Bacteria present in yogurt eat the protective layer of the intestine

The bacteria found in probiotics are useful for our digestive system. [إنترنت]

Scientists have warned that good bacteria in probiotic yogurt can develop in the stomach and become harmful.

These bacteria are known to be beneficial to our digestive system, thus improving health, but a new study in mice revealed that probiotic bacteria were devouring the protective layer of rodents' intestines, thus increasing the risk of irritable bowel.

Scientists also said that probiotics grow faster in the unhealthy stomach and act against them rather than improve them.

Researchers at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, led by Dr. Gautam Dantas, have studied the known bacterium used for a long time to treat diarrhea, especially in children, after their discovery. over 100 years ago.

The researchers presented rats with different intestinal microbes, healthy and unhealthy, with a totally free microbial group.

The rats tested the bacteria on the intestines of the mice and analyzed the DNA of the microbes to show that healthy mice exposed to probiotics had not undergone many changes in their intestines. Where the bacterial component can grow and develop further in the unhealthy gut.

In a related context, the results suggest that probiotics may be useful for someone and harmful for another.

The study does not mean that it is not necessary to develop probiotic-based treatments, but it encourages their study to better understand how they are changing and under what circumstances.