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I'm pretty sure it's solid science that probiotics definitely help at treating or preventing certain digestive tract disorders/diseases. For instance, SIBO: ht

I'm pretty sure it's solid science that probiotics definitely help at treating or preventing certain digestive tract disorders/diseases. For instance, SIBO: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28267052 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28267052 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3329544/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3329544/

WalterSear 8y ago
Interesting science. But, I don't feel that the second is a legitimate use of meta-analyses. Due to publication bias, the conclusions it draws are only useful if the efficacy of probiotics is a forgone conclusion. Moreover: I have a huge question regarding their primary measure, specifically regarding their use of number from this study: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14608267 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14608267 Which show up as the 8th line of their risk-ratio calculation, but whose results have no relation to the values on that graph. Moreover, this isn't peer reviewed, as far as I could see.