Accounting for the health risk of probiotics
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Probiotics have long been associated with a myriad of health benefits, so much so that their adverse effects whether mild or severe, are often neglected or overshadowed by the enormous volume of articles describing their beneficial effects in the current literature. Recent evidence has demonstrated several health risks of probiotics that warrant serious reconsideration of their applications and further investigations. This review aims to highlight studies that report on how probiotics might cause opportunistic systemic and local infections, detrimental immunological effects, metabolic disturbance, allergic reactions, and facilitating the spread of antimicrobial resistance. To offer a recent account of the literature, articles within the last five years were prioritized. The narration of these evidence was based on the nature of the studies in the following order of preference: clinical studies or human samples, in vivo or animal models, in situ, in vitro and/or in silico. We hope that this review will inform consumers, food scientists, and medical practitioners, on the health risks, while also encouraging research that will focus on and clarify the adverse effects of probiotics.
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Probiotic supplementation can prevent or cure autoimmune diseases or reduce cytokine levels.
“However, probiotic supplementation can prevent or cure autoimmune diseases or reduce cytokine levels [87].”
From Current Concepts in Probiotic Safety and Efficacy (2026) · cites this paper as [87]
In “Detrimental immunological effects,” the paper says probiotic supplementation has not been conclusively shown to prevent or treat autoimmune diseases or lower cytokine levels. It also reports studies finding no benefit or elevated cytokines, rather than establishing the claimed benefits. (LLM, conf=0.91)
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Experimental — accuracy not yet measuredResults regarding probiotic use in the scientific literature are irregular and vary significantly due to differences in probiotic types, doses, and treatment regimens across studies.
“The bottom line is that the results regarding probiotic use described in the scientific literature are irregular and vary significantly due to differences in probiotic types, their doses, and treatment regimens across studies [87].”
From Current Concepts in Probiotic Safety and Efficacy (2026) · cites this paper as [87]
The Conclusion and outlook says outcomes vary because probiotic types, amounts, and administration frequency differ across studies. But “these effects” refers specifically to reductions in complications and infections among surgical patients; the citing sentence generalizes that finding to results on probiotic use overall. (LLM, conf=0.84)
Experimental — accuracy not yet measuredResearch results on probiotics and prebiotics for prevention and treatment of allergic diseases remain inconclusive or contradictory.
“Despite the increasing interest in probiotics and prebiotics the prevention and treatment of allergic diseases, including atopic dermatitis, asthma, rhinitis, and food allergy, research results remain inconclusive or contradictory [87].”
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Vulnerable populations including newborns, immunocompromised individuals, and critically ill individuals are at greater risk from probiotics.
“Vulnerable populations (newborns, immunocompromised individuals, and critically ill individuals) are at greater risk; therefore, assessing regulatory compliance requires a combination of biochemical and metabolomic studies, whole genome sequencing for virulence, antibiotic resistance genes and motility mapping [63,66,87].”
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Conclusions on probiotics for metabolic disorders were not universally positive, and some studies reported unexpected side effects.
“Conclusions were not universally positive, and some studies even reported unexpected side effects [87,108].”
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Individual differences in microbiomes further complicate the problem of probiotic efficacy and safety.
“Individual differences in microbiomes further complicate the problem [87,139].”
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- Liu, X., Zhao, H., & Wong, A.
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- Wenzhou-Kean University
- Southern Partners Fund (SpF2021002)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Food Science › Probiotics and Fermented Foods
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Gut microbiota and health
- Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Immunology › Aquaculture disease management and microbiota
- Keywords
- probiotics, health risks, adverse effects, opportunistic infections, immunological effects, metabolic disorders, allergic reactions, antimicrobial resistance, systemic infection, local infection
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