Abstract
Objective: To investigate the effect of probiotic capsules on plasma lipids. Design: A randomized, single-blinded, placebo-controlled, parallel-arm trial. Subjects: Fifty-five normocholesterolemic subjects ages 18-36 (33 premenopausal women and 22 men). Intervention: Each subject consumed either three probiotic capsules each containing a total of 109 colony-forming units Lactobacillus acidophilus and Bifidobacterium longum and 10-15 mg fructo-oligosaccharide or three placebo capsules daily for 2 months (men) or two menstrual cycles (women). Plasma lipids were measured before and following the intervention (during the early follicular phase for women). Results: Plasma concentrations of total cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol and triglyceride were not altered by consumption of probiotic or placebo capsules and were not different between treatment groups following the intervention. Conclusions: These results do not support a beneficial effect of Lactobacillus acidophilus strain DDS-1 and Bifidobacterium longum strain UABL-14 on plasma lipids in normocholesterolemic young women and men.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 232-237 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | European Journal of Clinical Nutrition |
| Volume | 62 |
| Issue number | 2 |
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| State | Published - Feb 2008 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This research was supported by the General Clinical Research Center Grant MO1-RR00400 from the National Center for Research Resources and the Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station. We thank the study participants for their time and dedication, as well as the staff at the General Clinical Research Center, University of Minnesota. The probiotic capsules were donated by UAS Laboratories, Minnetonka, Minnesota.