From:
"sukiedaviscrandall"
Date: 2009-08-27 05:13:50 UTC
Subject: [ferrethealth] Re: Ingredients Links - Probiotics
To: ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com
Talk about coincidences. In the Thursday
"Science News" update there is info from
a study indicating that for healthy individuals
giving probiotics NOT as live cultures but
as killed ones may actually have much more
benefit and reduced chances of inflammation.
I don't know currently how the timing is, but
it used to be that subscribers can read the
articles immediately, but others need to wait a
week. Here is the URL for the article:
http://www.sciencenews.org/index/generic/activity/view/id/46737/title/Probiotics_Better_off_dead%3F
The paper is in "Nutrition Reviews":
http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/118902515/home?CRETRY=1&SRETRY=0
with the abstract here:
http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/122573446/abstract
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ABSTRACT
An essential symbiotic relationship exists between
intestinal cells and commensal bacteria within the
human gastrointestinal tract. Alteration or absence
of this interaction may play a role in the development
of human disease. Use of probiotic organisms has yielded
improvement of certain medical conditions, such as
inflammatory and infectious gastrointestinal disease,
although the mechanisms of benefit remain poorly defined.
The administration of live organisms is not without risk, both
potential and realized, particularly in certain populations.
Therefore, it is of considerable interest to determine if the
health benefits of probiotics can be attained without the risks
associated with administration of a live organism. Reviewed
here is the evidence that heat-killed, ultraviolet-inactivated,
and even components of these agents may be just as effective
and considerably safer for the host.
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