List,
I highly recommend subscribing to this fine, free, online journal. Read
the current issue for a spendid overview of probiotics, including the
following, which makes on think about the complexity of any influence
that CS has -- and in my experience, CS can be quite helpful. But just
what is really going on?
Probiotics Primer
An adult body has about 10 trillion cells comprising 200 different
types, but bacteria greatly outnumber them.
Gerald Tannock, University of Otago, New Zealand, says the typical
adult body, inside and out, has 100 trillion
bacterial cells consisting of at least 500 species, not to mention
billions of viruses and fungi.5 Most microbiota,
also known as microflora, live in relative peace and harmony with
the body. Some aid digestion, act as a first line
of defense against invading pathogens, or help to keep the immune
system primed, says Tannock. Humans may
have ancient symbiotic relationships with many of them, and they
seem to operate as members of any
ecosystem do, competing with each other for nutrients, energy, and
habitats and actively repelling or deterring
invaders, he says.
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