Bifidobacterium lactis Bl-04 and Reduced Upper Respiratory Infections

• Effect of fermented milk on upper respiratory tract infection in adults who lived in the haze area of Northern China: a randomized clinical trial.

  • 2021-01
  • RCT · n = 136
  • Pharmaceutical biology 59(1)
  • • Hong Zhang
    • Junli Miao
    • Miya Su
    • Bryan Y Liu
    • Zhenmin Liu

  • PubMed: 34062085
  • DOI: 10.1080/13880209.2021.1929344

  6 Insights on

  • Reduced Upper Respiratory Infections

  • High evidence
  • Large Human Trial
  • Clinical

  Qingrun yogurt significantly reduced the duration (1.23 ± 2.73 vs. 4.78 ± 5.09 d) and severity score (3.58 ± 7.12 vs. 11.37 ± 11.73) of URTI.

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Large

  Significant

  Yes

  Dose

  250 g/day (Qingrun yogurt containing the probiotic)