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Hey everyone, welcome back.

This is Dr. Michael Roussel, D.C.

I am a practicing clinician, a clinical researcher, and an adjunct faculty at the University of Bridgeport.

One of the things I do in my spare time is read all about probiotics and how this safe and efficacious tool can help us improve our gut health.

And then even reap some of these second order benefits outside of the intestines, like allergy, cognition,

and the like. So today, I'm very eager to share with you a number of updates in this exciting

world of probiotic research. We'll cover a number of studies ranging from women's health,

children's health, gut health, and body composition.

We'll touch on the impact of probiotics on vaginal health, PCOS, recovery from gynecological

surgery, probiotics for kiddos, probiotics for gut health, including probiotics for CBO.

No! Yes! And we'll also look at probiotics for constipation, probiotics for

weight loss, probiotics for muscle recovery, and okay, let's jump in with probiotics and women's health.

The first study aims to answer the question, do probiotics improve vaginal dysbiosis and related

symptoms in women? Randomized control trial, 76 women with vaginal dysbiosis, a disruption in the

flora, because remember, there is a vaginal microbiota, just like there's a gut microbiota

and a skin microbiota as just a few examples.

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