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  • Microbiology
  • Nutrition Science
  • Public Health

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  • Probiotic strains offer significant health benefits, leading to diverse regulatory approaches for their use in food, supplements, and drugs.
  • Food is a primary delivery system for probiotics due to its health advantages and growing importance in nutrition.
  • Modern lifestyles and diseases can disrupt intestinal flora balance, highlighting the need for effective probiotic interventions.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To provide a comprehensive overview of probiotics, covering their health applications, safety, quality control, and regulatory landscape.
  • To highlight the role of probiotics as a potential adjuvant therapy for COVID-19.
  • To discuss the importance of accurate dosage and influencing factors in probiotic administration.

Main Methods:

  • Literature review synthesizing current research on probiotic applications and safety.
  • Analysis of regulatory frameworks governing probiotic products.
  • Exploration of probiotic use in food and as an adjuvant therapy for infectious diseases.

Main Results:

  • Probiotics demonstrate positive impacts on human health, with food emerging as a key delivery vehicle.
  • Diverse regulatory strategies are in place to ensure the safety and efficacy of probiotic products.
  • Probiotics show promise as an adjuvant therapy for COVID-19, alongside considerations for intestinal flora balance.

Conclusions:

  • Probiotics are crucial for maintaining human health and require careful regulation due to strain diversity.
  • The integration of probiotics into food products offers a beneficial and increasingly important health strategy.
  • Further research into probiotics, including their role in managing conditions like COVID-19, is warranted.