Probiotic

In this special crossover podcast episode, Tuesday Night IBS host Jeffrey Roberts, MSEd, BSc, and Kate Scarlata, MPH, RDN, are joined live by William Chey, MD, and Amanda Lynett, MS, RDN, at FOOD the Main Course Conference in Ann Arbor, MI.

CHICAGO — Adults with occasional constipation reported significant improvement in stool consistency and GI-related symptoms after receiving a probiotic blend, results from a randomized study presented at NUTRITION showed.

Consumption of a prophylactic probiotic supplement of Lactobacilli did not prevent or mitigate the effects of gastrointestinal permeability associated with an acute aspirin challenge in healthy individuals, data showed.

The FDA has issued a safety alert warning patients and health care providers of a “risk of invasive, potentially fatal disease” linked to probiotic use among preterm infants in hospital settings.

BOSTON — Adults with mild cognitive impairment who received the probiotic Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG for 3 months had improvements in cognitive scores compared with those who received placebo, according to findings presented at NUTRITION.

A large study found that routine use of probiotics in neonatal ICUs reduced necrotizing enterocolitis but not mortality or sepsis in very-low-birth-weight infants, and the benefit was smaller than demonstrated by other studies.

A probiotic safely reduced Staphylococcus aureus colonization in a phase 2 human trial without harming other gut microbiota, suggesting a potential approach to preventing infection without using antibiotics.