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How can probiotics reduce gut problems?

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Dr. Steven Charlap answered

Specializes in Holistic Medicine

It depends: By restoring the good bacteria in your gut. This is difficult to accomplish with just probiotics unless they have over a billion colonies and multiple strains of bacteria. First, have you gut problem evaluated by a physician to make sure nothing serious is going on.

Answered 7/7/2012

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