Are probiotics good or bad for Crohn’s disease?

Researchers are increasingly looking into whether probiotics can help reduce symptoms for people with inflammatory bowel diseases, including Crohn’s disease. In this article, we look at the possible benefits and risks, as well as what the current research concludes.

Dairy products boost effectiveness of probiotics

The success of probiotics for boosting human health may depend partly upon the food, beverage, or other material carrying the probiotics, according to research published on July 10th in Applied and…

New Nutrition Reviews study shows cholesterol-lowering potential of certain probiotics

A new study, “Effect of probiotics on biomarkers of cardiovascular disease: implications for heart-healthy diets,” published in Nutrition Reviews, examined 26 clinical studies and two meta-analyses to assess the potential of probiotics in reducing LDL-cholesterol.Of the probiotics examined, L.

New international practical reference guide: which probiotics for which lower GI symptoms?

Doctors, people with gastrointestinal (GI) problems as well as the general public are becoming increasingly aware of the probiotics in general. However, with the increasingly broad range of products, it is difficult to choose which probiotics might be useful for a specific GI problem…

London Researcher Calls For New Approach To Regulating Probiotics

In the Nature scientific journal Dr. Gregor Reid, Director of the Canadian R&D Centre for Probiotics at Lawson Health Research Institute and a scientist at Western University, calls for a Category Tree system to be implemented in the United States and Europe to better inform consumers about probiotics…

Major Boost For The Probiotics Industry

A protective delivery vehicle that shuttles friendly bacteria safely through the stomach to the intestines could provide a major boost for the probiotics industry…