Lactobaccillus against Arthritis

Probiotics (friendly bacteria, such as acidophilus) have beneficial effects not only for infectious and inflammatory diseases of bowel disorders, but also for arthritis.

New research confirms that probiotic bacteria can ameliorate inflammation found in arthritis.

In this study, it was shown that there is a remarkable preventive and curative effect on arthritis using commercial yogurts containing lactobacilli. Test animals fed yogurt containing lactobaccilus have a milder arthritic inflammation.

Research has been changing the view of bacteria that live in the gut. Live bacteria (probiotics) or nondigestible oligosaccharids (prebiotics, which feed the friendly bacteria) promote the health of the colonic ecosystem. And now we know it also affects arthritic inflammation.

Source: Journal of Nutrition 2004;134:2022S-2026S; Everything I Know About Nutrition I Learned from Barley, Betty Kamen.

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