A new study published in the British Journal of Dermatology is reporting that consuming probiotic rich dairy products during and after pregnancy drastically reduces eczema in children.

Traditional European Dairy Farm Photo by alpeviolen

Researchers at NTNU (Norwegian University of Science and Technology) authored this newly published ground breaking study on the effects of probiotics on young children.Their conclusions add to the existing data about the many health benefits of probiotics.

“The results showed that probiotic bacteria reduced the incidence of eczema in children up to age two years by 40 percent. And the kids in ‘probiotics group’ who did have eczema, had less severe cases,” said Christian Kvikne Dotterud, a student in the Medical Student Research Programme at the Department of Community Medicine at NTNU.

The research was performed with over 400 women and their children using an extremely accurate double blind method of testing. All of the women were randomly selected and then split into two groups. One received the probiotic milk, while the other received a placebo.

“The taste of both products was similar, and the milk was delivered in unmarked milk cartons. This means that neither the participants in the study or the researchers knew who had received probiotic milk or placebo milk,” explained NTNU researcher Torbjørn Øien, one of the researchers. “We can therefore say with great certainty that it was the probiotic bacteria alone that caused the difference in the incidence of eczema between the two groups.”

Article Source: NTNU

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