In a randomized controlled trial, the probiotic Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis—used in many probiotic products, including Dannon’s Activia yogurts—did nothing to improve bowel health in people with constipation, according to data from a randomized triple-blind placebo-controlled clinical trial Wednesday in JAMA Network Open.

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Given the statistically significant results of fecal transplants… have we tried shoving the yoghurt into the the other end?

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New fetish unlocked!

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Some people have. It doesn’t work like that. Don’t put food or probiotics up your butt. FMT can be taken orally.

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