Probiotic: Difference between revisions
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=== Strains === | === Strains === | ||
Only preliminary evidence exists for most probiotic health claims. Even for the most studied probiotic [[Strain (biology)|strains]], few have been sufficiently developed in basic and clinical research to warrant approval for [[health claim]] status by a regulatory agency such as the FDA or EFSA, and {{As of|2010|lc=y}}, no claims had been approved by those two agencies. | Only preliminary evidence exists for most probiotic health claims. Even for the most studied probiotic [[Strain (biology)|strains]], few have been sufficiently developed in basic and clinical research to warrant approval for [[health claim]] status by a regulatory agency such as the FDA or EFSA, and {{As of|2010|lc=y}}, no claims had been approved by those two agencies. Some experts are skeptical about the efficacy of different probiotic strains and believe that not all subjects benefit from probiotics. | ||
== Scientific guidelines for testing == | == Scientific guidelines for testing == | ||