For Health Care Professionals - Activia®
Activia for Health Care Professionals
With over 20 years in gut health research, Activia is here to help you include probiotics as a part of your patient’s daily gut health routine.
With over 4 billion active probiotics in every 125g tub, Activia has been scientifically proven to reduce digestive discomfort*.
Activia has no added sugar and tastes delicious. So when it comes to choosing the right probiotic for your patients, start with Activia to support their gut health*.
The science of Activia probiotic yoghurt and gut health
Activia helps gut health management*, reducing the frequency of minor digestive discomfort like bloating, gas, abdominal discomfort, and rumbling when consumed twice per day for at least four weeks as part of a balanced diet and healthy lifestyle.
Activia contains the exclusive probiotic Bifidobacterium animalis lactis CNCM I-2494, which has been shown to survive passage than 18 clinical studies and over 30 years of research on gut health, you can feel confident recommending Activia to your patients.
Clinical Studies of Activia with B. Lactis CNCM I-2494
A key feature of the Activia clinical studies is that they have been performed on the yoghurt itself, not simply the probiotic strain. Two double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled studies, as well as a pooled analysis of these in reducing the frequency of minor digestive issues like bloating, gas, rumbling, and discomfort. Both (GI) outcomes, including GI well-being and frequency of minor digestive issues, in healthy women lacking any diagnosed GI disorders.
In both studies, and in the pooled analysis, the composite score of the frequency of minor digestive issues over the two- and four-week test periods in the Activia group was significantly lower (p<0.05) than in the control group, who consumed a non-fermented dairy product with low content of lactose (lactose content similar to Activia).
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References:
1. Danone Activia Gut Health Research. n=800 Australian women aged between
25-65 who consume yoghurt at least every 3 months and are looking after their gut health. research conducted by Harvest agency August 2022
2. Guyonnet D, Schlumberger A, Mhamdi L, Jakob S, Chassany O. Fermented milk containing
Bifidobacterium lactis DN-173 010 improves gastrointestinal well-being and digestive symptoms in women reporting minor digestive symptoms: a randomised, double-blind, parallel, controlled study. Br J Nutr. 2009;102(11):1654-62.
3. Marteau P, Guyonnet D, Lafaye De Micheaux P, Gelu S. A randomized, double-blind, controlled study and pooled analysis of two identical trials of fermented milk containing probiotic Bifidobacterium lactis CNCM I-2494 in healthy women reporting minor digestive symptoms. Neurogastroenterol Motil. 2013;25(4):331-e252.
* Activia helps improve digestive comfort when 250g (2x125g) is consumed daily for at least
4 weeks, as part of the healthy lifestyle and balanced diet.
*Activia dairy yoghurt helps improve digestive comfort when 250g is consumed daily for 4 weeks as part of a balanced diet and healthy lifestyle.
