Lactobacillus plantarum 299v and Improved Iron Status

• A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis on the Effects of Probiotic Species on Iron Absorption and Iron Status.

  • 2019-12-03
  • Meta-Analysis · n = 950
  • Nutrients 11(12)
  • • Susan C Vonderheid
    • Lisa Tussing-Humphreys
    • Chang Park
    • Heather Pauls
    • Nefertiti OjiNjideka Hemphill
    • Bazil LaBomascus
    • Andrew McLeod
    • Mary Dawn Koenig

  • PubMed: 31816981
  • DOI: 10.3390/nu11122938

  3 Insights on

  • Improved Iron Status

  • High evidence
  • Rigorous Journal
  • Adults

  no other studies reported improvement in iron status-related indices with probiotic treatment

  Effect

  Neutral

  Effect size

  Small

  Significant

  No