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19/01/2012
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Fermented or dissolved
A study showed that the USP health benefits of probiotic foods depend on the technology used in its manufacture.
A probiotic food is one that is rich in living microorganisms and brings improvements to those who drink, like intestinal microbial balance.
Christina Stewart Bogsan now demonstrated that fermentation changes the probiotic intestinal mucosa.
As the only probiotic milk dissolved in a fall in intestinal protection, milk fermented with probiotic had activation of the intestinal mucosa and protects.
Furthermore, this protective effect depends on the bacteria used.
Effects of probiotics are different
The aim was to investigate whether the beneficial effect of probiotics was altered according to the technology used in its manufacture.
That is, if the food with live microorganisms present in milk just dissolved the same effect as the version brewed, the food industry as a vehicle.
"The result shows that great caution is required of the manufacturer, regulatory authorities and consumers regarding the way in which was included in the probiotic product to assign its expected beneficial effects," said Maricê Nogueira de Oliveira, co-author of the study.
Fermentation is necessary
Christina noted that "unfermented milk has a lower production of mucus and cellular infiltration that fermented milk. Changing the functionality of probiotic exerted a key factor in the interaction functional food / host, and immune response to these products is different."
According to Maricê, "there was increased production of mucus and cellular infiltration. And the change in the pattern of immune cells present in the intestinal mucosa reveals that not only the intake of the probiotic, but its metabolites and / or modification of the process of feature fermentation are fundamental to exert immunomodulatory effect desired. "
The importance of the study can be verified by the lack of consensus on how to administer probiotic strains in the food, either in capsules or sachets.
"Today we know that the food matrix and the technology used alter the effect that probiotics have and in the case of diseases, different types of foods can be recommended for the relief of symptoms," concludes the researcher.
Source: Journal of Health
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