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HOME. >>> DAVID SCHECHTER IS BACK
TONIGHT WI+@TH A REPORT ON
PROBIOTICS.
PROBIOTICS. AMERICANS SPEND BILLIONS BECAUSE
WE FEEL IT MAKES US FEEL BETTER.
BUT DO THEY WORK?
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>> Reporter: FOR THE LAST YEAR OR SO, I'VE BEEN PRETTY INT+@O
PROBIOTICS.
PROBIOTICS. THEY'RE IN FOOD AND I THINK THEY
MAKE ME FEEL BETTER.
LOTS OF YOU THINK AGREE BECAUSE
WE SPEND BILLIONS A YEAR ON THE
STUFF AND THE WORD SOUNDS REAL
GOOD.
GOOD.
>>+@THAT'+@S PRETTY STRONG STUF
>>+@THAT'+@S PRETTY STRONG STUFO I
I
I WANT
I WANT TO
I WANT TO VERIFY, DO PROBIOT+@ICS
HELP US MAINTAIN OUR OVERALL
HEALTH?
HEALTH?
HEALTH? LET'S START BASIC, THE WORLD IS
FULL OF LIVI+@NG BACK TEAR WHY,
SOME ARE BAD -- BACTERIA, SOME
ARE BAD AND SOME ARE CALLED
PROBIOTICS AND CAN PROMOTE A
HEALTHY+@ BALANCE OF BACTERIA IN
YOUR BODY.
YOUR BODY. A DOCTOR FROM SOUTHWESTERN IS
SHOWING ME HOW HE HANDLES
BACTERIA SAMPLES.
BACTERIA SAMPLES.
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>> CULTURE INNOCULATED.
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>> Reporter: IN HIS, HE'S EXPLORING THE POTENTIAL OF
PROBIOTICS TO PREVENT CANCER.
RESEARCH HAS SHOWN IT CAN
PREVENT ILLNESSES LIKE DIARRHEA,
CONSTIPATION AND EAR INFECTIONS.
>> IF THERE AREN'T THE AMOUNT OF
BUGS OR DOESN'T CHANGE ANYTHING
+@
BUGS OR DOESN'T CHANGE ANYTHING YOU NEED TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S
THE RIGHT COMBINATION AND WHAT
ARE THE ONES THAT GIVE YOU TH+@E
BENEFIT.
BENEFIT.
BENEFIT. >> Repor+@ter: BECAUSE OF A LACK
OF SCIENCE HE'S NOT WILD ABOUT
+@
+@ HOW
+@ HOW +@PROBIOTICS ARE SOLD US, BT
HAVING LONG-TERM OUT BENEFITS.
SOME SAY THEY MAY HELP WITH
DIGESTION, IMMUNITY SUPPORT AND
SLEEP, BUT ON THE BACK OF MANY
OF THE BOXES IT SAYS THEY DO NOT
TREAT, CURE, OR PREVENT ANY
DISEASE.
DISEASE.
DISEASE. >> YOU'RE SC+@EPTICAL THERE'S AY
EVIDENCE?
EVIDENCE?
EVIDENCE? PROBIOTICS HAVE PROMISE.
THE SEASON JUST ISN'T THERE YET.
♪ YOGURT IS ONE FOOD WIDELY
ASSOCIATED WITH PROBIOTICS.
A FOOD SCIENTIST AT LUCKY LAYLA
FARMS +@IS SHOWING ME HOW THE MK
IS FERMENTED USING A SMALL
AMOUNT OF BACTERIA.
SHE'S PUTTING THE BACTERIA IN A
VAT OF MILK AND IN A FEW HOURS
IT WILL BE FERMENTED.
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>> Reporter: IT'S KIND OF AMAZING THAT TINY PACKET OF
PROBIOTICS WILL MEG HUNDREDS OF
GALLONS OF YO+@G+@URT.
>> Reporter: THEY DO NOT MAKE
CLAIMS ABOUT THEIR HEALTHY
YOGURT, BUT ACTIVIA DOES AND
SAYS IT MAY REDUCE STOMACH
PAINS.
PAINS.
PAINS. A
PAINS. A SPOK+@ WITH THEIR CHIEF
SCIENTISTS.
SCIENTISTS.
>>
>> I+@
>> I+@ GUESS I WAS SURPRISED WHN I READ THE ACTUAL CLAIMS OF HOW
SERIOUS IT+@ WAS IT.
>> I THINK THEY ARE VERY
IMPORTANT TO BE USED FOR
CONSUMERS OUDRTN THAT
THIS IS NOT A MAGIC BULLET.
WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT DRUGS.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FOODS.
>> Reporter: YOGURT MAY BE
GENERALLY HELH+@,BT WHEN IT
COMES TO LONG-TERM HEALTH
BENEFITS, WE MAY BE GIVE TELLING
MORE CREDIT HNI' TAKING.
>>
>> I
>> I HA
>> I HA NO IDA THIS HAPPENED WHEN YOU SQUEEZE SAID CABBAGE.
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>> Reporter: PROITC DON'T COME FROM THE GROCERY STORE OR A
BOTTLE YOU CAN MAKE THEM AT
HOME.
HOME.
HOME. ONE
HOME. ONE CHEF IS SHOWING ME HOW TO
MAKE IT INTO SOUR WHICH
IS RICH IN PROBIOTICS.
>> IS IT HAVING A BENEFICIAL
+@IMPACT?
+@IMPACT?
+@IMPACT? QUITE POSSIBLY, BUT I HAVE NO
IMPACT.
IMPACT.
IMPACT. >> Reporter: A UNIVERSITY OF
CHICAGO RESEARCHER SAYS WE KNOW
PRO BION THEICS CAN MAKE SOMEONE
BETTER WHEN THEY'RE --
PROBIOTICS CAN MAKE S+@OMEONE FL
BETTER WHEN THEY'RE SUFFERING
FROM DIARRHEA --
>> MOVING FORWARD, SHOULD YOU
CONSUME THEM IF YOU'RE HEALTHY?
>>
>> IF
>> IF YOU
>> IF YOU LIKE THE TASTE I GUESS --
GUESS --
GUESS -- >> IF YOU INTRODUCE IT INTO YOUR
LIFESTYLE, WHAT THE HE+@CK.
>> Reporter: WE'VE HEARD ALL
THAT BUT WHY SHOULD I BELIEVE
ALL THAT IF WE DON'T KNOW 100%
WHETHER IT'S AWESOME?
>>
>> YOU
>> YOU CAN WAIT 30 YEARS AND LEARN THAT'LL, IF I HAD BEEN
EATING SOUR I WOULD BE
MUCH HEALTHIER.
MUCH HEALTHIER. IT ALMOST CERTAINLY WON'T HURT
YOU.
YOU.
YOU. >>
YOU. >> Reporter: THERE ARE SOME
CLAIMS BACKED BY SCIENCE
PROBIOTICS CAN HELP US TREAT
PROBIOTICS CAN HELP US TREAT+@ SOME ILLNESSES BUT CAN PRO BION
THEICS HELP US MAINTAIN OVERALL
+@
THEICS HELP US MAINTAIN OVERALL HEALTH?
HEALTH?
HEALTH? TH+@E ANSWER IS NO.
SO FAR, THERE'S JUST NO PROOF.
TH+@E ANSWER IS NO. SO FAR, THERE'S JUST NO PROOF.+@
IF YOU'VE GOT SOMETHING YOU WANT
VERIFIED, SEND ME AN E-MAIL.
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