While live probiotic bacteria produce many health benefits when ingested, the microbes have to get past your stomach and into your intestinal tract in order to be effective. An experimental new algae-based coating could soon help them do so.
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Scientists at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have developed probiotics with a unique edible coating that ensures the beneficial bacteria successfully reach the intestine once they are ingested.
Singaporean tourist guide Ng has been conducting cemetery walking tours to keep his business afloat. STB
Touring a cemetery is probably not the most thrilling idea for many people, especially in Singapore where superstitions still dictate the daily lives of some locals.
But when the Covid-19 pandemic brought international travel to a standstill, tourist guide Chris Ng decided to turn to death to survive.
Ng, who is affectionately known as Uncle Chris, began to conduct walking tours around cemeteries, a territory that was relatively untouched in the realm of guided tours in Singapore.
And to Ng’s pleasant delight, people were actually interested to walk among the dead.
Singapore Tourism Board helps Malaysians relieve old favourites with 10-part docuseries marketing-interactive.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from marketing-interactive.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.