the.com/probiotic
Live bacteria you pay money to eat, betting they outvote the bad ones.
means A food or supplement containing live microorganisms believed to benefit the gut by restoring or maintaining a healthy balance of bacteria.
from Coined in the mid-20th century by joining Latin 'pro' (for) with Greek 'bios' (life) — literally 'for life.' It was built as the deliberate opposite of 'antibiotic' (against life): where antibiotics kill bacteria wholesale, probiotics were named to champion the ones we want to keep.
- origin
- literally means for life in greek
- survival rate
- most die before reaching your gut
- evidence
- benefits strain-specific, not one size fits all
- irony
- yogurt ads oversold what science still debates