The present invention relates to a nutritional composition comprising at least one fucosylated oligosaccharide for use in an infant or a young child for reducing and/or preventing later in life excessive fat mass accumulation and/or a health disorder related to excessive fat mass accumulation, wherein said fucosylated oligosaccharide has at least one fucose group attached by an alpha 1,3 linkage, at least one fucose group attached by an alpha 1,4 linkage, or combinations thereof. The invention also relates to nutritional composition for use to promote healthy growth.

The present invention concerns a lactic composition useful for the prevention or treatment of diarrhea such as antibiotic associated diarrhea or tourists. The composition according to the invention contains at least a bacterial strain selected from the group consisting of Lactobacillus acidophilus, Lactobacillus acidophilus I-1492, Lactobacillus casei and a mixture of thereof.

The present invention concerns a lactic composition useful for the prevention or treatment of diarrhea such as antibiotic associated diarrhea or tourists. The composition according to the invention contains at least a bacterial strain selected from the group consisting of Lactobacillus acidophilus, Lactobacillus acidophilus I-1492, Lactobacillus casei and a mixture of thereof.

A nutrient composition comprises an essential nutrient in which at least one exchangeable H atom is .sup.2H and/or at least one C atom is .sup.13C. The nutrient is thus protected from, inter alia, active oxygen species.

A nutrient composition comprises an essential nutrient in which at least one exchangeable H atom is .sup.2H and/or at least one C atom is .sup.13C. The nutrient is thus protected from, inter alia, active oxygen species.

The present invention relates to compositions and methods for promoting the immune health of an animal or human by administering compositions or mixtures of water-soluble components derived from a genus Euglena organism that are capable of stimulating immune system activity in the absence of beta-glucan.

The present invention relates to compositions and methods for promoting the immune health of an animal or human by administering compositions or mixtures of water-soluble components derived from a genus Euglena organism that are capable of stimulating immune system activity in the absence of beta-glucan.

A nutrient composition comprises an essential nutrient in which at least one exchangeable H atom is .sup.2H and/or at least one C atom is .sup.13C. The nutrient is thus protected from, inter alia, active oxygen species.

A nutrient composition comprises an essential nutrient in which at least one exchangeable H atom is .sup.2H and/or at least one C atom is .sup.13C. The nutrient is thus protected from, inter alia, active oxygen species.

Molecules secreted or derived from probiotic bacteria are provided for use in compositions and methods for the treatment and/or prevention of infection by pathogenic viruses. The isolated secreted molecules can also be used in nutritional or medical food products which provide probiotics to the gastrointestinal tract of a mammal.