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GI-MAP Interpretation Guide: How to Read Your Results and Understand Each Marker

Bifidobacterium spp.

Optimal result: 67000000 – 100000000000000 Units
Diagnostic Solutions Laboratory | GI-MAP & Food Sensitivity Tests
By Healthmatters Editorial Team
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Gram-positive genus in the Actinobacteria phylum. Present in breast milk. Colonizes the human GI tract at birth. Common in probiotics.

Thrives on a wide variety of prebiotic fibers. 

High levels are more common in children than in adults.

Increased levels of Bifidobacterium spp. have been seen in obese compared to lean/overweight subjects.

- The amount of Bifidobacterium has been measured at lower levels after weight-loss and gastric bypass surgery.

- Lower levels also measured in people with IBD and IBS.

- Lower levels seen in type 2 diabetes

- Lower levels seen in pediatric allergy

- Lower levels seen in autism

- Infants with lower Bifidobacterium may have increased risk for weight gain in childhood

Gram-positive genus in the Actinobacteria phylum. Present in breast milk. Colonizes the human GI tract at birth. Common in probiotics. Thrives on a wide variety of prebiotic fibers.

Gram-positive genus in the Actinobacteria phylum. Present in breast milk. Colonizes the human GI tract at birth. Common in probiotics. Thrives on a wide variety of prebiotic fibers.

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