Research paper
Fermented Dairy Products, Probiotic Supplementation, and Cardiometabolic Diseases: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.
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What this study found
Overall, fermented dairy consumption was associated with lower cardiovascular risk and reduced risk of type 2 diabetes and metabolic syndrome in the general population. Probiotic supplementation delivered in a dairy matrix showed beneficial effects on lipid profiles and anthropometric measures, while probiotic capsules or powders showed benefits on diabetic biomarkers and anthropometric outcomes. The authors concluded that the direction of effect was favorable, but results varied across studies because of differences in probiotic strains, doses, durations, and delivery matrices.
- Study & population
- Systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies and randomized controlled trials in adults of diverse ages and sexes.
- Intervention
- This systematic review evaluated probiotic supplementation delivered in a dairy matrix, and compared dairy-matrix delivery with capsule or powder probiotic forms across randomized trials.
- Key limitation
- The evidence base was heterogeneous, with substantial variation in probiotic strains, doses, intervention lengths, delivery matrices, and outcome measures.
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Fermented dairy foods (FDFs) and probiotics are promising tools for the prevention and management of cardiometabolic diseases (CMDs), respectively. The relation between the regular consumption of FDFs and CMD risk factors was assessed by prospective …