Drink Milk Consumption Benefits With Culture Probiotic in the Treatment of Constipation

Constipation is defined as a disorder characterized by persistent difficulty to evacuate or a feeling of incomplete evacuation and / or infrequent bowel movements. Many factors contribute to the onset of constipation, such as changes in dietary intake and fluid intake, decrease in consumption of products containing fiber, intake of drugs or laxatives, decreased intestinal motility and physical inactivity. The objective was to evaluate the effect of consumption of dairy products with probiotics on constipation. Randomized double-blind clinical trial in the city of Bom Retiro do Sul / RS, Brazil. They were recruited 60 female patients aged 20-50 years after application of the Rome III criteria (World Gastroenterology Organization, 2010) and Range Bristol (World Gastroenterology Organisation, 2010) were diagnosed with constipation. Patients were randomized into two groups, where one group will receive the milk drink with probiotics and the other group will receive a probiotic milk drink without (control group). The milk beverage consumption period shall be 60 days where each patient will consume 150 ml of milk drink a day, with breakfast or morning snack.