Probiotics as functional foods: documented health benefits

摘要: Purpose – Probiotics confer protection against pathogens owing to their capability compete with or displacement by adhering intestinal epithelial cells. Diverse health benefits extended probiotics led application as functional foods. The aim of this paper is explore foods.Design/methodology/approach Endeavour has been made prerequisites for a cultured milk product be called food. Potentiality exploitation foods also delineated.Findings demonstrate various prophylactic properties and efficacy are influenced strain cultures employed. diverse human such normalization flora, anticarcinogenesis, hypocholesterolemic effect, alleviation lactose malabsorption allergy. Beneficial suggest foods.Originality/value Ingestion mil...