Re: RC: Re: Re: Thin Horse

[Onefarmgirl@aol.com]

In a message dated 3/30/01 6:31:25 PM Pacific Standard Time, 
suendavid@worldnet.att.net writes:


> Keep up with the probiotics


Susan (and interested others)

I have a question about this.   Actually a couple of questions.   I thought 
probiotics were an exogenous source of the friendly bacteria which ordinarily 
reside in the gut and which may be harmed or killed by stress (or other 
things).   If so, why would you need to "keep up" with them.  Once they have 
been replaced, won't they set up housekeeping and reproduce themselves?    

Which leads to my next question.   How can there be "live cultures" of stuff 
in a lidded jug which has been on the shelf for 6 months........  wouldn't 
the buggies do a Malthusian (sp?) cycle - reproduce until they overrun the 
food supply??

I seem to have some fundamental misunderstanding  ;-)

pat farmer

p.s. glad to hear your pup is improving.