date:Apr 16, 2013
r Anthony Horner, of the University of California-San Diego.
The immune system needs bacteria
The new study is not the first to show a connection between probiotics and lower allergy rates. Earlier research has shown, for example, that infants who suffer from allergies are more likely to have abnormal compositions of intestinal microbes, including higher levels of clostridia and lower levels of bifidobacteria.
Other studies have shown that infants suffering from atopic eczema, a common childh