You did not mention L Reurteri in the list of beneficial gut bacteria. Why not?
I apologize for the oversight in not mentioning Lactobacillus reuteri (L. reuteri) in the previous list of beneficial gut bacteria. L. reuteri is indeed an important probiotic strain with numerous health benefits. Here’s why it should have been included:
L. reuteri is a well-studied probiotic bacterium that can colonize the gastrointestinal tract, urinary tract, skin, and breast milk in humans1.
It offers several health benefits, including:
Producing antimicrobial molecules to inhibit pathogenic microbes1
Strengthening the intestinal barrier12
Boosting the immune system2
Reducing inflammation1
Promoting regulatory T cell development and function1
L. reuteri has shown potential in preventing and treating various conditions such as:
Colic in infants3
Diarrhea3
Constipation3
H. pylori infection3
High cholesterol3
It can be found in some fermented foods and is also available as a probiotic supplement3.
Recent research has shown promising results in using L. reuteri for treating inflammatory bowel diseases, colorectal cancer, and pediatric intestinal disorders4.
L. reuteri is an important beneficial gut bacterium that should have been included in the previous list due to its wide range of health benefits and potential therapeutic applications.
Thank you for the Perplexity.ai answers. As expected, it makes assessments on probiotics based on the nutrition echo chamber, which is essentially marketing based on hype and pseudo science.
Perplexity itself recognizes all the supposed health benefits are just claims by using conditionals like “can, may, might”.
Ask it if any of those claims are backed up by good level of confidence data such as physiological studies or randomized trials on big samples or how the purported efficacy is evaluated and you’ll see how bad the science is.
Ask it why probiotics are supposed to colonize the digestive tract yet must be taken again and again and it will admit there is incoherence and lack of logic.