Guest guest Posted February 10, 2009 Report Share Posted February 10, 2009 At 11:23 PM 2/10/2009, you wrote: My pediatric GI recommended putting my daughter on a probiotic called VSL#3. She claims she has seen great success with this for some of her patients. Has anyone heard of this or tried it? It contains several types of Bifidobacterium as well as acidophilus and strep. thermophilus. Is this the probiotic that SCD does NOT recommend? According to http://www.vsl3.com/VSL3/healthcare.asp VSL#3® is a high-potency medical food probiotic consisting of live freeze-dried lactic acid bacteria. Each dose contains 450 billion live lactic acid bacteria per packet in defined ratios of lyophilized Bifidobacterium breve, Bifidobacterium longum, Bifidobacterium infantis, Lactobacillus acidophilus, Lactobacillus plantarum, Lactobacillus casei, Lactobacillus bulgaricus, Streptococcus thermophilus. VSL#3® comes in a powder that is intended to be mixed with at least 4 ounces of cold water and consumed. VSL#3® has a light lemon cream flavor. Ingredients -- 450 billion lactic acid bacteria, maltose, natural lemon flavor, silicon dioxide. VSL#3® is also available as an unflavored powder that is intended to be mixed with yogurt, ice-cream, apple sauce or any other cold food and consumed. Ingredients -- 450 billion lactic acid bacteria, cornstarch. According to this, it contains not one, but three forms of Bifido (Bifidus) bacteria -- and Bifidus is SCD-illegal. There have been many, many instances of SCDers being thrown into a flare when taking this because it's supposed to be such a great probiotic. I, myself had a really bad experience with Bifidus.... NOT one I care to repeat, thanks! In addition, the flavored kind has illegal maltose and " natural lemon flavor " (which might be just lemon oil, but I doubt it). The unflavored kind has CORNSTARCH! So even if the bacteria were all legal, the other ingredients make it completely illegal as a supplement. — Marilyn New Orleans, Louisiana, USA Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001 Darn Good SCD Cook No Human Children Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 11, 2009 Report Share Posted February 11, 2009 Thank you, Marilyn. I knew I could count on you! I remember some posts a while back regarding bifidus and figured it must be related. I asked my husband not to order it until I posted. I'm glad I waited! I hope your quick response is a sign you have recovered fully. (I have not been keeping up lately since my daughter has really been doing well on SCD and weight and growth are on track, thank G-d!--Peggie (mom of 10-yr.-old with CD SCD almost 2 years!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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