{"id":2113093,"date":"2025-07-09T10:12:15","date_gmt":"2025-07-09T17:12:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goldenhousetucson.com\/chinese-food\/?p=2113093"},"modified":"2025-07-09T10:12:15","modified_gmt":"2025-07-09T17:12:15","slug":"probiotics-explained-why-most-fail-and-how-to-choose-the-right-one-with-dr-megan-rossi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.goldenhousetucson.com\/chinese-food\/2025\/07\/09\/probiotics-explained-why-most-fail-and-how-to-choose-the-right-one-with-dr-megan-rossi\/","title":{"rendered":"Probiotics explained: Why most fail and how to choose the right one with Dr Megan Rossi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Date: <b>2025-07-09 13:00:24<\/b><\/p>\n\n<div id=\"wrap_aoab75ca\" class=\"aoa_wrap \">\n  <iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"player\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"750\" height=\"440\"\r\n  \t\t\t\t\tstyle=\"width:750px;height:440px;\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8mBSdE3d90Q?enablejsapi=1\"\r\n  \t\t\t\t\tframeborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\n    <div id=\"aoab75ca\" class=\"aoa_overlay \">\n        <div class=\"aoa_content\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"\"><img style=\"margin:0 auto;max-height:400px;\" data-src=\"\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n        <span id=\"close_aoab75ca\" class=\"aoa_close\"><\/span>\n        <a id=\"close_btn_aoab75ca\" class=\"aoa_close_btn\" onclick=\"setVisibility('aoab75ca', 'none');\">&times;<\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Let\u2019s break down probiotics. What they are, how they work and who might really benefit.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Megan Rossi is the founder of The Gut Health Doctor\u00ae, a leading gut health expert and a Research Fellow at King\u2019s College London. She\u2019s been a registered dietitian and nutritionist for over fifteen years and holds an award-winning PhD in probiotics. She also created the gut health food brand Bio&amp;Me and SMART STRAINS\u00ae, a range of proven live bacteria supplements.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019ve ever wondered whether probiotics are for you, this will help you see through the marketing and choose what works best.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udccc We cover:<br \/>\n00:00 Quick-fire true or false<br \/>\n01:01 What are probiotics?<br \/>\n02:49 How to read probiotic labels<br \/>\n06:09 Why strain and dose matter<br \/>\n14:07 Do higher doses mean better results?<br \/>\n16:34 Who would benefit from a probiotic?<br \/>\n19:44 Probiotics for colic in babies<br \/>\n21:55 Probiotics for antibiotics<br \/>\n23:38 Probiotics for colds and flu<br \/>\n27:20 Probiotics for thrush and BV<br \/>\n29:13 How strong is the evidence?<br \/>\n31:13 Emerging benefits<br \/>\n37:36 How do probiotics work?<br \/>\n40:29 Do probiotics increase short-chain fatty acids?<br \/>\n43:25 Will we ever get personalised probiotics?<br \/>\n44:50 Should you test your microbiome?<br \/>\n49:34 Can you eat low carb and still have a healthy gut?<br \/>\n52:01 Thoughts on probiotic guides<br \/>\n56:28 Additives, emulsifiers and gut health<br \/>\n1:02:23 How emulsifiers affect the gut lining<br \/>\n1:03:59 What is leaky gut?<br \/>\n1:06:05 Who should avoid probiotics?<br \/>\n1:08:53 Thoughts on weight loss drugs<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<br \/>\nLEARNING TO EAT WELL EVERY DAY<br \/>\n\ud83e\udd57 Download a FREE 7 day meal plan: https:\/\/tdk.link\/mealplan_yt<br \/>\n\ud83d\udd25 Learn about Inflammation &#8211; FREE 4 part mini-series here: https:\/\/tdk.link\/infl_series_yt<br \/>\n\ud83e\udd51 Heal yourself with food:  https:\/\/tdk.link\/heal_yt<br \/>\n\ud83c\udfa4 Listen to experts on the podcast: https:\/\/tdk.link\/pod_yt<br \/>\n\ud83d\udc68\ud83c\udffd\u200d\ud83d\udcbb Browse articles on the website: https:\/\/tdk.link\/web_yt<br \/>\n\ud83d\udcda Check out my cookbooks: https:\/\/tdk.link\/books_yt<\/p>\n<p>LET&#8217;S BE FRIENDS<br \/>\n\ud83d\udcf7 Instagram: https:\/\/tdk.link\/tdk_insta_yt<br \/>\n\ud83d\udcf9 Subscribe: https:\/\/tdk.link\/ytsubscribe<br \/>\n\ud83d\ude4b\ud83c\udffd\u200d\u2642\ufe0f Facebook: https:\/\/tdk.link\/tdk_fb_yt<br \/>\n\ud83d\udc26 Twitter: https:\/\/tdk.link\/tdk_tw_yt<br \/>\n\ud83d\udc54 LinkedIn: https:\/\/tdk.link\/tdk_li_yt<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Date: 2025-07-09 13:00:24 Let\u2019s break down probiotics. What they are, how they work and who might really benefit. Dr Megan Rossi is the founder of The Gut Health Doctor\u00ae, a leading gut health expert and a Research Fellow at King\u2019s College London. She\u2019s been a registered dietitian and nutritionist for over fifteen years and holds [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2113094,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2113093","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-healthy-eating","traffikrr"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goldenhousetucson.com\/chinese-food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2113093","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goldenhousetucson.com\/chinese-food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goldenhousetucson.com\/chinese-food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goldenhousetucson.com\/chinese-food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goldenhousetucson.com\/chinese-food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2113093"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.goldenhousetucson.com\/chinese-food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2113093\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2113095,"href":"https:\/\/www.goldenhousetucson.com\/chinese-food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2113093\/revisions\/2113095"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goldenhousetucson.com\/chinese-food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2113094"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goldenhousetucson.com\/chinese-food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2113093"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goldenhousetucson.com\/chinese-food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2113093"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goldenhousetucson.com\/chinese-food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2113093"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}