probiotics in Podcasts

It's a very simple rule of thumb for people is there's two major classes of probiotics. One is targeted for a specific indication. I want to lose weight. I want to improve my mood. I want to signal to improve my skin. You know, they're very different microbes that work on these different axes, and they're usually very specific.

And so just to start with some definitions, probiotics are defined as live organisms that confer a health benefit to their host. It's a very simple definition. Gregor Reed chaired the panel at the UN that wrote it in 2001. At its core, probiotics are... and not a new discovery or not a new hypothesis.

I think probiotics are fascinating in the sense that anytime a piece of news or press comes out that says probiotics don't work or they don't do this, it seems that probiotic usage goes up. And so I can't explain it, but people love them, people use them, but the science... and the understanding and the development of them is very confusing and varied.