Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Reduced Upper Respiratory Tract Infection Symptoms

• The International Scientific Association of Probiotics and Prebiotics (ISAPP) consensus statement on the definition and scope of postbiotics.

  • 2021-05-04
  • Review
  • Nature reviews. Gastroenterology & hepatology 18(9)
  • • Seppo Salminen
    • Maria Carmen Collado
    • Akihito Endo
    • Colin Hill
    • Sarah Lebeer
    • Eamonn M M Quigley
    • Mary Ellen Sanders
    • Raanan Shamir
    • Jonathan R Swann
    • Hania Szajewska
    • Gabriel Vinderola

  • PubMed: 33948025
  • DOI: 10.1038/s41575-021-00440-6

  6 Insights on

  • Reduced Upper Respiratory Tract Infection Symptoms

  • Moderate evidence
  • Highly Cited

  Compared with placebo, participants consuming Saccharomyces cerevisiae fermentate had fewer self-reported upper respiratory tract infections, less severe cold/flu symptoms, and fewer missed work or school days.

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Moderate