While we commend The Wall Street Journal for warning consumers about the quality and research behind some of the probiotic strains in the marketplace, they also missed the boat on several issues:
- The products they referenced were predominately yogurt/dairy foods. This is fine. However, they failed to mention that many of these products are naturally/artificially sweetened and contain binders/fillers that may contraindicate with the effectiveness of the probiotic cultures.
- The article quotes a researcher who says that only 15 strains have human research behind them. This is incorrect. While the article references two strains that we commonly recommend, Bifidobacterium lactis (in Metagenics Ultra Flora) and Saccharomyces boulardii (Biocodex Florastor and Metagenics Proboulardi), it does not mention Lactobacillus Acidophilus NCFM (Metagenics Ultra Flora) and DDS-1 (UAS Labs), which
have copious amount of research behind them.
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