Bifidobacterium bifidum MAK53B66B and Improved Proportion of Healthy Days

• Bifidobacterium bifidum R0071 results in a greater proportion of healthy days and a lower percentage of academically stressed students reporting a day of cold/flu: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled study

  • 2015-01-21
  • RCT · n = 581
  • British Journal of Nutrition 113(3)
  • • B. Langkamp-Henken
    • C. Rowe
    • A. Ford
    • M. Christman
    • C. Nieves
    • Lauren Khouri
    • Gretchen J. Specht
    • S. Girard
    • Samuel J. Spaiser
    • W. Dahl

  • PubMed: 25604727
  • DOI: 10.1017/S0007114514003997

  5 Insights on

  • Improved Proportion of Healthy Days

  • High evidence
  • Large Human Trial

  B. bifidum resulted in a greater proportion of healthy days than placebo (P≤ 0·05).

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Moderate

  Significant

  Yes