Eat a million bacteria a day for better health

Food is comforting, it can be a heady gastronomical experience, and many traditional systems of medicine believe various foods can help prevent and cure disease. Now, new research is confirming that foods containing probiotics–health-enhancing live microorganisms such as bacteria and yeasts–and prebiotics–non-digestible plant fibres that promote the growth of probiotics–can complement and, in some cases, even replace medicine.

No less an authority than the World Health Organization tells us that probiotics can improve our health when consumed in sufficient quantities.

Gut microbiota, the collection of symbiotic microorganisms in our digestive