About the Authors

Andreu Prados-Bo

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

andreu@andreuprados.com (APB); gonzalo.casino@upf.edu (GC)

Affiliations Department of Communication, Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona, Spain, Blanquerna School of Health Sciences, Ramon Llull University, Barcelona, Spain

Gonzalo Casino

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

andreu@andreuprados.com (APB); gonzalo.casino@upf.edu (GC)

Affiliations Department of Communication, Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona, Spain, Iberoamerican Cochrane Centre, Biomedical Research Institute Sant Pau (IIB Sant Pau), Barcelona, Spain

Competing Interests

have read the journal’s policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: APB is a paid consultant to companies commercially involved in the gut microbiota and probiotics. GC has declared no competing interests. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.