Probiotics can restore gut microbiome in breastfed infants, study shows

In recent years, scientists have learned that the key beneficial infant gut bacteria Bifidobacterium infantis are disappearing from infants in high-resource areas such as the United States and Europe. A new study published in the journal mSphere finds that supplementing exclusively breastfed infants with a probiotic, B. infantis EVC001, between 2 and 4 months of age can successfully restore beneficial bacteria in their gut.

This article was originally published on MedicalXpress.com

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