When people think of probiotics, many immediately picture those "active lactic acid bacteria" from yogurt commercials. Indeed, yogurt is one of the most common sources of probiotics, but the world of probiotics is far broader than that—they are beneficial microorganisms that live in the human body, particularly in the gut, and are crucial to health.
The True Role of Probiotics: Your "Inner Allies"
These tiny organisms do far more than just "aid digestion." They are guardians of gut health, helping to maintain microbial balance, suppress harmful bacteria, strengthen the intestinal barrier, and actively participate in immune regulation. Recent studies have also found that certain specific strains of probiotics may influence mood and stress responses through the "gut-brain axis" and are even closely linked to skin health and metabolic functions.
Find Your Focus While Working
As an alternative theory, (and because Latin scholars do this sort of thing) someone tracked down a 1914 Latin edition of De Finibus which challenges McClintock’s 15th century claims and suggests that the dawn of lorem ipsum was as recent as the 20th century. The 1914 Loeb Classical Library Edition ran out of room on page 34 for the Latin phrase “dolorem ipsum” (sorrow in itself). Thus, the truncated phrase leaves one page dangling with “do-”, while another begins with the now ubiquitous “lorem ipsum”.
Whether a medieval typesetter chose to garble a well-known (but non-Biblical—that would have been sacrilegious) text, or whether a quirk in the 1914 Loeb Edition inspired a graphic designer, it’s admittedly an odd way for Cicero to sail into the 21st century.
Second, use lorem ipsum if you think the placeholder text will be too distracting. For specific projects, collaboration between copywriters and designers may be best, however, like Karen McGrane said, draft copy has a way of turning any meeting about layout decisions into a discussion about word choice. So don’t be afraid to use lorem ipsum to keep everyone focused.
One word of caution: make sure your client knows that lorem ipsum is filler text. You don’t want them wondering why you filled their website with a foreign language, and you certainly don’t want anyone prematurely publishing it.