A big, successful trial of probiotics
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A big, successful trial of probiotics
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Re: A big, successful trial of probiotics
#2The study was done on newborns just starting breastfeeding, but doesn't say whether only vaginal births or if C-sections were included.
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#3Here's the nature article (paywall): http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/natu...
"The special mixture included a probiotic called Lactobacillus plantarum ATCC-202195 combined with fructo-oligosaccharide (FOS), an oral synbiotic preparation developed by Dr. Panigrahi." (from https://medicalxpress.com/news/2017-08-probiotics-sepsis-inf...)
Decrease in other infections (respiratory and nasal) is particularly interesting to see.
Now I want a HN MD to weigh in.
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#4The study was done on newborns just starting breastfeeding, but doesn't say whether only vaginal births or if C-sections were included.
99.8% and 99.7% of the births were vaginal for those receiving the placebo and the probiotics, respectively.
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#5All the products containing Lactobacillus plantarum may see a boost in sales.
Re: A big, successful trial of probiotics
#6The 9% placebo and even the 5% treatment sepsis rate seems very high. According to http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/978352-overview#a6 the US rate of neonatal sepsis is around 2/1000 live births so around 0.2%.
Given this, I wonder how applicable these results would be to neonates in the US.
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#7All the products containing Lactobacillus plantarum may see a boost in sales.
are there any though? From the article, it seems that they had to cultivate the colonies themselves.
Re: A big, successful trial of probiotics
#8All the products containing Lactobacillus plantarum may see a boost in sales.
are there any though? From the article, it seems that they had to cultivate the colonies themselves.
Yes, you can find it in some probiotic supplements.
https://www.gardenoflife.com/content/product/dr-formulated-p...
Re: A big, successful trial of probiotics
#9All the products containing Lactobacillus plantarum may see a boost in sales.
This strain is in milk kefir, no? Easy to cultivate at home.
See also: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-38800977
Water kefir is also available :)
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#10The trial looks to be exceptionally rigorous and the sample size is very large. This is exciting science to say the least!