Rhonda Patrick· PhD
Most probiotics out there don't move the needle.
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We can't find evidence that holds up here. Proponents are reasoning from mechanism or analogy rather than direct human data, and the most credible skeptics raise objections we can't dismiss.
Most probiotics out there don't move the needle.
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Many probiotics are useless. The highest dose used in this meta-study was 10 billion...not much at all.
Right, 10 billion per... Yeah, that's nothing. You know, it's like a drop in the pool. It's not going to even move the needle.
But, yeah, I think that there is a lot of mixed data and that comes down to not having quality probiotics and also the numbers. That's another problem, too low numbers of.... Yeah, that's nothing. You know, it's like a drop in the pool. It's not going to even move the needle.