The intestinal microbiota and Probiotics: Exploiting Their Influence on Health

From 22-23 April 2013 the 7th International Yakult Symposium in London has taken place. We would like to share with you two interesting posters and articles. 

RIVM rapport bewijs probiotica bij UC en pouchitus patienten

RIVM rapoort over diagnostiek en behandeling van inflammatoire darmziekten (IBD) waarin staat aangegeven op pagina 3 dat er bewijs is voor gebruik van probiotica bij pouchitus en remissietijdverlenging van UC patiënten.

Lees hier het rapport

Dutch article: probiotica huilbaby's en koliek

Een interessant artikel in Ouders van Nu over de mogelijkheden van probiotica bij huilbaby's.

Lees het artikel.

Latest articles on general microbiota and gut health

Intestinal Microbiota and its Role in Irritable bowel Syndrome (IBS)

Prebiotics in infants for prevention of allergic disease and food hypersensitivity

Gut microbiota and gastrointestinal health: current concepts and future directions.

Intestinal microbiota in functional bowel disorders: a Rome foundation report

Gut Microbiota for Health

From 24-26 February the international event Gut Microbiota for health has taken place in Madrid. The latest advances in the field of gut microbiota research were presented during this conference. Two studies from Winclove abut Ecologic Barrier were selected for poster presentations.

View the poster on intestinal barrier function

View the poster on migraine and intestinal barrier

Cesarean delivery increases risk on allergies

Babies who are born by Cesarean delivery have an increased risk to develop allergies later in life compared to infants delivered vaginally. This was concluded by Canadian researchers investigating the influence of Cesarean delivery and formula feeding on the gut microbiota. The study backs up evidence for probiotics, like Ecologic Panda, to play an assenstial role in acquiring a diverse gut microbiota which is essential to human health throughout life.

Read the scientific article

Exercise related gastro-intestinal complaints

Ecologic^® Performance: The first probiotic product aimed to reduce exercise related gastro-intestinal complaints.

Regular exercise has many known health benefits. However, athletes who are exposed to high-intensity exercise such as runners and triathletes, are also familiar with the disadvantages of intensive exercise. They frequently experience gastro-intestinal complaints such as nausea, vomiting diarrhea, intestinal cramps and are more susceptible to infection.

The newly developed multispecies probiotic Ecologic^® performance has been specifically developed to restore the intestinal barrier function and reduce exercise associated adverse effects. It has been proven effective in a randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled trial. Read more

Mind altering probiotics

Recently it has become evident that the microbiota can influence gut-brain communication, brain function and even behaviour. The involvement of the intestinal microbiota in the gut-brain axis suggests that modulation on this microbiota with probiotics may provide novel treatment strategies for complex nervous system disorders and stress related GI disorders. Modulating microbiota-gut brain axis communication is emerging as an exciting new concept in health and disease. Winclove currently offers two products to fit this concept, Ecologic Performance and Ecologic Barrier.

Read the whole article

Microbiota of new born infants indicator for crying behavior

This was the main result of a recent research. The parents of 160 infants collected faeces samples of their infants and kept a diary on how many minutes their baby cried. The microbiota in the faeces of the babies who cried the most were compared with the babies who cried the least. The microbiota was significantly different.

Probiotics have the potential to restore a healthy intestinal microbiota and therefore it is likely that probiotics are beneficial for colicky infants.

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Winning Winclove poster on brain health

This year the scientific commitee of the 8th Annual Conference of the European Nutraceutical Association selected the poster of Winclove's scientist Saskia van Hemert (middle in the picture) as one of the price-winning posters. We are very proud of this acknowledgement or our research. You can find the poster and abstract here.