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It’s almost the end of January and let’s hope most of you haven’t given up on that New Year’s resolution to eat healthier. If so, you’re probably choosing yogurt or other products containing probiotics because…well, because it just sounds healthy. But what do you really know about probiotics? Today in The Conversation Canada, Gregor Reid of the Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry at Western University provides an excellent explainer on probiotics: what they are, how they work and what diseases and conditions they’re effective at
treating.
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Increased scientific understanding of the role microbes play in humans and other animals has led to the development of probiotics to improve heath.
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Gregor Reid, Western University
From dietary supplements to poop transplants, probiotics are now a multi-billion dollar market.
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Protesters hold flowers during protests at Amir Kabir University in Tehran, in tribute to the victims of the crash of Flight PS752.
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Vahid Yücesoy, Université de Montréal
Despite apparent unity after the killing of an Iranian general by the U.S., deep divisions still mark the Middle Eastern country.
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Voters head to cast their ballots in Canada’s federal election in Dartmouth, N.S., on Oct. 21, 2019.
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Sara Bannerman, McMaster University; Julia Kalinina, York University, Canada; Nicole Goodman, Brock University
Political parties protect themselves rather than voters in refusing to be bound by privacy laws.
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Du café filtre à l'espresso en passant par le latte, les boissons à base de café sont très variées.
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Thomas Merritt, Laurentian University
Antioxydant, anticancéreux, hyper-stimulant... Voici comment le café, l'une des boissons les plus populaires au monde, agit sur notre corps.
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Business + Economy
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Frederik Dahlmann, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick
Supply chains can amount to four times an organisation’s own operational carbon footprint.
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Environment + Energy
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Eric Kerr, National University of Singapore; Malini Sur, Western Sydney University
When a bushfire burns is one country, smoke drift means it can become the world's problem. But the law lacks the teeth to hold those responsible to account.
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Health + Medicine
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Mary L. Marazita, University of Pittsburgh; Bernard J. Costello, University of Pittsburgh; Seth M. Weinberg, University of Pittsburgh
After a talk show host mocked Joaquin Phoenix for what she assumed was a cleft lip, the experts address what causes this most common of birth defects.
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