Uro vitamins and probiotics: are they worth the price to prevent UTIs and protect your vaginal health? Board-certified OBGYN Dr. Jennifer Lincoln has been asked to review these products MANY times and today she’s finally doing it…watch and see what she (and the evidence) says is worth it….and what you can skip.
0:00 Intro
1:23 Uro urinary tract vitamins
4:43 Uro vaginal probiotic capsules
6:16 The worst part
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REFERENCES and RESOURCES to go deeper:
1. Xia JY, Yang C, Xu DF, Xia H, Yang LG, Sun GJ. Consumption of cranberry as adjuvant therapy for urinary tract infections in susceptible populations: A systematic review and meta-analysis with trial sequential analysis. PLoS One. 2021 Sep 2;16(9):e0256992. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0256992. PMID: 34473789; PMCID: PMC8412316.
2. Williams G, Hahn D, Stephens JH, Craig JC, Hodson EM. Cranberries for preventing urinary tract infections. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2023, Issue 4. Art. No.: CD001321. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD001321.pub6. Accessed 07 May 2023.
3. Cooper TE, Teng C, Howell M, Teixeira-Pinto A, Jaure A, Wong G. D‐mannose for preventing and treating urinary tract infections. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2022, Issue 8. Art. No.: CD013608. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD013608.pub2. Accessed 07 May 2023.
4. van de Wijgert J, Verwijs MC. Lactobacilli-containing vaginal probiotics to cure or prevent bacterial or fungal vaginal dysbiosis: a systematic review and recommendations for future trial designs. BJOG. 2020 Jan;127(2):287-299. doi: 10.1111/1471-0528.15870. Epub 2019 Aug 8. PMID: 31299136.
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