Probiotics

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The Mahalo Top 7

1. National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM): An Introduction to Probiotics
2. MayoClinic.com: Probiotics: Do They Offer Health Benefits?
3. Wikipedia: Probiotic
4. WebMD: Probiotics - Topic Overview
5. International Scientific Association for Prebiotics and Probiotics (ISAPP): Introduction to Probiotics...
6. MedicineNet.com: Probiotics
7. YouTube: Probiotics (Time 3:39)
   
   
   

Probiotics News

• Google News: Probiotics
• The New York Times: Regimens: Diet Supplement Seen as Risky for Some Users (February 19, 2008)
  • Probiotics, the potentially beneficial bacteria and yeasts available as diet supplements and in some foods, may not be as helpful as widely believed. A new study suggests that under certain circumstances, they can be deadly.
• ScienceDaily: Probiotic Cuts Respiratory Illness Rates In Endurance Athletes... (February 20, 2008)
• New Scientist: Probiotic bacteria could keep us slim (January 20, 2008)
• ScienceDaily: Probiotic Good Bugs May Control Gut Infections (September 8, 2007)
• Times Online: The Benefits of Billions of Bacteria (May 22, 2007)
• WIRED: Hacking Your Body's Bacteria for Better Health (April 26, 2007)
• The New York Times: In Live Bacteria, Food Makers See a Bonanza (January 22, 2007)

Probiotics Basics

• USprobiotics: Probiotics Basics
• Dannon Probiotics Center: What Are Probiotics?
• International Food Information Council Foundation: Functional Foods Fact Sheet: Probiotics... (June 2006)
• NCCAM: Getting To Know "Friendly Bacteria" (Summer 2006)

Probiotics Uses and Health Benefits

• Harvard Medical School Family Health Guide: Health Benefits of Taking Probiotics
• National Dairy Council: Probiotics: Considerations for Human Health
• WebMD: Probiotics May Help Stressed Gut (April 25, 2006)
• Medscape Today: Probiotics Significantly Reduce Symptoms of IBS, Ulcerative Colitis (May 21, 2003)

Probiotics Side Effects, Interactions and Precautions

• Aetna InteliHealth: Lactobacillus Acidophilus - Potential Dangers
• Functional Ingredients Magazine: Probiotics: strains matter (June 2007)
• American Journal of Clinical Nutrition: Probiotic Use in Clinical Practice: What Are the Risks? (June 2006)

Probiotics Products and Sources

Foods and Supplements

• USprobiotics: Products with Probiotics
• Consumer Labs: Probiotic Supplement Review  
• ProThera: Products | Making Sense of Probiotics (368 KB)
• UAS Laboratories: DDS® Probiotics
• Kyolic: Home | Probiotics

Books

• Amazon.com: The Probiotics Revolution  

Probiotics Clinical Studies and Research

• ClinicalTrials.gov: Probiotics Clinical Trials
• PubMed Central Search: Probiotics
• Molecular Systems Biology: Probiotic modulation of symbiotic gut microbial–host metabolic... (January 15, 2008)
• Applied and Environmental Microbiology: A Five-Strain Probiotic Combination Reduces... (March 2007)
• Current Sports Medicine Reports: Probiotics and athletic performance: A systematic review (July 11, 2007)
• British Medical Journal: Use of probiotic Lactobacillus... (2007)
• NCCAM: Examples of NCCAM - Supported Research on Probiotics (Summer 2006)
• Food Standards Agency: Probiotics Research (March 21, 2005)

Probiotics Message Boards and Blogs

• HelpforIBS.com: Irritable Bowel Syndrome Research Library
• CureZone: Probiotics, Bowel Flora, Dysbiosis, Good Bacteria Support Forum

Probiotics Controversy

• WebMD: Yogurt Maker Sued On Probiotic Claims (February 25, 2008)
• Pediatric Views: Understanding pros and cons of probiotics (February 2007)
• Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Living Well: 'Friendly' Probiotics Have Some Cons, Too (December 18, 2006)  
• Daily Mail: Why up to half of all probiotics 'don't work' (August 7, 2006)
• NPR: Pros and Cons of Probiotics (July 20, 2006)
• American Journal of Clinical Nutrition: Prebiotics and Probiotics: Are They Functional Foods? (June 2000)