Do Probiotics still work with Chlorinated water?

A closer look at the science underlying microbe-based treatments, however, shows that most of the health claims for probiotics are pure hype. The majority of studies to date have failed to reveal any benefits in individuals who are already healthy. The bacteria seem to help only those people suffering from a few specific intestinal disorders. “There is no evidence to suggest that people with normal gastrointestinal tracts can benefit from taking probiotics,” says Matthew Ciorba, a gastroenterologist at Washington University in St. Louis. “If you're not in any distress, I would not recommend them.” Emma Allen-Vercoe, a microbiologist at the University of Guelph in Ontario, agrees. For the most part, she says, “the claims that are made are enormously inflated.”
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Do Probiotics Really Work?

Although certain bacteria help treat some gut disorders, they have no known benefits for healthy people
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Many wondered whether probiotics could be therapeutic in other gastrointestinal disorders. Unfortunately, that doesn’t appear to be the case. Probiotics didn’t show a significant benefit for chronic diarrhea. Three reviews looked at how probiotics might improve Crohn’s disease, and none could find sufficient evidence to recommend their use. Four more reviews looked at ulcerative colitis, and similarly declared that we don’t have the data to show that they work. The same was true for the treatment of liver disease.

Undaunted, researchers looked into whether probiotics might be beneficial in a host of disorders, even when the connection to gut health and the microbiome was tenuous. Reviews show that there is insufficient evidence to recommend their use to treat or prevent eczema, preterm labor, gestational diabetes, bacterial vaginosis, allergic diseases or urinary tract infections.

Reviews looking at the treatment or prevention of vulvovaginal candidiasis in women, pneumonia in patients hooked up to respirators, and colds in otherwise healthy people show some positive results. But the authors note that the studies are almost all of low quality, small in size, and often funded by companies with significant conflicts of interest.

Individual studies are similarly disappointing for probiotics. One examining obesity found limited effects. Another showed they don’t prevent cavities in teeth. They don’t help prevent infant colic, either.
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The Problem With Probiotics (Published 2018)

There are potential harms as well as benefits, and a lot of wishful thinking and imprecision in the marketing of products containing them.
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Save your money.
 
LazyLion said:
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Probiotics are mostly useless and can actually hurt you | New Scientist

Supplements of “friendly” bacteria often don’t improve our gut microbiota and can be harmful after antibiotics, according to the most in-depth study yet
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It works for some people.
The research also showed that while probiotics colonised the gastrointestinal tract of some people, the gut microbiome of others just expelled them. There was no way of telling from their stool sample which category people fell into. “Some people accept probiotics in their gut, while others just pass them from one end to the other,” says Elinav. They found that the probiotic colonisation patterns were highly dependent on the individual. That tells us that the concept that everyone can benefit from a universal probiotic bought from the supermarket is empirically wrong, he say
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Sorry to be so harsh... I've generally regarded over-the-counter probiotics as modern snake oil - a wonderful way of extracting dollars from the gullible with pseudo-science. Of course, like swallowing stones, it's gonna "work" for 0.5% of the population. It's legal quackery as far as I'm concerned.

Eat your fruit and veg for gut flora.
 
Arthur said:
Sorry to be so harsh... I've generally regarded over-the-counter probiotics as modern snake oil - a wonderful way of extracting dollars from the gullible with pseudo-science. Of course, like swallowing stones, it's gonna "work" for 0.5% of the population. It's legal quackery as far as I'm concerned.
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My stomach says otherwise :p
 
ScottulusMaximus said:
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Do Probiotics Really Work?

Although certain bacteria help treat some gut disorders, they have no known benefits for healthy people
www.scientificamerican.com www.scientificamerican.com




www.nytimes.com

The Problem With Probiotics (Published 2018)

There are potential harms as well as benefits, and a lot of wishful thinking and imprecision in the marketing of products containing them.
www.nytimes.com www.nytimes.com

Save your money.
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Eh it works for me.

Does the placebo effect carry on for years? :/

If I miss a tablet, my stomach knows it and I can feel it...
 
Since starting on chronic meds a few year ago my digestive system hasn't been too great. Doctor's answer was to prescribe meds for acid reflux and diarrhea. Bought probiotics instead. Started first on Biogen pre & probiotics which worked the best but they've stopped producing them so settled for GNC probiotics at quite a reasonable price.
 
Jings said:
Since starting on chronic meds a few year ago my digestive system hasn't been too great. Doctor's answer was to prescribe meds for acid reflux and diarrhea. Bought probiotics instead. Started first on Biogen pre & probiotics which worked the best but they've stopped producing them so settled for GNC probiotics at quite a reasonable price.
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Did you experience a difference using Probiotics?
 
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