{"id":672420,"date":"2026-05-16T01:51:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T01:51:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/672420\/"},"modified":"2026-05-16T01:51:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T01:51:09","slug":"12-best-probiotics-for-women-according-to-dietitians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/672420\/","title":{"rendered":"12 Best Probiotics for Women, According to Dietitians"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">\u2714\ufe0f Go for multiple strains: If you decide to try a probiotic for women, Cording suggests looking for a supplement that has several types of probiotic bacteria in it \u201cso you\u2019re covering more bases.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">\u2714\ufe0f Look for prebiotics, too: If you can, look for a supplement that also contains a prebiotic (which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nccih.nih.gov\/health\/probiotics-what-you-need-to-know\" target=\"_blank\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/www.nccih.nih.gov\/health\/probiotics-what-you-need-to-know\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"stimulates\" class=\"body-link css-hllz2d emevuu60\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">stimulates<\/a> the growth or activity of your probiotic), Cording says.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">\u2714\ufe0f Steer clear of gummies: \u201cThey contain sugar and negate some of the benefits of the supplement,\u201d Cording says.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">\u2714\ufe0f Don\u2019t shy away from seeking professional help: If you\u2019re an overall healthy person and aren\u2019t taking any medications, you should be just fine to start taking a probiotic without first checking in with a dietitian or doctor, says Gans. Just keep in mind, per Gans, that \u201csometimes trial and error is needed\u201d to find the right formula for you. \u201cA registered dietitian may help narrow down the choices,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u2714\ufe0f Go for multiple strains: If you decide to try a probiotic for women, Cording suggests looking for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":672421,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[49,48,84,6707,395],"class_list":["post-672420","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nutrition","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-health","tag-most-popular","tag-nutrition"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/672420","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=672420"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/672420\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/672421"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=672420"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=672420"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=672420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}