Probiotics

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Sciences & Technology

Chocolate that brings joy to your gut health and your tastebuds

As well as being a mood-boosting treat this Easter, chocolate can also be good for us, and researchers are working to make it even better for gut health

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Sciences & Technology

Postbiotics: the new kid in the gut health family

Joining prebiotics and probiotics is the latest concept in gut health, known as ‘postbiotics’. Here we explain what they are and why they’re important

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Health & Medicine

Making the most of probiotics

It isn’t only the probiotics, but the way they are produced and the food we eat them with that are important for our health

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Health & Medicine

The probiotic hope for colic

New international research finds that the probiotic Lactobacillus reuteri can help treat breastfed babies less than 3 months old who have colic (and their struggling parents)

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