Probiotics mitigate stress and inflammation in malnourished adults via gut microbiota modulation: a randomized controlled trial.
- 2025-07-16
- RCT
- Frontiers in nutrition 12
- Maryam Ahmadi-Khorram
- Alireza Hatami
- Parastoo Asghari
- Ali Jafarzadeh Esfehani
- Asma Afshari
- Fateme Javdan
- Mohsen Nematy
- PubMed: 40740643
- DOI: 10.3389/fnut.2025.1615607
- High evidence
a significant reduction in Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) scores (<i>p</i> < 0.001) in comparison to the placebo... stress reduction was more pronounced in the probiotic group (34% vs. 9.3%, <i>p</i> = 0.017).
- Effect
- Beneficial
- Effect size
- Large
- Significant
- Yes