Streptococcus thermophilus SEBiotic and Reduced Colic or Irritability

• Long-term consumption of infant formulas containing live probiotic bacteria: tolerance and safety.

  • 2004-02
  • RCT · n = 118
  • The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 79(2)
  • • J. Saavedra
    • A. Abi-hanna
    • N. Moore
    • R. Yolken

  • PubMed: 14749232
  • DOI: 10.1093/AJCN/79.2.261

  4 Insights on

  • Reduced Colic or Irritability

  • High evidence
  • Highly Cited

  The supplemented formulas were well accepted and were associated with a lower frequency of reported colic or irritability (P < 0.001) than was the unsupplemented formula.

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Large

  Significant

  Yes