Anti-inflammatory Action of the Treated-Yeast, Milmed, Under IBS-IBD Conditions

Abstract

In order to assess the anti-inflammatory and therapeutic action of the probiotic, treated-yeast Milmed, twelve patients (age range 25-to-79 years) presenting IBS-IBD with a wide range of gut-intestinal symptoms, were studied. Each patient completed a questionnaire outlining demographic characteristics and test items regarding their health issues, both prior to and after the twelve-week period (on three occasions each week) of Milmed intervention. Patients’ accounts of their symptom-profiles were quantified and subjected to statistical analyses. It was observed that in comparison with the placebo (administered untreated-yeast) control, the Milmed group reported fewer symptoms, following treatment, as well as also fewer symptoms compared to their pre-treatment report. Untreated-yeast administration to patients did not induce any reduction of IBS-IBD symptoms. There was no correlation between patients’ responses regarding symptoms Before and After intervention. It is possible that increasing the number of capsules ingested per week, from 3/week to 1/day, may have provided the patients with greater benefits. Despite certain limitations of this study when taken together with the reported anti-inflammatory propensity of Milmed upon glial and neuronal cell cultures in vitro, these findings imply several useful therapeutic applications for the treated-yeast, Milmed, in the treatment of gut-intestinal conditions, such as IBS-IBD and other related ailments.