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Probiotics and Immunomodulation

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Diet and Human Immune Function

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Probiotics are defined as live microbial food supplements that beneficially influence the health of the host (1). Generally, this was considered to occur by improving the microbial balance (2); however, it is becoming increasingly clear that probiotics elicit at least some of their health benefits from immunomodulation. The gastrointestinal (GI) tract fulfils many functions aside from digesting and absorbing nutrients. One of these other functions is the gut hosts a complex mixture of microbes that comprise our resident gut microflora, some of which may play a key role in maintaining human health. Bifidobacterium and Lactobacillus are strongly associated with optimum microbial balance in the gut, and it is for these two genera that the greatest body of evidence for healthpromoting properties exists.

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    David A. Hughes PhD, RNutr

  2. Epsom and St. Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust, Surrey, UK

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Rutherfurd-Markwick, K.J., Gill, H.S. (2004). Probiotics and Immunomodulation. In: Hughes, D.A., Darlington, L.G., Bendich, A. (eds) Diet and Human Immune Function. Nutrition and Health. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59259-652-2_17

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