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Probiotic India

What are probiotics?
Etymologically, the term Probiotic stands for pro ("for") and the Greek adjective bios ("life"). According to FAO/WHO : Probiotics are "Live microorganisms which when administered in adequate amounts confer a health benefit on the host". Read more
Probiotics and health claims
Probiotics have a broad scope in general health interventions like managing lactose intolerance, immunomodulation in chronic inflammatory metabolic disorders and infectious conditions, managing oral absorption syndromes, allergies, diabetes, arthritis, prevention of colon cancer, and for cardio protection by lowering blood pressure and cholesterol levels. .Read more
Research on Probiotics
Probiotic research and probiotic foods are fast growing topics as consumers’ awareness continues to increase. It is considered to be an intensive research area in the world. Several companies with national and international reputation are marketing the probiotic containing food products both globally and in India. India has emerged as the potential market for probiotic products with the entry of almost all the players in probiotic business. Read more
Make a better immune system
Probiotic microorganisms have the capability to evoke both innate and adaptive immune effectors of the body with positive health benefits by keeping our gut healthy and protected from the invading pathogens.Read more

Welcome to Probiotic Association of India

Greetings and a very warm welcome to our esteemed viewers, members of probiotic fraternity and other stake holders including industry personnel visiting our website.

This website has been primarily created to provide a net based platform under the auspices of Probiotic Association of India (PAI) to brief the viewers / readers with the recent updates and new breakthroughs on probiotic research, product development, health claims associated with probiotic foods along with the forthcoming scientific activities and events related to the subject happening across the world including India.

PAI is committed to promote the probiotic concept in the country by creating awareness amongst the mass Indian population about the health benefits of these friendly bacteria through this website so that the entire spectrum of novel health benefits associated with the Probiotics and Probiotic foods reach the target population without any discrimination.

This initiative is specifically aimed at creating a healthy society globally including India through probiotic interventions.

The viewers are most welcome to post / register their frank opinions and comments to improve the overall quality of the site.

Please keep tuned to enjoy the magic of probiotics.

Events

4^th Biennial conference of PAi and International Symposium on "Probiotic Therapy : Translating to Health and Clinical Practice" will be held on February 16-17, 2018 at JLN Auditorium, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi in association with AIIMS.