Comstock Images / Getty Images By India Espy-Jones ·Updated August 14, 2024
“Probiotic” is a buzzword in the wellness space commonly used to market fermented foods––think: kombucha, kimchi, and yogurt. Brands often misuse the under-regulated term to sell their products solely because fermentation requires microbes, like living bacteria, to ferment the food. But, this is only half of the truth.
Prior to 2001, there were only 760 papers about probiotics. Now, research
