional or health benefits on the host.” Probiotics have been called nature's “internal
healers” because of their crucial role in the health and functioning of the intestinal tract.
Probiotics are actually friendly (desirable and beneficial) bacteria that help keep the
flora of the gastrointestinal tract balanced correctly with respect to good and bad
organisms.
Under certain circumstances and frequently among sensitive individuals, certain strains
of bad bacteria become concentrated in the gastrointestinal tract and are very difficult to
eradicate using conventional probiotics or drugs. This is especially true if the strain of
bacteria is a spore-forming organism. Spores of these types of organisms can lie
dormant in the gut following various types of control procedures, only to repopulate
when conditions are right.
CD-Biotic™ is a specialty probiotic and one of the two parts of a concentrated duo (CD)
of products designed to support healthy gastrointestinal flora when certain difficult to
control bad bacterial strains are involved. CD-Biotic™ is formulated to be used in
conjunction with an herbal product called CD-Herbal™, a powerful blend of herbs that
also targets difficult to eradicate strains of undesirable flora.
CD-Biotic™ is a blend of three probiotic strains including Lactobacillus rhamnosus,
Lactobacillus plantarum and Saccharomyces boulardii. These three strains of good
bacteria have a history of supporting healthy gut flora under difficult circumstances.
CD-Biotic™ and CD-Herbal™ used together form a concentrated duo that can have a
profound impact on gastrointestinal flora, thereby supporting good intestinal health.
Kirkman® recommends that you be under a doctor’s care when using this concentrated
duo of products as lab testing may be necessary to evaluate progress and potential
dosage changes.
It is important when using this duo of products that dosage instructions are carried out
accurately. The typical dosage is one CD-Biotic™ capsule one hour before lunch and
one more near bedtime (two hours after dinner). The CD-Herbal™ capsules should be
taken just before breakfast and two more before dinner.
CD-Herbal™ - Hypoallergenic Capsules
CD-Herbal™ is a powerful blend of herbal components that support gastrointestinal
health by helping control undesirable gut flora. As we have mentioned, under certain
circumstances and very frequently among sensitive individuals, certain strains of bad
bacteria become concentrated in the gastrointestinal tract and are very difficult to
eradicate using conventional probiotics or drugs. This is especially true if the strain of
bacteria is a spore-forming organism. Spores of these types of organisms can lie
dormant in the gut following various types of control procedures, only to repopulate
when conditions are right.
CD-Herbal™ is one of the two parts of a concentrated duo (CD) of products designed to
support healthy gastrointestinal flora when certain difficult to control bad bacterial
strains are involved. CD-Herbal™ is formulated to be used in conjunction with
Kirkman’s probiotic product called CD-Biotic™, a specially-formulated probiotic
designed to support healthy gastrointestinal flora when certain difficult to control strains
have populated the gut.
CD-Herbal™ contains thyme, oregano and curcumin (turmeric) herbs, all of which can
exhibit inhibitory support on harmful gut flora. It also contains cumin, an herb that
stimulates the growth of the probiotic strain Lactobacillus plantarum, which is present in
CD-Biotic™ and instrumental in helping crowd out undesirable flora.
It bears repeating that Kirkman® recommends that you be under a doctor’s care when
using this concentrated duo of products as lab testing may be necessary to evaluate
progress and potential dosage changes.
As mentioned earlier, it is important when using this duo of products, that dosage
instructions are carried out accurately. The typical dosage is one CD-Biotic™ capsule
one hour before lunch and one more near bedtime (two hours after dinner). The CDHerbal™ capsules should be taken just before breakfast and two more before dinner.