I suggest reading the current wisdom from Dr. Les Dethlefson, human microbiota researcher at Stanford's Relman lab [0]. In the link he addresses the difference

I suggest reading the current wisdom from Dr. Les Dethlefson, human microbiota researcher at Stanford's Relman lab [0]. In the link he addresses the difference between addressing an acute condition with probiotics versus long-term maintenance of health. Your question seems to land somewhere in the middle. So see what he has to say and please remember, this is far from settled science! [0] https://humanmicrobiota.weebly.com/prebiotics--probiotics.html https://humanmicrobiota.weebly.com/prebiotics--probiotics.ht...