Lactobacillus reuteri NCIMB 30242 and Reduced Diastolic Blood Pressure

• Randomized controlled trial demonstrates response to a probiotic intervention for metabolic syndrome that may correspond to diet.

  • 2023-02-19
  • RCT · n = 39
  • Gut microbes 15(1)
  • • Hannah C Wastyk
    • Dalia Perelman
    • Madeline Topf
    • Gabriela K Fragiadakis
    • Jennifer L Robinson
    • Justin L Sonnenburg
    • Christopher D Gardner
    • Erica D Sonnenburg

  • PubMed: 36803658
  • DOI: 10.1080/19490976.2023.2178794

  2 Insights on

  • Reduced Diastolic Blood Pressure

  • High evidence

  there were significant improvements in triglycerides and diastolic blood pressure in a subset of probiotic arm participants

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Small

  Significant

  Yes