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Probiotics For COVID-19? Research Points To Possible Gut-Lung Immune Axis

 
• By David Ridley

A recent randomised clinical trial found a four-strain cocktail of probiotics sped up recovery from COVID-19, as well as from related symptoms. Academics at a university in London, UK, suggest this is evidence of the "gut-lung immune axis."

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Researchers in Mexico have found that people taking a cocktail of four probiotic strains recovered more quickly from COVID-19 than those who took a placebo.

Published in the peer reviewed journal Gut Microbes, the results of a randomized clinical trial found that the 78 participants...

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• By David Ridley

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• By David Ridley

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• By David Ridley

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• By David Ridley

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