The Village in your Stomach

On the importance of challenging (even medical and scientific) conventional wisdom.

SciVig had a bit of a blood infection this summer and had 6 different IV antibiotics when all was said and done. Asked the infectious disease specialist if yogurt helps repopulate the intestinal flora and got a pat "if you believe bacteria can survive in stomach acid" (and if you believe in flying purple people eaters) response.

Well guess what? So cool. So gross.