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#207 Why dietary guidelines are wrong and how algorithms can help with Prof Eran Segal

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The Negative Effects of Probiotics

Probiotics are doing a great job of colonizing, but the net effect is actually something that you don't want. Just blindly taking antibiotics or prescribing them after antibiotics may actually have a negative impact. Those who are taking probiotics where it's just going in and going out, it's probably not doing any harm except you know it's costing you money. Some of the bacteria that we have just are some of our commensal bacteria are probably not good for us. And sometimes we're missing some protective bacteria for example in the acute coronary syndrome patient study.

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