Ingredients in Metagenics Gut Care for Kids clinically shown to or traditionally used to:
- Soothe the gut
- Support healthy gastrointestinal and liver detoxification in children
- Once per day dosing for children under five years of age to assist compliance
Metagenics Gut Care for Kids is free from dairy protein, lactose, eggs, gluten, nuts, yeast, soy protein and salt.
Metagenics Gut Care for Kids is free from artificial colours and flavours. Contains steviol glycosides.
Clinical Benefits: Metagenics Gut Care for Kids
- Soothes the gut mucosa: Glutamine may supply a source of nutrients to the cells of the intestines, protecting the gut mucosa from damage and promoting repair.1 Gut Care for Kids also contains marshmallow, slippery elm and liquorice that are traditionally used in Western herbal medicine to soothe the gastrointestinal tract.4 Liquorice has been shown to soothe the gastrointestinal tract by inhibiting prostaglandin and lipoxygenase synthesis.4,5
- Liver detoxification: Turmeric, St Mary’s thistle, glycine and cysteine help to support liver detoxification.2,3 Gut Care for Kids may also enhance phase II detoxification via increases in glutathione by selenium and cysteine.6,7
Ingredients: Metagenics Gut Care for Kids
Each 10.0 g dose contains: | |
Larix arabinogalactan (Larch) | 2g |
Glutamine | 1g |
Glycine | 500mg |
Pectin (Citrus) | 500mg |
Ulmus rubra (Slippery elm), stem bark inner powder | 500mg |
Cysteine | 200mg |
Zinc amino acid chelate (Meta Zn – Zinc bisglycinate) | 40mg |
– Equivalent Zinc | 8.0mg |
Selenomethionine | 125micrograms |
– Equivalent Selenium | 50micrograms |
Dry herbal extracts: | |
Curcuma longa (BCM-95TM Turmeric), rhizome | 100mg |
Derived from dry rhizome | 2.5g |
Silybum marianum (Milk thistle), seed | 29.0mg |
Derived from dry seed | 2g |
Glycyrrhiza glabra (Deglycyrrhizinised liquorice), rhizome | 238mg |
Derived from dry rhizome | 1.9g |
Althaea officinalis (Marshmallow), root | 75mg |
Derived from dry root | 300mg |