I agree. It'd probably be better if we ate more live critters (vs probiotics) for that same reason.......yeah, that's not gonna happen soon.
I figure bug-eating, or maybe worms, will be my way into the eating of live critters...but I can barely type that, let alone do it. I'll stick with yogurt for now. Whole lacto-bacteria do count...there just isn't much variety of them. Kefir is a nice addition, but still not a lot more diversity. (Which may be fine - it was mentioned that gut bacteria diversity isn't necessarily a good/beneficial thing anyway, but a sign of disturbance or poor health/diet.)
I figure bug-eating, or maybe worms, will be my way into the eating of live critters...but I can barely type that, let alone do it. I'll stick with yogurt for now. Whole lacto-bacteria do count...there just isn't much variety of them. Kefir is a nice addition, but still not a lot more diversity. (Which may be fine - it was mentioned that gut bacteria diversity isn't necessarily a good/beneficial thing anyway, but a sign of disturbance or poor health/diet.)