Stay healthy on holiday

Prepare with a probiotic

Probiotics are the friendly bacteria that your gut uses to help ward off infection and defend itself against foreign invaders. A number of studies have shown that people travelling abroad can prevent or cut short a bout of diarrhoea by taking a course of probiotics, starting one week before they travel.

Popular probiotics include Yakult and Actimel drinks. But for topping up levels while you're away, pack Seven Seas Multibionta - a multivitamin with added probiotics that don't need refrigeration (£7.50 for 60 tablets, from Boots).

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