Re: Added Acidophyllus [was: To Vicky : Adding gluten again]

[Guest guest]

--Vicky,

I had about 5 nightmarish days after I started my son on a pro-biotic.

I believe it was a yeast die off reaction.

Patti-

In @y..., " davick92 " <stankus3@w...> wrote:

> Dana, I am not substituting with anything. My daughter was only

> eating soy in things like GFCF margarines and corn chips or tortilla

> chips. There is nothing else that has changed in her diet recently

> except I have started giving her some chewable Acidophyllus tablets.

> I give her 1 billion units twice per day. Maybe that's what the

> problem is? Has anyone seen any regression after adding acidophyllus?

>

> --Vicky

>

> > My son experienced withdrawal symptoms from all foods which he did

> not

> > tolerate. But it can also be your substitution. What are you

> > substituting for the soy? For example, if your child was drinking

> soy

> > beverage, but now is drinking apple or grape juice, that would

> > probably be the culprit.

> > Dana

[Guest guest]

> --Vicky,

> I had about 5 nightmarish days after I started my son on a pro-

biotic. I believe it was a yeast die off reaction.

> Patti-

Certain probiotics, especially the acidophilus, can also create

digestive enzymes which can contribute to the die-off, gut cleaning,

etc. Just wanted to toss that on the pile.

.

[Guest guest]

> Certain probiotics, especially the acidophilus, can also create

> digestive enzymes which can contribute to the die-off, gut

cleaning,

> etc. Just wanted to toss that on the pile.

> .

Thanks, . That could be what is happening. Do you think that

acidophilus would still be necessary to take when I start the

enzymes?

--Vicky

[Guest guest]

> Thanks, . That could be what is happening. Do you think that

> acidophilus would still be necessary to take when I start the

> enzymes?

Probiotics and enzymes have completely different functions and so

neither on replaces the other. The probiotics help establish

the " good flora " in the gut. Enzymes can help keep the bad guys in

check which helps the good guys, but if you would still need to

supply some if there is any chance of any gastrointestinal problems.

The good guy can generate a some proteases, lipases, and lactases but

I haven't seen anything suggesting broad spectrum enzymes. Also,

enzymes work in the stomach whereas most of the enzymes by the good

flora are in the intestines. That is the way I understand it at

least. So continuing to give at least some probiotics still sounds

like a very good idea once you start enzymes.

.

[Guest guest]

> Dana, I am not substituting with anything. My daughter was only

> eating soy in things like GFCF margarines and corn chips or tortilla

> chips. There is nothing else that has changed in her diet recently

> except I have started giving her some chewable Acidophyllus tablets.

> I give her 1 billion units twice per day. Maybe that's what the

> problem is? Has anyone seen any regression after adding

acidophyllus?

You can see regression for yeast issues/die off, but my son did not

have a yeast issue, but I gave him probiotics anyway, because I had

heard they were good " for everyone " . I must have tried 4-5 different

probiotics, with enzymes and without enzymes, for three of my

children, none of which had yeast issues, and all the probiotics

caused them to have nasty reactions. So basically even if your child

does not have a yeast issue, your child can still have a problem with

probiotics.

Dana