Galactooligosaccharide supplementation reduces stress-induced gastrointestinal dysfunction and days of cold or flu: A randomized, double-blind, controlled trial in healthy university students

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1305-1311

  Hughes, Christine ^a   Davoodi Semiromi, Yalda ^a   Colee, James C ^c   Culpepper, Tyler ^b   Dahl, Wendy J ^a   Mai, Volker ^b   Christman, Mary C ^c   Langkamp Henken, Bobbi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GALACTOSE OLIGOSACCHARIDE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ARTICLE; COMMON COLD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DIETARY INTAKE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM FUNCTION DISORDER; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDIGESTION; INFLUENZA; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NORMAL HUMAN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SUPPLEMENTATION; UNIVERSITY STUDENT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; COMMON COLD; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; GALACTOSE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; OLIGOSACCHARIDES; PREBIOTICS; REFERENCE VALUES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79956321246     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.111.014126     Document Type: Article

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