broadcast Good to Know: Can taking probiotics improve our health to help us lead better lives?

In Greek, the term "probiotic" means "for life." So, can taking probiotics improve our health to help us lead better lives?

You see all kinds of claims of what probiotics can do -- from helping with depression to weight loss to even keeping you from getting sick.

Sherry Torkos is a pharmacist and author who has studied probiotics for years.

"So probiotics are good bugs; they're beneficial bacteria that naturally live in our system," she said. "So from top to bottom, we have lots of bacteria. Some are good, some are not so good. The good bacteria are the bugs called the probiotics."

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broadcast Good to Know: Can taking probiotics improve our health to help us lead better lives?
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