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Even the most concentrated probiotics contain just a few hundred billion bacteria per sachet. That sounds like a lot but the gut already holds at least a hundredfold more. Gulping down a yoghurt is like ingesting scarcity. Rarity, too: the bacteria in these products are not important members of the adult gut.
I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life
by Ed Yong
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