Bifidobacterium lactis MAK16B42L and Increased Bowel Movement Frequency

• Short- and long-term dynamics in the intestinal microbiota following ingestion of Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis GCL2505

  • 2015-11-23
  • RCT · n = 91
  • Bioscience of Microbiota, Food and Health 34(4)
  • • Yoshiyuki Tanaka
    • K. Takami
    • Tomohiko Nishijima
    • Ryo Aoki
    • Takashi Mawatari
    • Takayuki Ikeda

  • PubMed: 26594607
  • DOI: 10.12938/bmfh.2015-001

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  • Increased Bowel Movement Frequency

  • High evidence
  • Rigorous Journal
  • Clinical

  Both the number of fecal bifidobacteria and the frequency of defecation significantly increased throughout the ingestion period in the B. lactis GCL2505 ingestion group.

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Moderate

  Significant

  Yes