Canadian experts examine the benefits of S. boulardii on IBS

By Probiotics Learning Lab

Canadian trial claims Saccharomyces boulardii ‘helps to reduce abdominal pain and discomfort associated with Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)’.

Saccharomyces boulardii is one of the most clinically researched probiotics on the market, with over 80 clinical trials to its name. Trials have been conducted into the efficacy of Saccharomyces boulardii in many different health conditions, including Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) and infective diarrhoea. In some countries in the world this amazing probiotic yeast already has a pharmaceutical licence, meaning that it has crossed that sometimes seemingly ‘impassable’ boundary between main stream, allopathic medicine, and the complimentary health fields. In countries where it holds a pharmaceutical licence it can be prescribed by doctors for diarrhoea and other digestive conditions.

Now it appears there is yet more good news for S. boulardii fans, in that it has just been granted an approved health claim in Canada. The allowed health claim is for one specific substrain of Saccharomyces boulardii, (Lesaffre Human Care’s Saccharomyces cerevisiae CNCM I-3856) and the exact claim that has been approved is that this strain of Saccharomyces boulardii ‘helps to reduce abdominal pain and discomfort associated with Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)’.