GPX2 and type 2 diabetes mellitus: Another in vivo study conducted with diabetic patients demonstrated that consumption of yogurt containing probiotics (Lactobacillus acidophilus La5 and Bifidobacterium lactis Bb12) for 6 weeks was able to influence the oxidative status in type 2 diabetic patients, inducing decreased fasting blood glucose and glycated hemoglobin and increased activities of SOD and GPX2, and total antioxidant status compared with the control yogurt group without probiotics (53).