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Article: Supplementing with probiotics.(BookCorners)(Book Review)
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- Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients
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- July 1, 2004
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The Probiotic Solution
by Dr. Mark A. Brudnak
Dragon Door Publications, Inc., P.O. Box 4381, St. Paul, Minnesota 55104 USA; 651-487-2180; www.dragondoor.com
Softbound; ISBN 0-938045-75-X; 2003; 164 pp; $24.00
Humans have had a long-time, symbiotic relationship with over 400 species of friendly microorganisms (probiotics) that live in the gastrointestinal tract. Their role in health and longevity was first recognized by Russian scientist Elie Mechnikoff (1845-1916), who attributed the long lifespans of the Bulgarians living in the Caspian Mountains to the probiotic-rich kefir that they drank. Kefir is a drinkable 'yogurt' of fresh goat ...