Posted on 10/19/2011 4:59:44 PM PDT by decimon
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Love probiotics! I hope this isn’t a ploy for the feds to regulate yogurt.
Works for me as well!
I’m sitting here drinking by glass of kombucha, which I brew myself.
they were talking about giving the patient worms or worm eggs
Problem with taking a lot of iron is that taking a dump is like trying to send a boulder out through a straw.
Probiotics are excellent.
Doctors used to use them when they first started using penicillin because they knew “antibiotics” killed off both good and bad gut bacteria.
However the prescription of probiotics with antibiotics fell out of the normal protocol. They are not technically ‘prescription’ so insurance doesn’t cover them, so they aren’t prescribed by doctors.
The fact people don’t replenish their gi trat with good bacteria is a very big cause of medical problems today, especially digestive problems.
If you take soluble fiber and drink enough water you can prevent that. Anything with psyllium husks in it should do the trick well.
TMI!!
They have an okra like gumbo effect in soups & sauces.
Also great in oatmeal, etc.
You will have giant, healthy textbook quality "what'cha'ma'call'um's".
Agree with everything you’ve said. In fact, using a natural antibiotic in conjunction with a probiotic is my first choice, not a prescription.
Dig that, big time, more die every year from big pharma than when those two buildings blew up in New York awhile back ( "can't remember the exact date.").
Oh, you do have a way with words.
Been there, done that. Fiber and probiotics don’t work for everyone. Fiber made me worse and probiotics were just placebos.I’ve been fighting microscopic colitis for 9 years now and so far the only things that have helped me a *PRE*biotics and Entocort, a very expensive medication. I hope they come up with something soon. Oh yeah, quitting coffee has helped but it was misery coming off it.
It’s a gift.
1. Another key for probiotic effectiveness is getting them to survive the low pH of the stomach; they only help you in the intestines if they’re ALIVE when they get there —look for probiotics that come in ENTERIC capsule coatings.
2. If the probiotic comes in naked tablet, don’t chew it up —less will survive that way.
3. Try to take the probiotic with yogurt, keifer, saurkraut or Kombucha.
4. The CFU count on the label is accurate only at the time of MANUFACURE —it was shipped in a hot truck and sat on a shelf for some weeks @ RT, so the CFU count is not even 10% of what’s claimed, usually. Consider buying refrigerated probiotics, and refrigerate yours.
5. Licorice and slippery elm are good 2 think about
It's a bit of work, not for the lazy, but it works like a charm.
btw- your teeth will be squeaky clean like you just came from the dentist as there's an enzyme in fresh Aloe that removes tarter.
Probiotic effectiveness can be radically boosted if you also take some oligosaccharides derived from priobiotics chickory root fiber.
I’m sure that sounds SUPER hippy-esque —I had my doubts— but that’s true.
Skin health is often GUT HEALTH.
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