probiotic
probiotic
English Definitions:
probiotic, probiotic bacterium, probiotic microflora, probiotic flora (noun)
a beneficial bacterium found in the intestinal tract of healthy mammals; often considered to be a plant
probiotic (Noun)
A food or dietary supplement, such as a yogurt, containing live bacteria for therapeutic reasons.
probiotic (Adjective)
Describing any dietary supplement that contains live bacteria for therapeutic purposes.
Probiotic
Probiotics are live bacteria that may confer a health benefit on the host. In the past, there were other definitions of probiotics. The first use of the word “Probiotic” as microorganisms that have effects on other microorganism was accredited to Lilly and Stilwell, expressed as follows: Substances secreted by one microorganism that stimulate another microorganism. Again, the term was used in 1971 by Sperti to describe tissue extracts which stimulated microbial growth. The word was later described by Parker in 1974 who advanced the meaning of the term by adding the word organisms to the definition, thereby describing probiotics as “Organisms and substances that have a beneficial effect on the host animal by contributing to its intestinal microbial balance”. Later, the definition was greatly improved by Fuller in 1989, whose explanation was very close to the definition used today. Fuller in 1989 described probiotics as "live microbial feed supplement which beneficially affects the host animal by improving its intestinal microbial balance". He stressed two important facts of probiotics: the viable nature of probiotics and the capacity to help with intestinal balance. Alternative expert review indicates there is insufficient scientific evidence for supplemental probiotics having a benefit. Lactic acid bacteria and bifidobacteria are the most common types of microbes used as probiotics, but certain yeasts and bacilli may also be used. Probiotics are commonly consumed as part of fermented foods with specially added active live cultures, such as in yogurt, soy yogurt, or as dietary supplements. Probiotics are also delivered in fecal transplants, in which stool from a healthy donor is delivered like a suppository to an infected patient.
Probiotic
Probiotics are live microorganisms promoted with claims that they provide health benefits when consumed, generally by improving or restoring the gut microbiota. Probiotics are considered generally safe to consume, but may cause bacteria-host interactions and unwanted side effects in rare cases. There is some evidence that probiotics are beneficial for some conditions, but there is little evidence for many of the health benefits claimed for them.The first discovered probiotic was a certain strain of bacillus in Bulgarian yoghurt, called Lactobacillus bulgaricus. The discovery was made in 1905 by Bulgarian physician and microbiologist Stamen Grigorov. The modern-day theory is generally attributed to Russian Nobel laureate Élie Metchnikoff, who postulated around 1907 that yoghurt-consuming Bulgarian peasants lived longer.A growing probiotics market has led to the need for stricter requirements for scientific substantiation of putative benefits conferred by microorganisms claimed to be probiotic. Although numerous claimed benefits are marketed towards using consumer probiotic products, such as reducing gastrointestinal discomfort, improving immune health, relieving constipation, or avoiding the common cold, such claims are not supported by scientific evidence, and are prohibited as deceptive advertising in the United States by the Federal Trade Commission. As of 2019, numerous applications for approval of health claims by European manufacturers of probiotic dietary supplements have been rejected by the European Food Safety Authority for insufficient evidence of beneficial mechanism or efficacy.
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