Surrounded by the familiar beeps and glow of the hospital surgical theatres I had a thoroughly enjoyable chat with scrubs-donned Dr Johan Van Den Bogaerde Gastroenterologist and researcher. 

- What are probiotics and some important principles

- How do they work?

- Evidence for different conditions - IBD, IBS, diarrhoeal disorders, helicobacter pylori, atopic eczema and others

- Research bias 

- Working with real people who are suffering but that don't fit the guidelines = the clinicians dilemm