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Our previous post on this subject hopefully helped in understanding the difference between Prebiotics and Probiotics. Today’s post deals with the effectiveness of Probiotics and was the subject of the most recent Quirks and Quarks episode on CBC Radio One. Unfortunately but as usual, it seems, the marketing hype is well beyond the actual science in its declarations. Of special interest is the use of Probiotics after a short period of antibiotic medication. Hear the entire episode at the link below where you can also read the story.

https://www.cbc.ca/radio/quirks/nov-3-2018-politics-puts-the-amazon-at-risk-the-problem-with-probiotics-biggest-bird-was-blind-and-more-1.4887843/probiotics-probably-aren-t-making-you-well-and-they-could-make-you-sicker-1.4887860