Probiotic Supplementation and Micronutrient Status in Healthy Subjects: A Systematic Review of Clinical Trials

• Published in: Nutrients Vol. 13; no. 9; p. 3001
• Main Authors: Barkhidarian, Bahareh, Roldos, Lucas, Iskandar, Michèle M., Saedisomeolia, Ahmad, Kubow, Stan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 28.08.2021; MDPI
• Subjects: Bacteria; Bias; Bibliographic data bases; calcium; Clinical trials; Dietary minerals; folic acid; Food; Gastrointestinal Microbiome; Health care; Healthy Volunteers; Humans; Intervention; iron; Malnutrition; Malnutrition - blood; Malnutrition - prevention & control; meta-analysis; Microbiota; Micronutrients - blood; Microorganisms; Minerals - blood; Nutritional Status; Prebiotics; Probiotics; Public health; risk; Systematic Review; Trace Elements - blood; vitamin B12; Vitamins; Vitamins - blood; zinc; United States > US; folate; calcium; vitamin A; vitamin D; vitamin E; iron; micronutrients; B vitamins; zinc; probiotics

Micronutrient deficiencies are a worldwide public health concern. Emerging evidence supports the ability of probiotics to enhance micronutrient status, which could aid in the prevention of non-communicable disease-associated malnutrition. This systematic review evaluated evidence of the efficacy of...