From the brains behind brains on, this is the moment of um.

Answering those questions that make you go,

aong. Moment of Am comes to you from APM Studios. I'm Anna Goldfield.

I'm in the Brainson Labra Kitchen mixing up a big batch of Kimchi. I've got some chunks of cabbage, some sliced

dicon radish and carrots for a little variety, plus scallions, ginger, chili paste, and garlic. A lot of garlic. The Labra Kitchen is getting pretty

fragrant.

Ah, yum. I'm making Kimchi not just because it's spicy and delicious, but because it's supposed to be really good for your tummy health.

That's because it has something in it called probiotics.

Probiotics are tiny little microorganisms like bacteria and yeast, and you can find them in all kinds of foods, from Kimchi to yogurt.

But now that I think about it, probiotics sounds kind of like antibiotics.

My doctor has given me antibiotics when I've been sick and it helped me get better.

But what's the difference between probiotics and antibiotics?

My pal Bella was curious about this too, so I asked a doctor

friend to help us out.

So antibiotics, these are medicines that help people fight infections caused by bacteria.

My name is Kavehoda, I'm a doctor who specializes in the organs of digestion in your body.

Of course, I want to be really clear here, not all infections are caused by bacteria.

Some are caused by viruses, for example, and antibiotics won't help with those. So some examples of bacterial

infection are things like strep throat, pneumonia, sometimes some bladder infections, and these are things that we can treat with these

medicines called antibiotics they are super important they've saved

countless lives they're one of the most important things we've done in medicine, but we have to be really

careful to not overuse them or to use them only when we need them because if we don't do that and

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