Probiotics: sorting the evidence from the myths
- 3 March 2008
- journal article
- review article
- Published by AMPCo in The Medical Journal of Australia
- Vol. 188 (5) , 304-308
- https://doi.org/10.5694/j.1326-5377.2008.tb01627.x
Abstract
Probiotics consist of yeast or bacteria, especially lactic acid bacteria. They are available as capsules, powder, fermented milks or yoghurts. Probiotics exhibit strain‐specific differences in their...Keywords
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