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Price Adjustment for Potency and Effective Results

Seann and I have not raised our prices for four years although our own supplies and manufacturing prices have gone up and, in some cases, have doubled. Two years ago, just when we were about to rai...

Psychobiotics for Young Children and Adolescents

How can probiotics positively effect our young ones and adolescents? This is  Bassso et al. (2022) systematic review of articles on probiotics and prebiotics use for children age 6 onward to the a...

Psychobiotics: Summary of Probiotics for Gut - Brain Health

 What are some of the probiotics that are researched for their effect on the gut - brain axis? That help anxiety and depression? Cognition?  In a just published article by Sharma & Bajwa (2022)...

Psychobiotics: The Next Generation Probiotics?

I am sure many of you recall Seann's communications over the years about probiotics and their healthy effect on the gut - brain connection.  Researchers Dinan et al. coined the term Psychobiotics i...

The Goodness of the Original Probiotic: Nature is Better

We have discussed for the past two emails the many years of research and practice of GMO in the probiotic worlds. Seann and I have always believed that Nature is Better. That wholesome and clean f...

Genetically Modified Probiotics as Carriers for Oral Vaccines against Covid-19

The researchers of Taghinezhad et al. (2021) are aware that there is a controversy around genetically modified (recombinant) probiotics, and around the topic of vaccines. Their focus is on the crea...

Genetically Modified Probiotic? The Controversy in Science and Commerce

A genetically modified probiotics that prevents a hangover? Zbiotic explains in their 'science' section that their genetically modified strain of B. subtilis, a soil organism. B. subtilis ZB183 is ...

Our Beloved Seann Bardell's Passing and the Path Ahead

I am writing today to share some sad news. My beloved business partner and partner in life, Seann Bardell, passed away on January 9, 2022, at Overlake Hospital in Bellevue. Seann had been fighting ...

No More Masks: Add Garlic & Original Probiotic

What a relief to be without masks! We can breath easier and enjoy the fresh air when we are walking and exercising outdoors.  And it is nice not be so anonymous.  On the other hand, we are more vul...

Garlic and Heart Health

Garlic's affect on human health is starting to gain even more momentum in the scientific literature. That is good news for all of us since it is such a healthy therapeutic food. The question is how...