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Recent research on probiotics and wellbeing
Multi-strain probiotics reduce symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome – September 2008 – This Clinical trial by Williams E, et al. gave 52 adults two strains of Lactobacillus and two strains of Bifidobacteria for a period of 8 weeks. The study concluded that probiotic supplements made significant reductions in the severity of IBS symptoms. Those participants given probiotics reported a reduction in days with pain, and considerable improvement in quality of life and satisfaction with bowel habits.
Probiotics restore bowel flora and improve liver enzymes in alcohol-induced liver injury – December 2008 - A study on 66 Russians with alcoholic psychosis and 24 healthy controls found the alcoholic patients to have significantly less Bifidobacteria and Lactobacilli in their systems than participants without alcoholic psychosis. Giving Bifidobacterium bifidum and Lactobacillus plantarum to the alcoholic patients restored their bowel microbiota, and improved their liver health significantly more than standard therapy on its own.
For an abstract of the study, see http://www.alcoholjournal.org/article/S0741-8329(08)00301-7/abstract
Lifelong prebiotic supplementation could extend lifespan by over 30% - April 2008 - An animal study at the Université Henri Poincare Nancy I administered rats with the prebiotics inulin and oligofructose (FOS). Results demonstrated increased survival rates in rats given the prebiotics, and also lower body weight and lower cholesterol when compared to rats in the control group. Within the male rats’groups, at 18 months old all animals on prebiotics were still alive, compared to 76% of the rats not on prebiotics.
Source: British Journal of Nutrition Published online ahead of print, 11 Apr 2008, doi: 10.1017/S0007114508975607, "Effects of lifelong intervention with an oligofructose-enriched inulin in rats on general health and lifespan" Authors: P. Rozan, A. Nejdi, S. Hidalgo, J.-F. Bisson, D. Desor, M. Messaoudi
Probiotics ease gut problems amongst those with HIV and AIDS - February 2008 - A small Canadian/Nigerian study on probiotics and the quality of life for people with HIV/AIDS found that the occurrence of diarrhoea, flatulence and nausea was resolved in all participants receiving probiotic yoghurt, compared to only 2 participants in the normal or control yoghurt group.
Source: “Yoghurt Containing Probiotic Lactobacillus rhamnosus GR-1 and L.reuteri RC-14 Helps Resolve Moderate Diarrhea and Increases CD4 Count in HIV/AIDS Patients” Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology.
Probiotics ease stress-related gut problems - January 2008 – Leading probiotic firm, Lallemand, led a double-blind study which randomly assigned either probiotics or placebos to 75 volunteers from 18 to 60 years old. Participants who received probiotics Lactobacillus acidophilus Rosell-52 and Bifidobacterium longum Rosell-175 reported considerable reduction in abdominal pain and nausea or vomiting compared to participants in the control group. Authors of the study at the Institut Rosell commented that this probiotic supplement could act on the intestinal microflora, the epithelial barrier, and the immune system in order to improve gastrointestinal problems induced by stress.
Source: Nutrition Research (Elsevier) Volume 28, Issue 1, January 2008, Pages 1-5 "Probiotic food supplement reduces stress-induced gastrointestinal symptoms in volunteers: a double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized trial" Authors: L. Diop, S. Guillou, H. Durand
Synbiotics (both probiotics and prebiotics) reduce risk of colon cancer - February 2007 - A large study sponsored by the EU found that a mix of both probiotics and prebiotics largely modified the composition of the colonic bacterial ecosystem, and could in this way diminish the amount of cancer-promoting bacteria. The number of Clostridium perfringens, a bacterial strain thought to convert dietary substances to carcinogenic compounds, decreased notably in participants given the synbiotic product. Lead author Joseph Rafter stated that use of synbiotics may represent a fine means of “chemoprevention of colon cancer in humans”.
Source: American Journal of Clinical Nutrition Volume 85, Pages 488-496 "Dietary synbiotics reduce cancer risk factors in polypectomized and colon cancer patients"
Role of prebiotics in reducing artery hardening & boosting heart health – January 2007 - Researchers at the Human Nutrition Research Centre in Auvergne found that mice given long-chain inulin or an oligofructose-enriched inulin showed significantly reduced levels of triacylglycerol and 30% less atherosclerotic plaque. Atherosclerosis (hardening of the arteries) is a major risk factor in cardiovascular disease, which causes up to 50% of deaths in Europe.
