2009-08-17 [sheldoncomics.com]

Heh, ghost-writing peer reviewed articles - that's so yesterday. These days, Big Pharma stoops so low as to create whole fake journals by themselves... http://www.the-scientist.com/blog/display/55671/ [the-scientist.com]

So, they say our intestinal flora is so weak and messed up that we should manipulate its balance through a constant inflow of their marvellous line of overpriced dairy products?

Bah! If it's worth doing, it's worth doing properly. That's what I always say.

Consider having a fecal transplant. [wikipedia.org] (Yes, you read that right.) They'll give you an enema made from someone else's poop. Through the nose.

Voila, healthy intestinal flora! Reset from the ground up. You'll save a fortune on yogurt, too.