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  • Doctor looking at paper, with hand resting on face in confused manner

    When probiotics guidelines differ: a practical guide for clinicians and researchers
    Panel members from the ISAPP meeting led the publication of an Editorial in Gut Microbes on how to navigate guidelines from trusted professional societies when they produce differing conclusions about the use of probiotics for gastrointestinal disorders.
  • Four people standing in a conference hall in front of a placard about the Canadian Fermented Foods Initiative

    Canada’s Fermented Foods Initiative Hosts Inaugural Workshop: A Cross-Sector Conversation Begins
    Toronto hosted the inaugural workshop of the Canadian Fermented Foods Initiative (CFFI), a new effort designed to support and advance research, education and innovation on fermented foods in Canada.

  • New global guidelines for probiotics and prebiotics for gut health and disease
    The use of probiotics and prebiotics in the practice of gastroenterology must be guided by evidence – and with new…

  • The American College of Gastroenterology recommends against use of probiotics for primary or secondary prevention of C. difficile
    We are not convinced that the paper’s authors have justified their recommendation against the use of probiotics in relation to CDI prevention. They fail to clarify why the results of their GRADE evaluation of probiotic evidence for prevention of C. difficile resulted in totally different conclusions compared to the AGA document, which found evidence sufficient for conditional recommendation of four probiotic preparations.