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In reply to the discussion: Probiotics Are Useless, GMOs Are Fine, and Gluten Is Necessary [View all]hlthe2b
(113,257 posts)Not only are the methods all over the spectrum, but the endpoint--survival/enrichment of FECAL biota questionable, given there is considerable reason to believe the "site of action may be proximal to the colon" as the study's own authors even acknowledge. Further, again from this study's own authors: "It is concluded that there is little, if any, evidence of an effect of probiotic treatment in circumstances where the microbiota is unperturbed by pathophysiological processes or pharmaceutical treatment (antibiotics or chemotherapy), either concurrent with or prior to intervention. " That, is equivalent to essentially saying probiotic supplementation did not make already HEALTHY people any HEALTHIER and is ridiculous on its face.
This one needs to be discounted... I haven't looked at the others.
