Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus UALb-15 and Improved Quality of Life for Eye, Nose, and Throat Symptoms

• Reducing the risk of infection in the elderly by dietary intake of yoghurt fermented with Lactobacillus delbrueckii ssp. bulgaricus OLL1073R-1

  • 2010-05-21
  • Meta-Analysis
  • British Journal of Nutrition 104(7)
  • • Seiya Makino
    • S. Ikegami
    • Akinori Kume
    • H. Horiuchi
    • H. Sasaki
    • Naoki Orii

  • PubMed: 20487575
  • DOI: 10.1017/S000711451000173X

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  • Improved Quality of Life for Eye, Nose, and Throat Symptoms

  • High evidence
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  In addition, the quality of life score for the 'eye/nose/throat' system after intake was significantly higher in the yoghurt group than in the milk group and the improvement of the score was correlated with the promotion of natural killer cell activity.

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Moderate

  Significant

  Yes