The Study
Consumption of a Gelatin Supplemented with the Probiotic Strain Limosilactobacillus fermentum UCO-979C Prevents Helicobacter pylori Infection in a Young Adult Population Achieved
This study is like a fair test where half the kids got a special jelly with good bacteria and half got plain jelly. After 12 weeks, fewer kids in the special jelly group got sick with H. pylori. So we can say the jelly probably helped stop them from getting infected — but only for these kids in Chile.
Analysis score
Maximum 90 for a randomized controlled trial.
Where the score came from
Scientists gave kids a special jelly with good bacteria to see if it could stop a bad stomach germ from spreading.
Where does this study sit?
Reviews of RCTs (Meta-analyses)
Max 100Randomized Trials
Max 90Reviews of Cohort Studies
Max 85Cohort Studies
Max 72Reviews of Case-Control Studies
Max 63Case-Control Studies
Max 58Cross-Sectional & Case Series
Max 50Expert Opinion
Max 570 / 100
Quality score
Participants are randomly assigned to treatment or control groups, minimizing bias. The gold standard for testing whether an intervention causes an effect.
Key takeaways
Summary
Based on the study abstract and findings.
- 1This means the jelly is very good at stopping healthy people from catching the stomach germ — like a shield — but it can't kick out the germ if you already have it.
- 2Of kids who didn't have the germ at first: 34 out of 100 got it without the jelly, but only 3 out of 100 got it with the jelly.
- 3The jelly didn't help kids who already had the germ.
Score breakdown, methodology, conflicts of interest, evidence analysis & raw study data
Publication
Journal
Foods
Year
2022
Authors
Cristian Parra-Sepúlveda, Kimberly Sánchez-Alonzo, Joaquín Olivares-Muñoz, Cristian Gutiérrez-Zamorano, Carlos T. Smith, Romina I Carvajal, Katia Sáez-Carrillo, Carlos González, A. García-Cancino
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Claims (3)
In healthy adults aged 18–30, taking a specific probiotic supplement in gelatin five days a week for 12 weeks reduces the rate of new Helicobacter pylori infections from 34.2% to 2.7%.
Taking Limosilactobacillus fermentum UCO-979C in gelatin daily for 12 weeks does not eliminate Helicobacter pylori infection in young adults, and the rate of infection remains the same as in those taking a placebo.
Healthy young adults aged 18–30 who consumed gelatin with Limosilactobacillus fermentum UCO-979C at a concentration of at least 10^7 CFU/mL daily for 12 weeks experienced no adverse events, including gastrointestinal symptoms, systemic reactions, or medical interventions.
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