Popular gut probiotic completely craps out in randomized controlled trial
Popular gut probiotic completely craps out in randomized controlled trial

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Popular gut probiotic completely craps out in randomized controlled trial

In a randomized controlled trial, the probiotic Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis—used in many probiotic products, including Dannon's Activia yogurts—did nothing to improve bowel health in people with constipation, according to data from a randomized triple-blind placebo-controlled clinical trial Wednesday in JAMA Network Open.