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Decreased duration of acute upper respiratory tract infections with daily intake of fermented milk: A multicenter, double-blinded, randomized comparative study in users of day care facilities for the elderly population
Retsu Fujita,Satoshi Iimuro,Tomohiro Shinozaki,Kentaro Sakamaki,Yukari Uemura,Ayano Takeuchi,Yutaka Matsuyama,Yasuo Ohashi +7 more
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It is suggested that fermented milk containing LcS probably reduces the duration of acute URTIs.About:
This article is published in American Journal of Infection Control.The article was published on 2013-12-01. It has received 48 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Placebo.read more
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Probiotics for preventing acute upper respiratory tract infections
TL;DR: It is found that probiotics were better than placebo in reducing the number of participants experiencing episodes of acute URTI, the mean duration of an episode of acute United States upper respiratory tract infections, antibiotic use and cold-related school absence and the quality of the evidence was low or very low.
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Understanding the gastrointestinal tract of the elderly to develop dietary solutions that prevent malnutrition.
Didier Rémond,Danit R. Shahar,Doreen Gille,Paula Pinto,Josefa Kachal,Marie-Agnès Peyron,Cláudia N. Santos,Barbara Walther,Alessandra Bordoni,Didier Dupont,Lidia Tomás-Cobos,Guy Vergères +11 more
TL;DR: Dietary solutions preventing malnutrition should propose dietary guidelines and food products that integrate knowledge on the functionality of the aging GIT and the nutritional status of the elderly and request the identification, validation, and correlative analysis of biomarkers of food intake, nutrient bioavailability, and malnutrition.
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Probiotics in respiratory virus infections
TL;DR: More randomized, double-blind, and placebo-controlled trials in different age populations investigating probiotic dose response, comparing probiotic strains/genera, and elucidating the antiviral effect mechanisms are necessary to provide insights on the possible antiviral mechanisms of probiotics.
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Fermented milk containing Lactobacillus casei strain Shirota prevents the onset of physical symptoms in medical students under academic examination stress.
Akito Kato-Kataoka,Kensei Nishida,M. Takada,Kazunori Suda,Mitsuhisa Kawai,K Shimizu,Akira Kushiro,R. Hoshi,O. Watanabe,Tomoki Igarashi,K. Miyazaki,Yuki Kuwano,Kazuhito Rokutan +12 more
TL;DR: The results suggest that the daily consumption of fermented milk containing LcS may exert beneficial effects preventing the onset of physical symptoms in healthy subjects exposed to stressful situations.
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Daily intake of fermented milk with Lactobacillus casei strain Shirota reduces the incidence and duration of upper respiratory tract infections in healthy middle-aged office workers.
Kan Shida,Tadashi Sato,Ryoko Iizuka,Ryotaro Hoshi,Osamu Watanabe,Tomoki Igarashi,Kouji Miyazaki,Masanobu Nanno,Fumiyasu Ishikawa +8 more
TL;DR: The results suggest that the daily intake of fermented milk with LcS may reduce the risk of URTIs in healthy middle-aged office workers, probably through modulation of the immune system.
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