[DIYbio] Re: Designer Probiotics. Anyone interested in this?

I doubt that the side effects of diaorrhea would be a problem with
people using this potential probiotic so long as they are made aware
of it.

lets not forget that one of the most widly used obeesity medications
orlistat comes with the side effect of squits if you eat to much fat.
Infact they have made it a selling point of providing an " adversion
therapy."

I think it is absolutely necceseary to build in some kind of adversion
into an anti obesity treatment. You don't want to send the message
that " woohay science lets you eat as much crap as you like and never
get fat." All that will lead to is an increse in US levels of
consumption.

On Mar 1, 2:22 pm, CodonAUG <elsbe...@gmail.com> wrote:
> There is no 'business of skeptical criticisms of science' because
> skeptical criticism is the the norm for science.
>
> On Feb 29, 8:19 am, naiverahim <rahim.ba...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > @codonAUG Dr. Crislip, the author of the article, seems to be in the
> > business of skeptical criticisms of science and probably has something
> > to say about everything in medicine. as with any therapeutic
> > approaches, he makes some valid point regarding the safety and
> > potential risks associated with probiotics and the lack of scientific
> > evidence supporting some of the health claims made by those who are in
> > the business of manufacturing and selling probiotics, which are hardly
> > regualted if marketed as dietary supplements.
>
> > but what i think he fails to admit, unsurprisingly, is the potential
> > benefits of probiotics if studied and engineered adequately to deliver
> > health benefits with reduced short- and long-term side effects. this
> > is why we do science to enable ultimately such capacities. the gut is
> > a complex system that is largely responsible for regulating what goes
> > into our bloodstream/body. the ability to engineer this system to
> > afford health benefits has a broad application in health and medicine
> > and can potentially lead to management of a host of health problems.
>
> > rahim
>
> > On Feb 29, 9:46 am, CodonAUG <elsbe...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > I am a bit wary of probiotic hype.  But science based medicine does a
> > > better job than I do in explaining.http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/index.php/probiotics/
>
>

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