The Science of Probiotics
Probiotics 101 What are probiotics, and why are they important for the health of our gut microbiome (and the rest of you, too)? (Unit 6 of 7) Around the turn of the 20th century, Russian immunologist Élie Metchnikoff, theorizing that consuming lactic acid bacteria could prolong life, drank sour milk every day. We’ve come a…