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Probiotics

CheeseQueen57
CheeseQueen57 CSN Member Posts: 933 Member
in Uterine/Endometrial Cancer #1

This is a very small study but questions the impact of probiotics on immunity. 

https://www.statnews.com/2019/04/02/probiotics-are-touted-as-good-for-the-gut-they-may-be-trouble-for-the-immune-system/?utm_source=STAT+Newsletters&utm_campaign=59991c6e3b-Cancer_Briefing&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_8cab1d7961-59991c6e3b-150665261

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  • SF73
    SF73 CSN Member Posts: 317 Member
    #2
    This is very interesting

    Thanks for sharing, CheeseQueen. There is so much we do not know yet about microbiome. Cancer Research UK just awarded 20 Million pounds to investigate how gut bacteria might be playing a role in development of (and may be cure of) cancer.

    https://scienceblog.cancerresearchuk.org/2019/03/21/could-the-bacteria-in-our-gut-help-treat-cancer/

    This is a very promising area of research. Hopefully soon we will have a better understanding of this relationship. Until then taking probiotics -especially when on treatment - is like taking random pills from your medicine cabinet, isn't it? They are powerful but we don't know what exactly they do.

     

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  • Soup52
    Soup52 CSN Member Posts: 908 Member
    #3
    Interesting . I tried

    Interesting . I tried probiotics myself and they did nothing for me so I quit.

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