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Is taking a probiatic pill daily healthy and if so how many and which kinds?

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Dr. Gurmukh Singh answered

No health benefit: Probiotic pills have not been shown to have health benefits. Eating yogurt will do the same at much lower cost.

Answered 5/17/2013

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