Re: Too much probiotics??/Acidophyllis

[Guest guest]

This maybe irrelevant but thought let you know...

I was giving my son Acidophyllis and Pro-bio gold for about 4 months

now. Pfeiffer told me recently that based on my son's stool test,

Acidophyllis didn't help a bit!! Instead, they suggested using

Primal Defense. However, I could give all three of the probiotics

until I run out of whatever I was using before...

So, I'm assuming I can give all three of the probiotics without

any " side-effects " .

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> > Is there such a thing?  I am giving my son a culturelle and we

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> > trying Threelac as well.  I do have some probio Gold that I

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> > about tacking on in the middle as well.  There are all different

> > strains and I thought that it might be a good thing...but didn't

> > know what effects too much probiotics might have..

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> > --Kristal in Iowa

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[Guest guest]

Sometimes " side-effects " (like die-off) mean that the supplement is

working, so not all side-effects are necessarily a bad thing. Pfeiffer

suggested continuing all three because it would not hurt your son.

Die-off is not detrimental, just unpleasant if it happens too quickly.

They suggested Primal Defense (which also contains acidophilus) because

it has 14 strains of bacteria. Since acidophius wasn't doing the

trick, then surely one of the other 13 strains would help. I'm sure

that was their rationale.

On Saturday, June 5, 2004, at 06:57 PM, LAK wrote:

> This maybe irrelevant but thought let you know...

> I was giving my son Acidophyllis and Pro-bio gold for about 4 months

> now.  Pfeiffer told me recently that based on my son's stool test,

> Acidophyllis didn't help a bit!! Instead, they suggested using

> Primal Defense.  However, I could give all three of the probiotics

> until I run out of whatever I was using before...

> So, I'm assuming I can give all three of the probiotics without

> any " side-effects " .

>

>

> >

> > > Is there such a thing?  I am giving my son a culturelle and we

> are

> > > trying Threelac as well.  I do have some probio Gold that I

> thought

> > > about tacking on in the middle as well.  There are all different

> > > strains and I thought that it might be a good thing...but didn't

> > > know what effects too much probiotics might have..

> > >

> > > --Kristal in Iowa

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[Guest guest]

Just in case you haven't seen this on the boards, I thought I'd jump

in and mention that in some kids Primal Defense causes bad

constipation and even impaction. Not that you shouldn't use it, just

so you're aware if you start it...

We didn't have a big problem with Primal Defense, but for some reason

I can't remember we switched to Metagenics Ultra Flora Plus, also

recommended by Pfeiffer, and we love it. The powder smells kind of

sweet, and he takes it with 1/2 tsp. of juice eagerly.

Just my 2 cents.

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> > > Is there such a thing?  I am giving my son a culturelle and we

> are

> > > trying Threelac as well.  I do have some probio Gold that I

> thought

> > > about tacking on in the middle as well.  There are all different

> > > strains and I thought that it might be a good thing...but didn't

> > > know what effects too much probiotics might have..

> > >

> > > --Kristal in Iowa

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