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Popular gut probiotic completely craps out in randomized controlled trial (arstechnica.com)

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In a randomized controlled trial, the probiotic Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis—used in many probiotic products, including Dannon's Activia yogurts—did nothing to improve bowel health in people with constipation, according to data from a randomized triple-blind placebo-controlled clinical trial Wednesday in JAMA Network Open.

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 month ago (8 children)

A couple of years back I read of a study which concluded that because we are all so unique, there is no one size fits all probiotic. It's a crap shoot if you want to find one that works for you.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago (6 children)

Also there are supposed to be whole probiotic worlds in our gut. One species is nothing.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (4 children)

I don't fully agree with this. There is a whole actual world (this planet), but one species is all it takes to destroy it.