About those probiotics

[George K]

Am I reading this right, that only one strain of probiotic survived being in human gastric juice?

https://journals.ug.edu.gh/index.php/hsij/article/view/2371

"Significant differences (p < 0.05) were observed between L. plantarum and L. acidophilus; L. rhamnosus andL. acidophilus; E. faecium and L. rhamnosus andL. plantarum and E. faecium. Both L. acidophilus and E. faecium did not show survival in human and simulated gastric fluids after 30 min"

The PDF:

https://journals.ug.edu.gh/index.php/hsij/article/view/2371/1646

[jon-nyc]

Maybe they provide all their benefits in the esophagus.

[Aqua Letifer]

what about prebiotics?