October 20/London/Indo-Asian News Service -- Probiotic drinks and yogurts, popular with millions of consumers trying to stay healthy, do not really help people's digestion, finds a recent study.
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has examined more than 800 health claims from food companies, including those submitted by the multi-billion pound probiotic industry. EFSA's independent panel of scientists found that the claims that these products could strengthen the body's defences and reduce gut problems were either so general as to be inadmissible, or could not be shown to have the claimed effect.