Friendly Bacteria

[andygates]

As reported on the Beeb, a small study of long-distance runners shows that probiotics reduce the number of reported sick days.  It's not clear whether the effect is on endurance athletes (bolstering a stressed immune system) or on skinny people (normalising an unusual gut flora) -- but as a walking sicknote who runs and is planning on doing a fair few long things this year, I'm probably going to give it a try.

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[ankaret.livejournal.com]

I've always been a bit dubious about them except when I'm actually recovering from antibiotics (which happens once in a blue moon anyway because I have an irrational feeling that considering the amount of antibiotics Gavin's on I probably shouldn't take them for anything less than major dental infections) but Peter swears by them and they do seem to help him.