Synbiotic Regimen Can Reduce Seasonal Infectious Illnesses Among School Kids - Study

A clinical study by French and Italian researchers has found that a commercial nutritional supplement that blends prebiotics and probiotics was able to reduce the risk of wintertime infections by 25 percent in school-age children, compared to a placebo. The synbiotic ProbioKid, made by Canada’s Institut Rosell-Lallemand, blends three probiotic strains with a prebiotic. The company believes the results of the studies also indicate the potential to manage and prevent allergic diseases such as asthma. The researchers said the clinical trial suggests that a daily dose of a synbiotic for three months could help prevent wintertime illnesses among 3-7 year-olds. The findings were supported by a preclinical study that showed the product’s ability to alter different types of immune response.