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PROBIOTIC BACTERIA [This article contains a table. Please see hardcopy of magazine.] Name What it's said to do Foods that may contain it Bifidus regularis Regulates the movement of food through the digestive tract Yogurt Lactobacillus casei Inhibits the growth of harmful bacteria; boosts immunity Cottage cheese Lactobacillus acidophilus Aids digestion; diminishes effects of bad bacteria in the intestines Cereal...
...minimalist plot is centered around Jeremy Acidophilus, a 29 year-old, marking time in a "veal-fattening pen" (a.k.a a tiny cubicle) at a publishing company where he is employed as a filer...
...some cases, especially where the trouble was a simpler disturbance in the balance of ordinary colon bacilli, Dr. Weiss found that acidophilus milk did the trick. More often, however, he had to use an ion-exchange resin with silicates (Resion) and eventually had to beef this up with phthalysulfacetamide, an intestinal antiseptic, and-ironically-another antibiotic, Polymixin...
...million U.S. dentifrice industry was as fidgety last week as a colony of Lactobacillus acidophilus milling around in a test tube. Its chemists, prodded by sales executives, were feverishly mixing new powders and pastes in their labs...
...exact cause of tooth decay has always puzzled dentists. Researchers have recently looked with the deepest suspicion at Lactobacillus acidophilus, a germ found in saliva. Thus far, the most practical weapon against the germ, which apparently attacks the teeth from the outside, has been fluorine, introduced into the enamel as the teeth are being formed...