Boosting Gut Bacteria Levels Could Fight Food Poisoning, Study Suggests

London: Boosting levels of bacteria in your gut could be a new form of treatment against food poisoning, a new study has found. Researchers say that the byproduct of a group of bacteria found in the intestines hinders Salmonella from growing and multiplying.

The byproduct, known as propionate, does not activate the immune system’s response to the infection but rather slows down the time it takes to grow and spread. The team, from Stanford University in California, says that not only does its study show why people may respond to infection differently, but also could provide a new form of treatment for this form of food poisoning.