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Jun 26, 2026 Clinical Trials

Honey vs. Sugar in Yogurt: What a Tiny Trial Found

Can honey-sweetened yogurt lower inflammation after menopause? A 20-person trial found one small biomarker signal, but its main results were null overall.

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Jun 15, 2026 Microbiome & Aging

Can Probiotics Reduce Stress? The Gut-Brain Evidence

Can probiotics reduce stress or anxiety? A close look at gut-brain trials finds strain-specific, modest benefits—but no proven anxiety treatment.

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Apr 1, 2026 Mental Health

Can Probiotics or Guided Imagery Change Cortisol?

Two randomized trials tested a kefir probiotic strain and guided imagery for cortisol. The signals were small, mixed, and far from practical proof.

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Mar 31, 2026 Nutrition

Probiotic Oral Spray for Enlarged Adenoids: What It Changed

A five-month trial changed upper-airway microbiota in children with enlarged adenoids, but did not test sleep, symptoms, adenoid size, or surgery.

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Mar 30, 2026 Nutrition

Can Probiotics Ease Knee OA Symptoms Through the Gut?

Two short knee osteoarthritis trials link probiotics with less pain, better function, and lower zonulin—but they do not show cartilage repair yet.

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Mar 30, 2026 Nutrition

Do Probiotics Help Hay Fever? Better Than Placebo, Unproven vs. Antihistamines

Multispecies probiotics may modestly ease hay fever versus placebo, but no trial has tested whether they match or add to standard antihistamines.

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Mar 30, 2026 Nutrition

BC99 for Allergic Rhinitis: Why Age May Change the Biology

Two 2025 trials found BC99 improved allergic rhinitis in children and adults, but measured different pathways. Is age the missing variable?

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Mar 30, 2026 Nutrition

Can LGG Chewables Reach the Nose and Ease Allergies?

An LGG chewable trial tested whether probiotics can colonize nasal tissue and alter allergy biology. The route is intriguing; symptom proof remains thin.

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Mar 30, 2026 Immune Health

Nasal Probiotics for Allergic Rhinitis: Trial Finds No Relief

Can probiotic nasal sprays ease hay fever? The only human trial found no symptom benefit or nasal colonization, despite an inventive immune theory.

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Mar 30, 2026 Microbiome Health

Why Candida Recurs: What Probiotics Can—and Cannot—Do

Probiotics do not reliably clear active yeast infections, but early trials suggest they may reduce recurrence. Here is what the evidence supports.

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Mar 30, 2026 Nutrition

Can Heat-Killed Probiotics Raise Salivary IgA?

A small trial found heat-killed probiotics may raise salivary IgA, but mismatched strains, missing effect estimates, and industry control limit the claim.

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Mar 30, 2026 Nutrition

Can L. reuteri Help Periodontitis? The ER-Stress Evidence

Can L. reuteri lozenges support scaling and root planing? Review the clinical results, ER-stress markers, dosing, and limits of the evidence.

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