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probiotic
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probiotic
1. a harmless bacterium that helps to protect the body from harmful bacteria
2. a substance that encourages the growth of natural healthy bacteria in the gut


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We believe that there might be value in adding certain living, non-disease-causing bacteria and other microbes to our diets," says Mary Ellen Sanders, president of the International Scientific Association for Probiotics and Prebiotics.
Three days later, I was on probiotics, magnesium, and vitamin D.
But a review last year concluded that there isn't sufficient evidence for the routine use of probiotics to prevent or treat C.
 
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