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“FTA: > The presence of Clostridia, a common class of gut bacteria, protects against food allergies, a new study in mice finds. The discovery points toward probiotic therapies for this so-far untreatable condition. Food allergies affect 15 million Americans, including one in 13 children, who live with this potentially life-threatening disease that currently has no cure, researchers note.”

“Concurrent supplementation with the probiotic, Lactobacillus rhamnosus JB-1, prevented some of these alterations. βeta-lactam antibiotics are the most frequently prescribed drugs given to infants and children.”

“Dr Lavasani and his colleagues at Lund University have previously shown that probiotic bacteria could give a certain amount of protection against…”

“This same strain of commensal bacteria was found to be low in people with arthritis compared to healthy individuals. The presence of these bacteria may lead to new ways to diagnose patients and to reduce the imbalance that causes rheumatoid arthritis before or in its early stages.”

“The study found that there was an increase in butyrate- and lactate-producing bacteria in the gut and this was associated with decreased body weight gain and increased lean mass throughout adolescence and into adulthood, even after exercise had stopped.”