Probiotics may not be as helpful as you think – and may even be harmful in some cases. Researchers studying the human digestive tract found probiotics have questionable benefits and may delay the ...

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Consuming a diet heavy in fat and sugar during childhood can permanently alter how the brain regulates appetite later in life, even if healthy eating habits are adopted in adulthood. However, ...

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A new study demonstrates that computer models of gut metabolism can predict which probiotics will successfully establish ...

Future Market Insights (FMI), analysis highlights a structural shift from refrigeration-dependent probiotics toward spore-forming strains that survive heat processing, enable shelf-stable formats, and ...

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While current research is finding that modulating our gut microbiome through probiotics can have a number of positive health outcomes, a new study is suggesting for some people probiotics can have a ...

The first ever systematic review of its kind confirms that taking probiotics alongside antibiotics can protect against some of the negative impacts of antibiotics on the human gut microbiome. Millions ...

How you take probiotics may influence how they affect your brain, according to a new study from Örebro University.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover the living world, from microbes to ecosystems. If you walk through a grocery store, you'll see probiotic kombucha, ...