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Definition of probiotic
: a microorganism (such as lactobacillus) that when consumed (as in a food or a dietary supplement) maintains or restores beneficial bacteria to the digestive tract; also : a product or preparation that contains such microorganisms — compare prebiotic
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Recent Examples of probiotic from the Web
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My refrigerator is literally a selection of designer probiotics.
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Kefir is another way of fermenting milk that has more probiotics (beneficial microbes) than yogurt, often carrying twice as many bacterial strains along with some beneficial yeast strains.
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Whereas typical antibiotics and antiseptics indiscriminately kill all kinds of bacteria throughout the body and drive the evolution of highly dangerous microbes impervious to existing drugs, probiotics may be much more selective.
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Indeed, the popularity of probiotics has grown so much in recent years that manufacturers have even added the microorganisms to cosmetics and mattresses.
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In other words, their gut ecosystems had a vacancy that the probiotic filled.
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A diet containing certain probiotics may reduce amyloidosis and inflammation.
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That demonstration kitchen, with its big windows facing South Broadway, will feature free programming on gluten-free muffins, probiotics, medicinal mushrooms, herbal pain relief and more, store manager Dawn Kennedy said.
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Alex Jones and Amanda Chantal Bacon each sell probiotics.
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Origin and Etymology of probiotic
2pro- + -biotic (as in antibiotic)
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playMedical Definition of probiotic
: a microorganism (such as lactobacillus or bifidobacterium) that when consumed (as in a food or a dietary supplement) maintains or restores beneficial bacteria to the digestive tract; also : a product or preparation that contains such microorganisms—compare prebiotic
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