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Do probiotics help your microbiome?

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HealthTree

• August 26, 2024

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Learn about probiotics and microbiome in this HealthTree University lesson by a cancer specialist.

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Alex Lesokhin, Specialist

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Transcript

Do probiotics help your microbiome?

The probiotic space is controversial. It's not clear that probiotics help. The bottom line is it's just quite complex. In terms of the probiotic effect, perhaps prebiotics might help. In other words, for example, if one considers diet if you eat a higher fiber diet, then you will increase the amount of, bacteria that help you digest insoluble fiber and turn that into short chain fatty acids.

Is that good? Is that not? We're actually performing a study to try to identify, to evaluate that question by incorporating plant based diets to try to increase fiber content

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