Probiotics

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Margaret Furtado wrote a really good article on probiotics in the Nov 2009 issue of Bariatric Times. Hope that helps!

Anne

Anne Marquart, MS, RD, LD / Bariatric Dietitian / Roller Weight Loss and Advance Surgery / 1280 E. Stearns/ Fayetteville, Ar / 479.445.6460 / amarquart@... / www.rollerweightloss.com

-----Original Message-----From: Laschkwitsch, :LPH Weight Management Institute [mailto:KLaschke@...]Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2010 05:05 PM Subject: probiotics

Trying to help an intern write a paper on probiotic use, does anyone know of reputable review of products? Anyone have research that may be helpful?

Is anyone regularly recommending and if so what brand/product?

Thanks for any input.

Laschkewitsch RD LDDietitianGood Samaritan Weight Management InstitutePortland, OR(503) 413-8135

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While I am not an expert on this, I do know that certain probiotics are

beneficial for certain conditions. L. Infantis has demonstrated efficacy in

reducing the symptoms of IBS.

Because of my training in research. I always read and evaluate the original

studies that this kind of data are derived from.

One does have to be careful. If you do eat too much kimchee for example, you are

increasing your sodium intake, which may have other health consequences

Balance in one's diet to me means that I incorporate whole, fresh foods with

some fermented, preserved, and raw. Too much of anything is too much and long

term may prove unhealthy.

I like sprouts because with minimal fuss I have a healthy and tasty food that

has tremendous health properties.

Last night I had two bowls of mixed sprouts dosed with balsamic (there I go

again with the vinegar!) heaven!

n Rollings, PhD

NJ Licensed Psychologist #4686

www.DrnRollings.com

908-500-7295

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On Nov 3, 2010, at 11:05 AM, " Eva Noble " <ernoble@...> wrote:

> Ok guys,

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> I have one for ya'll to read. , I am especially interested in your

opinion on this particular article, but I would love to hear everyone's thoughts

on this. I love my probiotics, but have not as yet delved into Kim Chi. But I

have been giving it some serious consideration.

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> Eve

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> http://caloriecount.about.com/blog/partners/power-probiotics-b374826

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   Wow! Did I write this? Forget about any of these freeze dried Probiotics....

if you can't make your own kefir buy the product available at the stores that

they call " Kefir " it's not really kefir but it is a good kefir like product that

is better than  the freeze dried.... if your more ambitious make your own kefir 

   Hello Eve and n and everyone else...

http://caloriecount.about.com/blog/partners/power-probiotics-b374826

extensive trial and error, was that Natren's probiotics worked and other brands

of probiotics were likely to have either no effect, or produce a worsening of

symptoms.it's a good article about probiotics but it doesn't mention kefir and

kefir is thousands of times more powerful than yogurt..Yogurt has temporary

benificial effects on the gut by feeding and cleaning good bacteria, keeping a

healthy benificial bacterial climate; but, yogurts benificial effects are

transitory, you eat some yogurt, you get some benefits but when the yogurt is

gone the benefits stop. Kefir does more and is more....besides feeding and

cleaning the gut kefir re-colonizes the gut with many beneficial kefir bacteria

and yeasts and this is something that only kefir made at home from a kefir

culture can do..drinking real kefir is also the only method I know of able to

change the makeup of bacteria in the gut....it is the symbiotic relationship of

the kefir cultured milk that can actually remove bad bacteria from the colon

wall and replace it with good bacteria... this change in the ratio of good to

bad bacteria can be significant. It stands to reason that a better balance of

bacteria in the gut would free the immune system to do other things.

   The abiltiy of kefir milk to change this ratio is the one thing we are sure

of about real kefir made from a colony, The colony actually sends strains of

kefir bacteria that sacrafices itself to releases an amino acid that kills bad

bacteria on the colon wall,,, the surviving kefir strains now have room to

colonized on the colon wall... these new better and more friendly bacteria to

our human body can now compete with any of the remaining toxic bacteria for 

space and for nutrients. 

 The commercial mainstream has a hard time dealing with kefir, there isn't

enough money to be made, it's expensive to bottle real kefir with live expanding

yeasts in it, They've had focus groups that say most people don't care for the

taste... no profit in kefir ...  so why bother with studies or research; but,

there is a distant echo of the benefits of real kefir...There has been research

that indicates real milk kefir can reverse many of the symptoms of IBD, colitis,

and other disturbances of the large intestines. I have had ;people who told me

that their  boils from their MRSA are controlled by their kefir use, along with

other smart habits 

[Guest guest]

These Wiki articles discuss the types of organisms in kefir.

Water Kefir: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tibicos

Milk Kefir: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11938463

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From: " sthumming " <humming@...>

Sent: Friday, March 18, 2011 8:35 AM

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Subject: probiotics

> I wonder what probiotics my dairy and water kefirs are producing. Is there

> a generalized list, i.e. the typical bacteria found in dairy and/or water

> kefir?

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Hi all

Can anybody give me advice as to the best time of day to take probiotics?

I have IBS symptoms and I'm trying to clear candida.

I bought some Saccharomyces boulardii from iherb after reading good reports about them. Has anyone else used these before?

Should I take with food or on an empty stomach? Should I take in the morning or at night? All it says on the bottle is to take 1 or 2 per day.

Thanks for your time

Jackie

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Hi Jackie, I am using bio-kult, for candida.one 1-2 caps per day with food.they contain 2 billion microorganisms pro-biotic multi strain formula.found them while searching the net for support candida. also taking caprylic acid caps.to stop it multiplying and returning. have taken two anti fungalcaps over two weeks as per Dr P`s book . Angel

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Thanks Angel

I did the anti fungals for three weeks and I am now taking 2 Wild oregano oil

capsules per night to help.

Things seem to be clearing up and I haven't had any massive die off symptoms

Jackie x

> Hi Jackie, I am using bio-kult, for candida.one 1-2 caps per day with

food.they contain 2 billion microorganisms pro-biotic  multi strain formula.

> found them while searching the net for support candida. also taking caprylic

acid caps.to stop it multiplying and returning. have taken two anti fungal

> caps over two weeks as per Dr P`s book . Angel