Lactobacillus rhamnosus and Reduced Depression Symptoms

• Effect of Probiotics on Psychiatric Symptoms and Central Nervous System Functions in Human Health and Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

  • 2022-01-30
  • Meta-Analysis
  • Nutrients 14(3)
  • • Charlotte Le Morvan de Sequeira
    • Charlotte Hengstberger
    • Paul Enck
    • Isabelle Mack

  • PubMed: 35276981
  • DOI: 10.3390/nu14030621

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  • Reduced Depression Symptoms

  • High evidence
  • Rigorous Journal

  At quantitative level, depression and psychiatric distress improved slightly in the probiotic condition (depression: mean difference -0.37 (95% CI: -0.55, -0.20); p ≤ 0.0001).

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Small

  Significant

  Yes