Bifidobacterium lactis MAK16B42L and Improved Colonic Transit Time

• Short-term, daily intake of yogurt containing Bifidobacterium animalis ssp. lactis Bf-6 (LMG 24384) does not affect colonic transit time in women

  • 2013-10-08
  • RCT · n = 68
  • British Journal of Nutrition 111(2)
  • • D. Merenstein
    • F. D'Amico
    • C. Palese
    • A. Hahn
    • Jessy Sparenborg
    • T. Tan
    • Hillary Scott
    • K. Polzin
    • Lore W Kolberg
    • R. Roberts

  • PubMed: 24103188
  • DOI: 10.1017/S0007114513002237

  4 Insights on

  • Improved Colonic Transit Time

  • High evidence

  The average CTT was 42·1 h for the active period and 43·3 h for the control period (mean difference 1·2 h, 95 % CI - 4·9, 7·4).

  Effect

  Neutral

  Effect size

  Small

  Significant

  No