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If you eat yogurt every day, do you need additional probiotics?

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No: The quality of the products are highly variable and only 4 have been tested in controlled trials with mixed results. Unless you are coming off a course of antibiotics, have acute diarrhea, or frequently suffer from GI or vaginal infections, yogurt should serve you quite well.

Answered 6/10/2014

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