A greater reduction in BMI was found with multiple species of probiotics .
Consuming probiotics  could reduce body weight and BMI , with a potentially greater effect when multiple species of probiotics were consumed , the duration of intervention was ≥8 weeks , or the objects were overweight
OBJECTIVE To assess the efficacy of probiotic therapies on body weight and BMI  using a meta- analysis of r and omized , controlled trials .
A placebo-controlled study of the effect of sour milk on blood pressure in hypertensive subjects.
A placebo-controlled study was conducted to test the effect of Calpis ( Calpis Food Industry Co , Ltd , Tokyo , Japan ) sour milk , i.e. , a milk fermented with a starter containing Lactobacillus helveticus and Saccharomyces cerevisiae , on the blood pressure of 30 elderly hypertensive patients , most of whom were taking antihypertensive medication . Subjects were r and omly assigned to two groups . One group ingested daily 95 mL of the sour milk for 8 wk , and the other group ingested the same amount of artificially acidified milk as a placebo for 8 wk . In the sour-milk group , systolic blood pressure decreased significantly 4 and 8 wk after ingestion , by 9.4 + /- 3.6 mm Hg ( mean+/- SE , P < 0.05 ) and 14.1 + /- 3.1 mm Hg ( P < 0.01 ) , respectively . The diastolic blood pressure also decreased significantly , by 6.9 + /- 2.2 mm Hg ( P < 0.01 ) , by 8 wk after ingestion of the sour milk began . No significant changes in blood pressure were observed in the placebo group . The decrease in systolic and diastolic blood pressure in the sour-milk group tended to be greater than in the placebo group . No marked changes were observed in other indexes , including pulse rate , body weight , and blood serum variables in both groups
A greater reduction in BMI was found with multiple species of probiotics .
Consuming probiotics  could reduce body weight and BMI , with a potentially greater effect when multiple species of probiotics were consumed , the duration of intervention was ≥8 weeks , or the objects were overweight
OBJECTIVE To assess the efficacy of probiotic therapies on body weight and BMI  using a meta- analysis of r and omized , controlled trials .