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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I don’t fully agree with this. There is a whole actual world (this planet), but one species is all it takes to destroy it.

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Yes, what I mean is there’s no way to restore it with just one or even a few species.

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Be careful, that’s how you get to stool transplants

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Yep, that seems to be logical.

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Cyanobacteria, amiright.

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