Probiotics: Are they worth taking?
Posted 5 years ago by Soraya in General Health News
An extensive study by Pamela Mason on the suggested benefits of probiotics began by stating the vital factors of a good probiotic product: the ability to resist gastric acidity, bile salts, and pancreatic enzymes; adhesion to the gut wall lining; and capacity to colonise the bowel. Mason concluded that probiotics such as acidophilus are promising in the prevention of diarrhoea, especially antibiotic-associated diarrhoea. She also noted the high potential for probiotics to help prevent or treat allergic disease such as eczema.
Reference: The Pharmaceutical Journal (Vol 278) 31 March 2007, Pages 373-376.
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