Lactobacillus salivarius UCC118 and Improved Total Cholesterol Levels

• The Effects of Probiotics/Synbiotics on Glucose and Lipid Metabolism in Women with Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.

  • 2023-03-12
  • Meta-Analysis · n = 11
  • Nutrients 15(6)
  • • Jinhao Mu
    • Xian Guo
    • Yanbing Zhou
    • Guoxia Cao

  • PubMed: 36986107
  • DOI: 10.3390/nu15061375

  6 Insights on

  • Improved Total Cholesterol Levels

  • High evidence
  • Rigorous Journal

  Compared with the placebo, probiotics/synbiotics were associated with a statistically significant improvement in... TC... while other factors had no significant difference.

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Small

  Significant

  Yes

• The dietary supplements effect on metabolic markers in non-pharmacologically managed gestational diabetes mellitus patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis and meta-regression of randomized controlled trials.

  • 2023-12-30
  • Meta-Analysis
  • Journal of diabetes and metabolic disorders 23(1)
  • • Sumanta Saha
    • Sujata Saha
    • Mohan Gayen

  • PubMed: 38932907
  • DOI: 10.1007/s40200-023-01369-0

  8 Insights on

  • Improved Total Cholesterol Levels

  • High evidence

  Meta-analysis showed favorable effects of dietary supplementation on total cholesterol (TC; WMD: -7.70 mg/dL, p = 0.006)

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Small

  Significant

  Yes