Probiotic Based Interventions for Improving Intestinal Health

Abstract

Probiotics are beneficial microbial strains used for improving intestinal health, through the modulation of the microbiota of the gut. These microbes play a critical role in regulating nutrition, metabolism, physiology, and immunity of human. Gut microbes are unique in nature and are non-pathogenic with antiinflammatory potential and are responsible for maintenance of resistance in the intestine. This paper provides a broad review on promising intestinal probiotic properties of Lactobacillus sp., Bifidobacterium sp., and other yeast species, and their role in the prevention of acute gastroenteritis, inflammatory bowel disease, atopic dermatitis, allergic asthma, food allergy, food-induced anaphylaxis, Candida infection, colic infection, enter colitis, H. pylori infection, celiac disease, ulcerative colitis along with the importance of probiotic-rich foods for gut health.