Journal of Probiotics & Health
Open Access

Abstract

Probiotics: Nutritional Therapeutic Tool

Shailendra Raghuwanshi, Swati Misra, Rohit Sharma and Bisen PS

The advent of various health care policies and digital revolution has fuelled interest in the direction of food supplements, and as preventive or curative drug containing live non-pathogenic bacteria, probiotics. The widespread usage of probiotics by consumers and in clinical practice has emphatically made to understand the benefits associated with these products. The probiotic products are now being marketed worldwide by several multinational companies. Present review attempts to overview the health benefits of probiotics in impeding various lifestyle or metabolic associated disorders, clinical significance, their efficacy and influence on immune system.