Tag Archives: Probiotics

Consuming probiotics in foods such as yogurt can reduce the risk of antibiotic-associated diarrhoea (AAD), says a new a review and meta-analysis of previous studies.

Infant formulae are increasingly being supplemented with probiotics, prebiotics, or both (see box for definitions).

In the last of his two-part series on probiotics, Dr Dom Colbert looks at how and why certain medical conditions may be helped by the addition of probiotics to the diet It has been confirmed over and over again that a normal intestinal microflora is essential for good health.

In the first of a two-part special, Dr Dom Colbert explains the difference between prebiotics and probiotics and how they work in the colon When it comes to the treatment or prevention of really serious disease, medical reportage in the popular press (and in the media in general) always seems to pounce on ‘amazing breakthroughs’, usually on the flimsiest of