Study: Probiotics in Yogurt Can Improve Chronic Fatigue Symptoms
Solving the life-altering condition of chronic fatigue syndrome is a huge challenge for anyone facing the illness. Recent Swedish research suggests probiotics or “good” bacteria found in the live active cultures of yogurt can reduce chronic fatigue symptoms for a significant percentage of individuals. Let’s take a look at what well-known author Bob Condor has to say on the subject . . .
Here’s an important caveat: Eating yogurt or taking probiotic supplements, while it can help some people feel better, can make others feel worse. In sum, the researchers at the Karolinska Instituetet in Stockholm ventured that probiotics were “worth trying.”
If a person feels better or no worse in the first three weeks, keep taking the supplement. If the chronic fatigue seems worse, then stop taking the supplement.
The works-for-some and not-for-others division of outcomes is common in the treatment of chronic fatigue syndrome, say alternative health practitioners. Research is clearly pointing to a need for customized or individualized treatment plans. A primary reason is that the root cause of the ongoing fatigue is undetermined. There are some researchers who contend it is hormonal and neurochemical imbalance while others suspect the immune system is central to the symptoms.
The neurosystem and immune system connections prompted the Swedish researchers to investigate the effect of...
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