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I mean maybe, but that's just speculation, and it really doesn't get us anywhere. The main point of the article is that off the shelf probiotics don't do the w
by jpmoyn 8y ago
I mean maybe, but that's just speculation, and it really doesn't get us anywhere.
The main point of the article is that off the shelf probiotics don't do the wonders they are toted to. You would have to have probiotics tailored to the unique bacterial composition inside of your gut.
- dragonwriter 8y ago> The main point of the article is that off the shelf probiotics don't do the wonders they are toted to. That's the main claim. OTOH, they didn't test any off-the-shelf probiotic products in isolation, they tested their own custom probiotic mix.
- WalterSear 8y ago> During the probiotics phase participants consumed Supherb Bio-25 bi-daily, which is described by the manufacturer to contain at least 25 billion active bacteria of the following strains: B. bifidum, L. rhamnosus, L. lactis, L. casei, B. breve, S. thermophilus, B. longum sbsp. longum, L. paracasei, L. plantarum and B. longum sbsp. infantis. According to the manufacturer, the pills underwent double coating to ensure their survival under stomach acidity and their proliferation in the intestines. Validation of the aforementioned strains quantity and viability was performed as part of the study. https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(18)31102-4?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS0092867418311024%3Fshowall%3Dtrue#secsectitle0075 https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(18)31102-4?_re...