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The "good bacteria," or probiotics, that fill the pomegranate drink are everywhere these days, in pills and powders marketed as super supplements. Probiotics are said to improve digestive and immune health. They're touted as potential treatments for conditions ranging from inflammatory bowel disease to eczema to tooth decay. Some marketing campaigns even hint that they can prevent the flu.
Scientific evidence, however, does not necessarily support those claims.
Studies in rodents and small groups of humans point to possible health benefits of consuming probiotics. But there have been only a few large human trials — in large part because Food and Drug Administration rules have dissuaded food companies and federally funded researchers from conducting the types of studies that could confirm, or refute, the proposed benefits of consuming "good" microbes.
http://www.statnews.com/2016/01/21/probiotics-shaky-science/
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 27 2016, @08:39PM
And why would you suppose that? No, really, I would like to know. I gave the standard advice that just about any responsible doctor would give. Are all doctors "hardcore" libertarians in your view? Or do you find this advice to put away the Cheetos, eat your veggies, and get up off the couch to move around a bit so distastefully austere that you just have to assume it is born of "hardcore" fringe radicals? I tell you what. You just go right on eating your Cheetos and washing them down with a can of Pepsi. Then you can pat yourself on the back when you take a probiotic supplement "for your health". I won't stop you. The results will be predictable. I know. I've been there myself already. But if you really want to improve your health you will almost certainly have to listen to the advice your doctor and your momma have been giving you for decades. Just sayin'.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 27 2016, @11:08PM
Ha! So I take it by your avoidance and re-direct of the question, that he WAS right.