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I find the word probiotic to be inherently problematic. It includes any and all microorganisms that have a single positive health benefit, whether or not they'r
by Ovah 9y ago
I find the word probiotic to be inherently problematic. It includes any and all microorganisms that have a single positive health benefit, whether or not they're detrimental in other regards. That if a bacteria were to penerate gut epithelium (very bad), it would still be a probiotic if it reduced constupation.
Even if the research supporting the health benefits of a supplemental bacteria is sound, a single study always has a restricted scope.
It's saddening that 'probiotics' have found their way to products such as baby formula, while there is pretty much no regulation governing their sales and use (at least in Europe).
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- macawfish 9y agoIn my opinion, the word antibiotic is even more problematic. In a recent survey, 13% of practitioners admitted to having used sedatives or antibiotics as placebos: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081023195216.htm https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081023195216.h... To me, antibiotics are an example of dangerous superstition rearing its nasty head right there smack in the middle an institution that prides itself as rational and superior. I think pre-med and med school students should be required to take courses in chaos theory and ecology, as well as open minded primers on alternative and preventative medicines, not so much to advocate or practice them, but so they can have a better sense of medicine as an artform.
- bitwize 9y agoOr maybe just have Jeff Goldblum tell them that they're so preoccupied with whether they could that they didn't stop to think about whether they should. And that life finds a way.
- macawfish 9y agoYeah they should be required to watch Jurassic Park (the original ONLY though the new one is garbage propaganda)