Bifidobacterium lactis HN019 and Reduced Whole Gut Transit Time

• Dose-response effect of Bifidobacterium lactis HN019 on whole gut transit time and functional gastrointestinal symptoms in adults

  • 2011-06-13
  • RCT · n = 100
  • Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology 46(9)
  • • Philip A Waller
    • P. Gopal
    • G. Leyer
    • A. Ouwehand
    • C. Reifer
    • Morgan E Stewart
    • L. Miller

  • PubMed: 21663486
  • DOI: 10.3109/00365521.2011.584895

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  • Reduced Whole Gut Transit Time

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  Decreases in mean WGTT over the 14-day study period were statistically significant in the high dose group (49 ± 30 to 21 ± 32 h, p < 0.001) and the low dose group (60 ± 33 to 41 ± 39 h, p = 0.01), but not in the placebo group (43 ± 31 to 44 ± 33 h).

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Large

  Significant

  Yes

  Dose

  1.8 billion CFU/day