California Gold Nutrition LactoBif 30 Probiotics, 60 Veggie Capsules

Description

What it is Each capsule holds 30 billion CFU from eight strains: five Lactobacillus (acidophilus, rhamnosus, plantarum, casei, salivarius) and three Bifidobacterium (lactis, longum, breve). Every capsule is sealed in its own foil blister. It doesn’t need refrigeration, though the maker says a cool place is best. It’s third-party tested. One bottle is 60 capsules, one a day.

Food first Our gut bacteria do change as we age. Research tracking thousands of adults found that from mid-life each person’s gut community becomes more individual. In a Stanford study, adults who ate more fermented foods (yoghurt, kefir, sauerkraut, kimchi) ended up with a more diverse gut microbiome. A probiotic is an extra, not a replacement for that.

Worth knowing How well a probiotic settles in varies a lot from person to person. If you’ve just finished a course of antibiotics, one study found a probiotic actually slowed the return of people’s usual gut bacteria. Talk to your GP about timing, and always finish any prescribed course.

Sources: Wilmanski et al. 2021, Nature Metabolism; Wastyk et al. 2021, Cell; Zmora et al. 2018 and Suez et al. 2018, Cell.

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