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Article: Probiotics: the research is promising, but few products are available.
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- HealthFacts
- Article date:
- January 1, 2006
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Many people eat yogurt to protect themselves from antibiotics-induced diarrhea. Others swallow probiotic supplements for the same reason. Either way, the idea is to consume "good" bacteria in order to overcome the tendency of antibiotics to kill good, as well as harmful, bacteria in the gut, throat, and vagina. The public has caught on to the importance of eating microbe-containing foods, especially yogurt, as a way to prevent illness, such as traveler's diarrhea, and as a way to maintain health. Now many yogurt containers proclaim the presence of "live active cultures," and it is common to see probiotic capsules side by side with vitamins on the shelves of pharmacies and ...