Sentences with phrase «clinical use of probiotics»

There is, however, to date not enough evidence to suggest that probiotics are of use in treating acute, severe pouchitis — more research is needed into this aspect and indeed into the clinical use of probiotics for pouchitis in general.

Not exact matches

«The benefits of probiotics are strain specific, which means formulators need to look at the clinical studies supporting the exact probiotic strain used to determine what benefits to claim, and ensure inclusion rates through the end of shelf life to support these amounts,» Bush says.

«Also, patients with mild clinical forms of ulcerative colitis should be informed that they might use, with caution, an alternative probiotic treatment to prevent relapse.»

Areas of focus include the clinical and health implications of using probiotics, potential forensic uses of microbiome profiles, bioterrorism and biodefense applications, the application of new technologies from the project, and patenting and privacy issues.

Marteau PR, et al., Protection from Gastrointestinal Diseases with the Use of Probiotics, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition73 (2, Suppl 1): 430S - 436S, 2001.

Although there are numerous claimed benefits of using probiotic supplements, such as maintaining gastrointestinal health, in part by lowering risk of and severity of constipation or diarrhea, and improving immune health, including lower risk of and severity of acute upper respiratory tract infections, i.e., the common cold, such claims are not all supported by sufficient clinical evidence.

A review by Dinan et al. encompasses the clinical basis for the use of probiotics in mental health with reference to animal studies in which behavioral changes resulted from exposure to bacterial strains such as bifidobacterium and lactobacillus.

There is a need for additional data to be generated to provide proof of efficacy in probiotic therapy before these agents can be applied to widespread clinical use.