A yeast fermentate improves gastrointestinal discomfort and constipation by modulation of the gut microbiome: results from a randomized double-blind placebo-controlled pilot trial.
- 2017-09-04
- RCT
- BMC complementary and alternative medicine 17(1)
- Iris Pinheiro
- Larry Robinson
- An Verhelst
- Massimo Marzorati
- Björn Winkens
- Pieter Van den Abbeele
- Sam Possemiers
- PubMed: 28870194
- DOI: 10.1186/s12906-017-1948-0
- High evidence
Members of the families Bacteroidaceae and Prevotellaceae ... were found to increase with EpiCor fermentate in the severe subgroup. In the moderate subgroup, a significant increase in Akkermansia muciniphila was observed.
- Effect
- Beneficial
- Effect size
- Small
- Significant
- Yes