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Isn't the idea to give probiotics to people who do not have a healthy gut? Such as someone who had been taking antibiotic for a prolonged period of time? So why
by sschueller 8y ago
Isn't the idea to give probiotics to people who do not have a healthy gut? Such as someone who had been taking antibiotic for a prolonged period of time? So why did they give the probiotic to 25 healthy individuals?
Also 25 seems like a very small sample.
Edit: it appears they also did a study on 46 people after taking antibiotics but that I still find to be a small sample size.
- andreygrehov 8y agoDid you even read the article? --- The research group also looked at the impact of probiotics after a course of antibiotics, which wipe out both good and bad bacteria. Their trial on 46 people, also in the journal Cell, showed it led to delays in the normal healthy bacteria re-establishing themselves. Dr Elinav added: "Contrary to the current dogma that probiotics are harmless and benefit everyone, these results reveal a new potential adverse side effect of probiotic use with antibiotics that might even bring long-term consequences." ---
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- genomer 8y agoHow else do we dissuade people who don't read an article from jumping to ignorant conclusions and filling the message board with tripe?
- pvg 8y agoAlso described right in the comment you are replying to.
- genomer 8y agoAre you insinuating that I didn't read the comment? I take such offense to this.
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- NikolaNovak 8y agoIn Canada at least,probiotics are largely bought of the shelf by healthy people. Last week I accidentally bought a bottle of water from seven eleven,which turned out to have probiotics added. Cost the same as regular water too...
- genomer 8y agoI was surprised by a probiotic addition the other day as well. It was added to a vegan protein powder I bought off the shelf.
- bena 8y agoDo you think it's really an addition or something that was in there already they could market as a probiotic? Like how a lot of things became "gluten free" despite not containing gluten to begin with.
- joshuagross 8y agoGluten free also refers to processing. If something is made in the same facility / alongside a product with gluten it’s a serious problem with people with Celiac.
- WalterSear 8y agoIME, most things in 7-11 have probiotics added.
- travisjungroth 8y ago25 and 46 are plenty large sample sizes for something that should have a large effect. I agree that I've always thought of probiotics only for recovery after antibiotics or stomach illness.
- guelo 8y agoIn the article it mentions that they studied using probiotics after antibiotics and it actually did more harm than good.