Over the past few days the ‘probiotic’ industry has been thrown into chaos with the news that probiotics have been linked to 24 deaths in a Dutch research study.
Industry experts are quite rightly worried that this will cause a consumer knee-jerk reaction, and are intent on confirming that this was a single study into a specific condition - pancreatitis. Research continues into the health benefits of probiotics, which are clearly beneficial to some people.
The following articles give much information, from different view points and I for one am still on the fence!
Friendly bacteria’ products linked to 24 deaths : Daily Telegraph 28 Jan 2008
Probiotics, friend or foe? : NUTRA Ingredients.com 28 Jan 2008
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