Probiotic Recommendations?

BigRunner · 04-12-2014, 06:32 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, 06:51 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, 08:48 PM

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

Duravia · 05-11-2014, 10:53 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!

Texas Lady · 10-03-2014, 07:39 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.

04-12-2014, 06:32 AM	#1
BigRunner Senior LCF Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Kansas Posts: 612 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, 06:51 AM	#2
Dottie Administrator Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: S.E. Texas Gulf Coast Posts: 72,173 Gallery: Dottie	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.

04-25-2014, 08:48 PM	#3
Chelveston Senior LCF Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 655 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, 07:39 AM	#5
Texas Lady Senior LCF Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Texas Posts: 704 Gallery: Texas Lady WOE: Low carb	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, 10:53 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!