Articles on Postbiotics

January 23, 2026

What are postbiotic supplements – and do you really need them?

Rachel Woods, University of Lincoln

Postbiotic supplements may sound appealing, but science has not yet caught up with marketing.

July 20, 2018

Amreen Bashir, Aston University

Clinical trials involving probiotics are failing to report on the safety and harms of these treatments.

May 28, 2018

Tim Spector, King's College London and Cristina Menni, King's College London

Gut microbe metabolites can tell us a lot about our health.

Amreen Bashir
Lecturer in Biomedical Science, Aston University
Cristina Menni
Research Fellow, King's College London
Tim Spector
Professor of Genetic Epidemiology, King's College London
Rachel Woods
Associate Professor of Medical Education, University of Nottingham; University of Lincoln