Probiotic Supplementation during Pregnancy: Evaluating the Current Clinical Evidence Against Gestational Diabetes Mellitus

CONCLUSION: Probiotic supplementation at conventional dosages and in combination with a balanced healthy diet, and lifestyle seems to reduce the the risk of developing GDM, while ameliorating the severity of its symptoms. Further clinical studies taking into account the above considerations should be performed to establish conclusive results, while the future meta-analyses should include studies with the feasibly lowest heterogeneity.PMID:38676509 | DOI:10.2174/0115733998284749240417052006

Source: Current Diabetes Reviews - April 27, 2024 Category: Endocrinology Authors: Eleni Pavlidou Olga Alexatou Gerasimos Tsourouflis Georgios Antasouras Sousana K Papadopoulou Dimitrios Papandreou Anastasia Sampani Constantinos Giaginis Source Type: research