Eli5 if honey is naturally antibacterial and yogurt has probiotics, does eating them together cancel out the benefits?

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Eli5 if honey is naturally antibacterial and yogurt has probiotics, does eating them together cancel out the benefits?

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Probiotic claims are mostly unsupported by science. In fact, some people have exhibited negative interactions due to bacterium-host interactions. While honey is antibacterial in nature, it’s uses are mostly in topical applications and considered alternative medicine. If you are asking if honey will kill the microorganisms in priobiotic foodstuffs, the answer would be probably not (depending on amount consumed, interactions in the digestive tract, and the organisms themselves). Especially since the “benefits” of probiotics is questionable at best.