When taking a look at the regulations regarding probiotics and prebiotics, it is easy to see that there are quite a few regulations regarding these things. Many would argue that the standards when reviewing probiotics and prebiotics are too high and others argue that the standards help keep the regulation in check. I think that there is absolutely a healthy medium between these two thoughts. While I wholeheartedly agree that the standards for reviewing these things are a good idea, I do believe that the regulations have caused an issue when it comes to studying these biopics. I think that having strict scientific standards when it comes to the public use of probiotics and prebiotics is a good idea until these standards become so strict that they hinder the possibilities for growth in our industry. I think there has been a lack of information about biopics in people’s everyday lives just up until recently. With an explosion of interest regarding the gut microbiome, we have seen a surge of interest in ways that we can help and maintain the health of our gut microbiome. By limiting the probiotics and prebiotics on the market, we do not get to see the public’s approach on probiotics and prebiotics. I believe that the strict regulations regarding the production of probiotics and prebiotics has helped us thus far, but at this stage in our society it is time to send them out. I think that these regulations have helped us keep things that could harm people off the shelves, but they have also kept things off that could have been beneficial. I do however that with a decrease in these regulations that it would be useful to limit marketing. For example do not let something that only has a perceived benefit to be marketed as fact. With the difference in the individual’s microbiome, I think it is impossible to know for certain just how much a particular product could help them.