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Probiotics: health effects
Classification according to scientific evidence
- improved food digestion (e.g. proteins, dietary polysaccharides)
- reduction of the risk of lactose maldigestion (β-galactosidase)
- supply and bioavailability of nutrients and growth factors (e.g. vitamins, minerals)
- maintenance and balancing of the colon microbiota
- reduction of (the risk of) intestinal disturbances (gastrointestinal infections,
constipation)
- reduction of the risk and duration of diarrhoea (rotavirus diarrhoea, acute
infectious diarrhoea, antibiotic-associated diarrhoea, Clostridium difficileassociated
diarrhoea, travellers’ diarrhoea)
- inhibition of undesirable and pathogenic bacteria (orogastrointestinal infections
caused by Streptococcus mutans, Helicobacter pylori, E. coli, Salmonella
Typhimurium, Clostridium difficile, Shigella flexneri, urinary tract infections,
respiratory tract infections)