American Association of Family Physicians – FMX 2024
Phoenix, AZ
September 24, 2024 – September 28, 2024
9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Session Title: Live Dietary Microbes: Evidence That Intake Supports Health
Evidence from human microbiome research, randomized controlled trials testing interventions containing probiotics on preventive and therapeutic endpoints, and associative studies link fermented food consumption with improved health. Various international organizations are interested in advancing the concept of a dietary recommendation for live microbes.
Although many scientists and organizations have independently hypothesized that consuming live microbes may be beneficial to health, understanding this relationship and developing a recommended intake range requires a systematic approach, including evaluation of existing evidence, addressing evidence gaps, and aligning the information with a framework of data needs required to support a recommendation.
In this session, the most recent evidence supporting benefits of live dietary microbes and health outcomes, as well as challenges to making these links, will be reviewed.
Panelists:
Dan Merenstein, MD, Georgetown University
Joanne Slavin, PhD RD, University of Minnesota
Robert Hutkins, PhD, University of Nebraska
For more information about FMX 2024, click here.
This event is supported by the Nutrition for Gut Health Committee.