Fiber Menace on probiotics

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Monastyrsky's make many good points, although I did find his assessment of

probiotic supplementation to be rather odd. He claims that conventional

probiotic supplements and lacto-fermented foods cannot survive the stomach and

are thus ineffective.

He goes on to claim that lacto-fermented foods do not contain sufficient numbers

or correct types of bacteria as are present in the colon and are thus of little

benefit to colonic health.

I've often wondered when watching commercials for the new group of probiotic

supplements from Danon, " do I really want a proprietary (GMO?) bactreia made by

Danon in my gut? " What ever happened to good old natural bacteria? (Guess

they're not good enough)

I'm curious what others think about all this. Can someone point me at some

research that attempts to address some of these points?

I found this WikiPedia article to be a good intro:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gut_flora

Cheers,