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From what I read and researched online is that probiotics aren’t the bacteria you need, but are sort of good neighbors to the needed bacteria and create an envi
by iterateoften 3y ago
From what I read and researched online is that probiotics aren’t the bacteria you need, but are sort of good neighbors to the needed bacteria and create an environment they need to thrive by balancing pH of the gut and outcompete the “bad” bacteria and yeast.
- epgui 3y agoThe only thing I have to say about that is that pH is probably not very clinically relevant. The rest more or less checks out.
- iterateoften 3y agoYeasts are pretty sensitive to pH levels
- InSteady 3y agoTo say nothing of viruses, which make up a huge (but not well understood) portion of our microbiome. Current estimates put the number at over 100,000 unique species and perhaps a few hundred trillion viruses residing in the human microbiome, far eclipsing endogenous and bacterial cells.