It is a medically monitored program
Serious adverse outcomes are categorized according to FDA-defined criteria, including: mortality (DE), life-threatening conditions (LT), hospitalization (HO), disability (DS), congenital anomalies (CA), and other medically significant events (OT)
doi:10.3109/08923973.2014.956752
The article's reasoning is that probiotics may complicate symptom assessment or worsen bloating in those situations, making it harder to separate an expected medication effect from a reaction to the supplement
This suggests that starting with lower doses and smaller dose increments is associated with a more favorable side effect profile
And while diet and exercise are the foundation of any healthy weight-loss plan , sometimes your body needs a little extra metabolic support to get things moving