Nutrition News


Probiotic Supplementation Gains New Scientific Acceptance

Probiotics as supplementation was proposed in western medicine 100 years ago by Eli Metchnikoff, a nobel prize winner and the father of cellular immunology. In fact, the introduction of fermented foods containing bacteria to promote wellness and healing have been used by many cultures over thousands of years. Finally with new scientific techniques, probiotic supplementation is gaining new validity.

Physicians and others are using probiotic supplementatlion for diverse conditions including: some inflammatory bowel diseases, respiratory illnesses, allergies and infectious diarrhea to name a new. It appears that probiotic supplementation can enhance our immune function by: improving intestinal barrier function against harmful microbes, exerting ant-inflammatory effects, enhancing mucosal antibody defenses and others.

Fore more information:
http://www.ncbi.nih.gov/pubmed/18626975