A study in The Journal of Nutrition found that yogurt with B. animalis and honey increases probiotic levels but doesn't affect digestion, cognition, or mood.
By Dr. Chinta SidharthanReviewed by Susha Cheriyedath, M.Sc.Aug 6 2024 In a recent study published in The Journal of Nutrition , a team of researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign conducted a randomized, crossover trial to investigate whether the consumption of yogurt containing the probiotic bacteria Bifidobacterium animalis subspecies lactis along with honey had an impact on the probiotic enrichment, intestinal transit time, digestive health, cognition, and mood in adults.
Increased consumption of probiotics is generally recommended for improved digestive health. Studies have shown that probiotics containing the bacteria B. animalis subspecies lactis DN-173 010/CNCM I-2494 can alleviate gastrointestinal symptoms and reduce the transit time through the intestine among adults between 18 and 75 years of age.
The study recruited healthy participants between 22 and 64 years of age with a body mass index between 18.5 and 29.9 kg per m2. The participants were also required to have normal vision with or without correction, have between three and six bowel movements a week, and reside close enough to drop off the fecal samples within half an hour of the bowel movement.
Related StoriesFecal samples provided by the participants were used to extract microbial deoxyribonucleic acid . Following this, the variable 4 region of the 16S ribosomal ribonucleic acid gene was amplified using high-throughput sequencing to determine the bacterial composition of the samples. The sequences were used for taxonomic assignments and assessing probiotic enrichment based on the relative abundance of species.
The consumption of yogurt alone was found to enrich the levels of bifidobacteria. Even the consumption of heat-treated or pasteurized yogurt was found to increase the levels of bifidobacteria in the fecal samples marginally. However, the researchers believe that this could also have occurred if the yogurt was already contaminated with bifidobacterium DNA before ingestion or if some bifidobacteria had somehow survived the heat treatment and passed through the digestive system.
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