Re: The NYTimes Discovers Probiotics

[Guest guest]

Really out on a controversial limb there!! ZOMG, laughing!!LOL sometimes scientists are so funny. Hearing about them is kind of like watching a dog try to lick peanut butter off the roof of it's mouth =) Pour Dieu, pour terre,Alyssa 15UC April 2008, diagnosed Sept 2008SCD June 2009 (restarted)No meds except for the stupid iron pill I have to take that is SO illegal

[Guest guest]

Mara- you crack me up! Why the probiotic thing is such a mystery baffles me.

Could it be there is no real money in it for research? What drug company wants

to be outdone by yogurt? LOL

PJ

>

> Snort - they had to resort to a conference at " Yale " to figure this

> out...?

>

> http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/29/health/29well.html?_r=1&ref=instapundit

>

> ______

> " So what health problems can probiotics really help? After gathering

> at a Yale workshop to review the available evidence, a panel of 12

> experts concluded that there was strong evidence that several

> probiotic strains could reduce diarrhea, including that associated

> with antibiotic use... "

> _____

>

> And then there's this one:

> _____

> " Several studies have also suggested that certain probiotics may be

> useful for irritable bowel syndrome, with the strongest recommendation

> for Bifidobacterium infantis 35624, the probiotic in the Procter &

> Gamble supplement Align. (Two members of the panel had ties to Procter

> & Gamble; three others had ties to other companies that sell

> probiotics.) "

> ___

>

> Hmm, objective panel there!

>

> And then they're still debating whether bacteria plays a part

> in immune system health. LOL!

> ____

> " And scientists continue to debate whether probiotics offer a

> meaningful benefit to the immune system.

> " The evidence for the general immune strengthening is just not there, "

> said Barry R. Goldin, a Tufts professor who helped discover LGG but no

> longer receives royalties from the patent.

>

> But the gastrointestinal tract is an important part of the immune

> system, and studies show that intestinal bacteria play an essential

> role in immune defenses. These bacteria not only aid digestion but

> essentially help form a protective barrier inside the intestine.

>

> ___

>

> Gee, ya think?

>

> And the conclusion.

>

> Wait for it!!!

>

> ______

>

> The Yale group, whose report appeared in The Journal of Clinical

> Gastroenterology in July 2008, concluded that the " immune response is

> definitely affected by the administration of probiotics. "

>

> " Such findings, " the authors wrote, " suggest that probiotics might be

> of value for incorporation into the daily diet of healthy people for

> the purpose of staying healthy. "

> ______

>

> Really out on a controversial limb there!!

>

> ZOMG, laughing!!

>

> Mara

>

[Guest guest]

Mara- you crack me up! Why the probiotic thing is such a mystery baffles me.

Could it be there is no real money in it for research? What drug company wants

to be outdone by yogurt? LOL

PJ

>

> Snort - they had to resort to a conference at " Yale " to figure this

> out...?

>

> http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/29/health/29well.html?_r=1&ref=instapundit

>

> ______

> " So what health problems can probiotics really help? After gathering

> at a Yale workshop to review the available evidence, a panel of 12

> experts concluded that there was strong evidence that several

> probiotic strains could reduce diarrhea, including that associated

> with antibiotic use... "

> _____

>

> And then there's this one:

> _____

> " Several studies have also suggested that certain probiotics may be

> useful for irritable bowel syndrome, with the strongest recommendation

> for Bifidobacterium infantis 35624, the probiotic in the Procter &

> Gamble supplement Align. (Two members of the panel had ties to Procter

> & Gamble; three others had ties to other companies that sell

> probiotics.) "

> ___

>

> Hmm, objective panel there!

>

> And then they're still debating whether bacteria plays a part

> in immune system health. LOL!

> ____

> " And scientists continue to debate whether probiotics offer a

> meaningful benefit to the immune system.

> " The evidence for the general immune strengthening is just not there, "

> said Barry R. Goldin, a Tufts professor who helped discover LGG but no

> longer receives royalties from the patent.

>

> But the gastrointestinal tract is an important part of the immune

> system, and studies show that intestinal bacteria play an essential

> role in immune defenses. These bacteria not only aid digestion but

> essentially help form a protective barrier inside the intestine.

>

> ___

>

> Gee, ya think?

>

> And the conclusion.

>

> Wait for it!!!

>

> ______

>

> The Yale group, whose report appeared in The Journal of Clinical

> Gastroenterology in July 2008, concluded that the " immune response is

> definitely affected by the administration of probiotics. "

>

> " Such findings, " the authors wrote, " suggest that probiotics might be

> of value for incorporation into the daily diet of healthy people for

> the purpose of staying healthy. "

> ______

>

> Really out on a controversial limb there!!

>

> ZOMG, laughing!!

>

> Mara

>