Similarly, a four-week intake of the probiotic supplement Infloran (SIT Pharmaceutical Laboratory, Mede, Italy, and imported by DKSH, Bangkok, Thailand), each capsule of which contained 1 billion CFU of Lactobacillus acidophilus and 1 billion CFU of Bifidobacterium bifidum, has also been shown to reduce fasting glucose in women with GDM and to increase insulin sensitivity [20]. The gene discussed is INS; the disease is gestational diabetes.