Pendulum probiotics: Breakthrough or bandwagon?

Pendulum probiotics: Breakthrough or bandwagon?

Author: QuickAndDirtyTips.com, Monica Reinagel April 9, 2025 Duration: 12:14

Four years ago, Pendulum Therapeutics launched a breakthrough probiotic clinically shown to improve blood sugar in Type 2 diabetes. Do their newer products live up to the hype?

References:

Improvements to postprandial glucose control in subjects with type 2 diabetes: a multicenter, double blind, randomized placebo-controlled trial of a novel probiotic formulation | BMJ Open Diabetes Research & Care

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