Probiotics: the 21st century
medicine
“Probiotics will be to medicine in the 21st century as
antibiotics and microbiology were in the 20th century.” - Michael McCann, MD
Have you ever wondered about the world that you may be harboring inside your
body? Did you know that the human body is comprised of billions of cells, most
of which are actually bacteria? These "foreign" organisms include both the good
and the bad variety.
The organisms that protect and enhance our life are known as Probiotics. They
may play a beneficial role in Traveler's diarrhea, antibiotic associated
diarrhea, infantile diarrhea, inflammatory bowel disease, irritable bowel
syndrome, and colon cancer etc.
Do we need probiotics? Absolutely--even as much as we need food, because without
both, the digestive system does not run at peak efficiency.