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Micronutrients & recovery
Probiotics significantly reduce the incidence of antibiotic-associated diarrhea (AAD) and Clostridium difficile disease (CDD) when specific strains (S. boulardii, L. rhamnosus GG) are used.
If you are prescribed antibiotics, ask your doctor about taking Saccharomyces boulardii or Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG to prevent diarrhea. These specific strains are proven to help, but other probiotics may not work for this purpose.
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Using meta-analyses, three types of probiotics (Saccharomyces boulardii, Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG, and probiotic mixtures) significantly reduced the development of antibiotic-associated diarrhoea. Only S. boulardii was effective for CDD.
Why this rating
Supported by meta-analyses cited in the text.
Source
Effects of Probiotics, Prebiotics, and Synbiotics on Human Health
Paulina Markowiak‐Kopeć et al. · Nutrients · 2017
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