Thanks to Hariom Yadav, assistant professor of molecular biology at Wake Forest School of Medicine, and principal investigator of the study published in journal GeroScience, those with leaky gut now a solution to fix their problem.

Leaky gut in which microbes and bacteria leak into blood stream though holes and cracks in the intestinal lining, causing an increase in low-grade inflammation, is a common phenomenon in aged people.

The tram led by Yadav, first screened eight strains of human origin probiotics in roundworms. They discovered that a strain of Lactobacillus paracasei (D3-5), even in  on-viable or heat killed form extended the roundworm’s lifespan.  They then tested their initial findings on a mice.

Not only did they find which probiotic strain was most effective in preventing leaky gut and inflammation, but they also found that the dead version of that probiotic had the same benefits.