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Warpy

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7. Mostly, it's the gut friendly bacteria that go into yogurt and kefir

Sat May 16, 2015, 03:14 PM

May 2015

at this point, but as they learn more about what a healthy gut bacterial colony looks like, we'll probably see prescription gut bugs down the road.

These days, you might as well just enjoy the yogurt.

In other words, the science has only started to be done and so far, it's found that the flora in skinny people are quite different than those in obese people and that's what the health foods industry is responding to, that and hypochondriacs who think the placebo effect works.

About all I'd suggest the health food store "probiotics" for is someone on heavy antibiotics who's getting diarrhea from them and who can't stand the taste of yogurt.

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Probiotic -Till recentlly... [View all] fadedrose May 2015 OP

they are used to give your gut "good" bacteria dixiegrrrrl May 2015 #1

Thank you dixiegrrrrl fadedrose May 2015 #2

If I had the symptoms you are describing... dixiegrrrrl May 2015 #6

My Wife Had To Take Them After A MRSA Regime ProfessorGAC Jul 2015 #10

research has been mixed. i kiss my dog on the mouth. mopinko May 2015 #3

It may have been researched 10 years ago fadedrose May 2015 #4

yeah it is. mopinko May 2015 #5

Mostly, it's the gut friendly bacteria that go into yogurt and kefir Warpy May 2015 #7

If I take an antibiotic, murielm99 Aug 2015 #12

Same here, I live on yogurt and kefir until a week or two after it's all over Warpy Aug 2015 #13

I've been trying and using jomin41 Jun 2015 #8

ahhh...the joys of getting older and "digestives" dixiegrrrrl Jul 2015 #11

no way.... ClintEast Jul 2015 #9