Science
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Established benefits of probiotics
- Probiotics and immunity
- Probiotics and stress
- Probiotics and diarrhoea in young children
- Probiotics and winter infections
- Probiotics and Clostridium Difficile
- Probiotics and Heliobacter pylori (H.pylori)
Probiotics and winter infections
An initial study involving 360 independently living people over 60 years of age demonstrated that L. casei Imunitass® could shorten the duration of winter infections.14
This beneficial effect may result from improved efficacy of the overall immune system, which in turn is influenced by the intestinal bacteria.
The results show that there is a reduction in the severity (duration and maximal temperature) of winter diseases. This suggests that L. casei Imunitass® may enhance the natural defences against infection in healthy older people, who are
at a relatively high risk of infection.
