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Probiotics May Benefit Health and Quality of Life of Older People

Date:5/1/2008

a higher incidence of morbidity or mortality from infectious diseases because they are lacking a proper immune function. Dr. Meydani also discussed how probiotics could be beneficial to immune response and intestinal diseases in the aging.

Peter R. Holt, Senior Research Associate at Rockefeller University, highlighted the role of probiotics in inflammation and cancer. One of the main cancers contributing to death in the US is colorectal cancer, which has been associated with our diets. Dr. Holt reviewed the promising body of evidence, which supports the role of certain probiotic cultures in colon cancer risk reduction. He reported that probiotics may be beneficial by influencing several major intestinal functions that may accompany the development of colon cancer, such as detoxification, colonic fermentation, and gastrointestinal transit.

Probiotics have been used worldwide and their health benefits have been noted for some time. As the science on probiotics continues to emerge, their use in the United States has become more prevalent. A large body of evidence is showing that the addition of certain types of "friendly" bacteria to the diet can have beneficial effects on immune function and microbial activities throughout the body and in people of all ages. The role of probiotics in health may extend far beyond what was originally conceived.

The symposium was supported by an educational grant provided by The Dannon Company, Inc. and Yakult Honsha Co., Ltd.

A Webcast of the symposium will be made available at http://www.americangeriatrics.org , http://www.probioticscenter.com and http://www.yakult.co.jp/front/institute/.

Dannon and Yakult Continue to Advocate and Lead Probiotic Research and Education

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