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

submitted 1 month ago by DocMcStuffin@lemmy.world to c/health@lemmy.world

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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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[–] dditty@lemm.ee 4 points 1 month ago (4 children)

I'm not the person you replied to, but I recently recovered from a multi-month case of acute gastritis and I felt that the Culturelle OTC probiotic pill regimen I took helped

[–] MaximilianKohler@lemmy.world -2 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Yes, Culturelle has been shown to be effective for certain conditions, and it's NOT "double capsule probiotic designed to survive the stomach intact and open in the small intestine". So what the previous commenter said is misinformation.

[–] nomous@lemmy.world -3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

The tip off for me was "acid is meant to kill anything, whether it’s a pathogen or beneficial probiotic. Yogurt’s probiotics shouldn’t survive" followed by "took a double capsule probiotic designed to survive the stomach intact and open in the small intestine."

Which is it, does the stomach acid kill everything or is there a pill that can survive that only to dissolve in your intestines?

[–] MaximilianKohler@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

There are special capsules designed to survive stomach acid, but there are plenty of studies showing they're not necessary in most/many cases.

[–] nomous@lemmy.world -3 points 1 month ago

Then I suppose stomach acid doesn't kill everything.