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Probiotics reduce COVID symptoms and delay disease among unvaccinated
Medical Xpress / Duke University / Clinical Nutrition ^ | Dec. 19, 2023 | Sarah Avery / Paul E. Wischmeyer et al

Posted on 12/24/2023 7:12:18 PM PST by ConservativeMind

Probiotics, specifically lactobacillus, demonstrated significant ability to delay a COVID infection and reduce symptoms among a group of unvaccinated people who had been in contact with someone in their household diagnosed with COVID.

The randomized, placebo-controlled study suggests that probiotics could be a relatively simple and inexpensive approach to treating people after a COVID exposure.

Wischmeyer and colleagues launched their investigation in March 2020, prior to widespread vaccine availability in the United States.

The study enrolled 182 participants, with half randomly assigned to take a probiotic of lactobacillus and the other half randomized to take a placebo pill.

Wischmeyer said the study enrollment period was shortened because the pool of eligible participants declined as vaccines became more commonplace.

Upon analysis, the researchers found that participants randomized to receive the probiotic were 60% less likely to develop COVID symptoms compared to those randomized to receive placebo—26.4% vs. 42.9%. The probiotic participants were also able to stave off infection longer compared to those receiving the dummy pill.

Although the probiotic group had a numerically lower incidence of COVID-19 diagnosis, the rate did not meet statistical significance (8.8% COVID diagnosis rate in probiotic vs. 15.4% COVID diagnosis rate in control group) because of the study size.

"We are actually not surprised by these findings," Wischmeyer said. "There have been several studies that have demonstrated the strong efficacy of probiotics against respiratory infections, including a very large study among babies in India that was published in Nature in 2017. Other early studies have shown that probiotics may also enhance the effect of vaccines against other viral illnesses, such as influenza."

Wischmeyer cited evidence that probiotics improve immune function in several ways, including increasing the population of regulatory T-cells, decreasing pro-inflammatory cytokines, increasing the lung's protective barrier against infection and modulating antiviral gene expression.

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TOPICS: Health/Medicine
KEYWORDS: covid; covid19; probiotics
Lacticaseibacillus rhamnosus GG, available in some foods and in supplement forms, is likely to help curb COVID issues.

This GG form of the bacteria is not common to yogurts, but the non-GG form, is.

1 posted on 12/24/2023 7:12:18 PM PST by ConservativeMind
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2 posted on 12/24/2023 7:12:56 PM PST by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: ConservativeMind

Pfizer can’t make money on L. rhamnosus.


3 posted on 12/24/2023 7:15:49 PM PST by packagingguy
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To: ConservativeMind

I recently had to take an antibiotic that was a combo pill with penicillin. I pretty quickly released that I was going to have a problem for the 7 days I had to take it. I grabbed some version of probiotic that I have and randomly take. It cleared the issue up straight away. Kind of amazing how the probiotics in your system can alter so much.


4 posted on 12/24/2023 7:17:46 PM PST by RummyChick
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To: ConservativeMind

Where would we be without Medical Xpress?


5 posted on 12/24/2023 7:20:57 PM PST by webheart
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To: ConservativeMind
"lactobacillus" -- so my homemade sourdough bread conferring COVID protection? Lots of lactobacillus in my starter. I probably need to eat a lot more sourdough!


6 posted on 12/24/2023 7:24:27 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (“Occupy your mind with good thoughts or your enemy will fill them with bad ones.” ~ Thomas More)
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To: ConservativeMind

What CFU is the best?


7 posted on 12/24/2023 7:25:01 PM PST by peggybac (My will is what I wanted. God's will is what I got.)
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To: ConservativeMind

I have to catch it first.


8 posted on 12/24/2023 7:30:34 PM PST by roving (Deplorable Listless Vessel Trumpist With Trumpitis)
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To: peggybac

You are asking someone who posts every article from medical xpress which colony forming unit is best? How would he know? Wylhy would it matter? The bacteria in yoghurt can’t even survive in a human digestive system. There are hundreds of probiotics being studied and not a single one of them can be demonstrated to have any discernible effect on human health.


9 posted on 12/24/2023 7:34:07 PM PST by webheart
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To: ConservativeMind

I was hearing fiber is a good probiotic so if you’re a regular user of the powdered fiber, it should help keep the bad covid man away.


10 posted on 12/24/2023 7:46:10 PM PST by Boomer (The Long Winter is coming...)
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To: packagingguy
Not to mention Streptococcus thermophilus and Lactobacillus bulgaricus.. Eat yogurt, how many times does this need to be said?
11 posted on 12/24/2023 7:46:58 PM PST by Fungi
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To: ConservativeMind

*yawn*

More evidence of stupid orthodox medicine researchers.


12 posted on 12/24/2023 7:51:32 PM PST by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
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To: peggybac
CFU means colony forming units, not a measure of eficacy.
Yogurt always has the two basic bacteria, Streptococcus thermophilus and Lactobacillus bulgaricus, the rest are an adjunct, not either good or bad. You decide, but most commercially available yogurt has a list of other bacteria, as well as pectin, only used to prevent separation during transport. Make your own yogurt, it is very easy.
13 posted on 12/24/2023 7:57:40 PM PST by Fungi
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To: Fungi

Thank you.


14 posted on 12/24/2023 7:59:33 PM PST by peggybac (My will is what I wanted. God's will is what I got.)
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To: Boomer

Fiber is a prebiotic, which favors feeding the good bacteria you already have.


15 posted on 12/24/2023 8:09:33 PM PST by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: ConservativeMind

yup. very good experience for me with probiotics in any respiratory illness, situation. using them for years. add it to my constant regimen (vit C, NAD+, D3, etc.) whenever i feel symptoms.


16 posted on 12/24/2023 8:47:16 PM PST by dadfly
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To: ConservativeMind

This thread reminds me that I need to get back on the kefir bandwagon.


17 posted on 12/25/2023 12:17:14 AM PST by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

I imagine its dead after baking, tho...


18 posted on 12/25/2023 4:05:38 AM PST by Adder (End fascism...defeat all Democrats.)
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True. Poor little guys.


19 posted on 12/25/2023 7:38:25 AM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (“Occupy your mind with good thoughts or your enemy will fill them with bad ones.” ~ Thomas More)
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To: ConservativeMind

It seems like probiotics affect so much. I wish I had known that when I was young.


20 posted on 12/25/2023 7:57:15 AM PST by KittyKares
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