Probiotic Recommendations?

BigRunner · 04-12-2014, 05:32 AM

The benefits from taking resistant starch can be enhanced by taking a probiotic. (resistant starch feeds the gut bugs, the probiotics can add new good bugs).

The recommendations on FTA and *** are both fairly pricey.

Anyone have a probiotic they take and have had success with? If so, what is it and what change did you notice? Better digestion, better "bathroom visits", etc.

Dottie · 04-12-2014, 05:51 AM

Enzymatic Therapy Pearls Immune is the one I use and I haven't been sick all winter (other than allergies which these don't claim to help

).
I don't usually have bathroom issues, so I can't attest to that aspect.

Chelveston · 04-25-2014, 07:48 PM

The NOW Probiotic Defense from Netrition is good and priced well.

Duravia · 05-11-2014, 09:53 AM

I am a nurse that works in a GI practice and the docs suggest PB8 a lot. It is cheapest on Amazon but can be found in most health food stores as well as some grocery stores. It has quite a few different strains of good bacteria which is helpful. It helps with bloating and stablizing BMs when one is prone to constipation or diarrhea. It can't hurt but it certainly can help! Good luck!

Eva · 10-03-2014, 06:39 AM

I get mine from homemade sauerkraut. It's simple to make and provides billions of good flora. I also make kefir out of milk. The good bacteria eat the lactose making it a low carb drink.

KamGT · 05-19-2015, 08:03 AM

Coconut kefir by Inner-Eco. Low carb also.

cabrioluvr · 05-31-2015, 04:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Duravia

I am a nurse that works in a GI practice and the docs suggest PB8 a lot. It is cheapest on Amazon but can be found in most health food stores as well as some grocery stores. It has quite a few different strains of good bacteria which is helpful. It helps with bloating and stablizing BMs when one is prone to constipation or diarrhea. It can't hurt but it certainly can help! Good luck!

What's PBB?

Sascha · 06-03-2015, 04:38 PM

when we feel the need for a probiotic, we use prescript assist.

oliveoyl · 06-09-2015, 09:06 AM

Just finished a month of Mark Sisson's new probiotic -- a little on the pricey side, but worth it.

Anyavaya · 06-16-2015, 02:06 PM

PB 8 is a product sold by Netrition. Just go to netrition.com and search for PB 8 (that's the #8) and it pops right up. It is a pro-biotic with 8 strains of bacteria made by Nutrition Now. 120 capsules with a recommendation to take 2 per day for $12.99.

04-12-2014, 05:32 AM	#1
BigRunner Senior LCF Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Kansas Posts: 178 Gallery: BigRunner Stats: 247/190/168 WOE: Paleo/Primal	Probiotic Recommendations? The benefits from taking resistant starch can be enhanced by taking a probiotic. (resistant starch feeds the gut bugs, the probiotics can add new good bugs). The recommendations on FTA and *** are both fairly pricey. Anyone have a probiotic they take and have had success with? If so, what is it and what change did you notice? Better digestion, better "bathroom visits", etc.

04-12-2014, 05:51 AM	#2
Dottie Administrator Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: S.E. Texas Gulf Coast Posts: 12,967 Gallery: Dottie WOE: ADF mostly Paleo	Enzymatic Therapy Pearls Immune is the one I use and I haven't been sick all winter (other than allergies which these don't claim to help ). I don't usually have bathroom issues, so I can't attest to that aspect. __________________ https://www.supertracker.usda.gov/default.aspx <--FDA tracking tools http://ndb.nal.usda.gov/ <--FDA nutritional counts http://www.onlineconversion.com/ <-- cooking and other conversions Need to contact LCF? http://www.lowcarbfriends.com/contact.html Everyone has an opinion. Take what you need and leave the rest. Be sure to visit Netrition on Facebook for the latest products and deals! https://www.facebook.com/Netritioncom-210889832433/ The past is beyond your control. The future starts right now, this moment: take control!

04-25-2014, 07:48 PM	#3
Chelveston Senior LCF Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 245 Gallery: Chelveston WOE: whole foods Start Date: restart Jan '09	The NOW Probiotic Defense from Netrition is good and priced well. __________________ "The laboratory evidence that carbohydrate-rich diets can cause the body to retain water and so raise blood pressure, just as salt consumption is supposed to do, dates back well over a century" — Gary Taubes, Good Calories, Bad Calories

10-03-2014, 06:39 AM	#5
Eva Senior LCF Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Texas Posts: 104 Gallery: Eva Stats: 250/250/160 WOE: LCHF/Real food Start Date: 2/6/17	Probiotic I get mine from homemade sauerkraut. It's simple to make and provides billions of good flora. I also make kefir out of milk. The good bacteria eat the lactose making it a low carb drink.

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05-11-2014, 09:53 AM	#4
Duravia Junior LCF Member Join Date: May 2014 Location: Phoenix, z Posts: 1 Gallery: Duravia WOE: Atkins	I am a nurse that works in a GI practice and the docs suggest PB8 a lot. It is cheapest on Amazon but can be found in most health food stores as well as some grocery stores. It has quite a few different strains of good bacteria which is helpful. It helps with bloating and stablizing BMs when one is prone to constipation or diarrhea. It can't hurt but it certainly can help! Good luck!

05-19-2015, 08:03 AM	#6
KamGT Junior LCF Member Join Date: May 2015 Posts: 1 Gallery: KamGT	Coconut kefir by Inner-Eco. Low carb also.

06-03-2015, 04:38 PM	#8
Sascha Senior LCF Member Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: wa Posts: 98 Gallery: Sascha WOE: lchf Start Date: may 2015	when we feel the need for a probiotic, we use prescript assist.

06-09-2015, 09:06 AM	#9
oliveoyl Senior LCF Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: NC Posts: 138 Gallery: oliveoyl Stats: 208/166/165 WOE: Low Carb Primal Start Date: August 2002	Just finished a month of Mark Sisson's new probiotic -- a little on the pricey side, but worth it.

06-16-2015, 02:06 PM	#10
Anyavaya Junior LCF Member Join Date: May 2015 Location: Podunk, ID Posts: 21 Gallery: Anyavaya Stats: 330/267/130 WOE: Bariatric surgery / Low-Carb Start Date: January 9, 2015	PB 8 is a product sold by Netrition. Just go to netrition.com and search for PB 8 (that's the #8) and it pops right up. It is a pro-biotic with 8 strains of bacteria made by Nutrition Now. 120 capsules with a recommendation to take 2 per day for $12.99.