Is Lactobacillus acidophilus good for health?
Lactobacillus acidophilus is a common probiotic that is available as a dietary supplement and is an ingredient in yogurts and other fermented foods. Research suggests that consuming this probiotic can support digestion and prevent or treat a number of conditions
January 15, 2019 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: common-probiotic, dietary-supplement, fermented, nutrition / diet, on call diets, other-fermented, prevent-or-treat, probiotic, support-digestion
Probiotics may help in the treatment of depression
Probiotics are not new, but their status as a nutritional buzzword is. Most folks have now heard and seen the term countless times in commercials and advertisements, as yogurt, dietary supplement, natural food product, and even cosmetic companies promote their probiotic-containing products.But what are they, and why are they important?
November 17, 2013 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: cosmetic-companies, countless-times, depression, dietary-supplement, natural-food, now-heard, nutritional counseling, oncalldietitian.com, probiotic, seen-the-term, term, the-term
Relapse in Crohn’s disease patients not prevented by probiotics
Despite previous data showing beneficial effects, the probiotic Saccharomuces boulardii (S. boulardii) does not prevent clinical relapse in patients with Crohn’s disease, according to a new study in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association…
August 16, 2013 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: clinical-practice, crohn, does-not, hepatology, new-study, nutrition, nutritional counseling, on call diets, prevent-clinical, probiotic, the-probiotic