Are Probiotics the Answer or a Bandaid? #shorts #guthealth

27 Mar 2023 · 1 min

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A Tiny Health YouTube short asking whether probiotics are a temporary fix or a lasting solution. The speaker states that in adults most probiotic strains are transient (they pass through and typically do not permanently colonize the gut), while in babies the same strains can often colonize and persist after supplementation, yielding longer-term gut-health benefits.

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Are probiotics, a band aid that masks symptoms. So this is really interesting. In adults, most probiotics are transient, so we don't see them colonizing the guts. They come in, they do their good thing, and then they often leave without us being able to necessarily see them, like sticking around in the gut. Once you stop taking them in babies, this isn't the case. In babies. When they start taking a probiotic, it can often colonize that gut, which means they stop taking the probiotic. And yet that probiotic species is still there and doing good things. This means it's not only helping potential symptoms and gut health, but it's sticking around for the long run.