date:Feb 14, 2014
t may thus contribute to better health.
Upon completion of a screening process, 40 healthy elderly volunteers were randomly divided into four groups. In a double-blinded, placebo-controlled, randomized cross-over study, volunteers received maltodextrin as a placebo (8 g/d), prebiotic galacto-oligosaccharides (GOS) (8 g/d), probiotic (Bi-07; 109 colony-forming units/d) and synbiotic GOS + Bi-07 (8 g GOS/d and 109 colony-forming units Bi-07/d).
Daily portions were based on dose-response clinical