Editor's Note

Profound Industry at the Cusp of Disruption

One frequently inquires about the advantages of taking probiotics when it is suggested. Since bacteria are known to cause disease, the thought of consuming a few billion of them daily for your health may be difficult to accept on both a literal and metaphorical level. However, a growing body of scientific research indicates that certain foods and supplements with live bacteria can be used to treat and even prevent specific ailments. Due to their culture of consuming foods that are fermented with bacteria, such as yoghurt, Northern Europeans consume a lot of these helpful microorganisms, known as probiotics (from pro and biota, meaning “for life”). In reality, probiotic-infused beverages have a sizable and successful business in Japan.

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