kefir and FOS

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Hi to all--

Lida, you mentioned FOS in your post and that it's not good for you. I'm

wondering why that is. I sometimes drink kefir in the mornings. The kefir I

drink is the Helios brand and it contains FOS. Also, Donna Gates, who wrote

" The Body Ecology Diet " , encourages people to drink only this brand because of

the FOS.

(Gates' diet is similar to Burrascano's, but was developed to help those w/

Candida rather than Lyme. And for those who aren't familiar, kefir is a

cultured milk, similar to yogurt, but more tangy. You drink it, but it's really

thick. I guess it's like buttermilk, but I don't know what the difference is

between the two.)

Everyone take care.

Margh

P.S. Happy 2006!!!

[ ] Re: Diarrhea

ANGELA,

I started the diarrhea 2 days after taking Ketek and Amoxicillin both

are abx. Ketek is known for causing diarrhea,one of its primary side

effects. At this time I was taking probiotic mid- morning and 2 mid-

afternoon. Good brands.PB8 and Iai switched from Ultimate Flora to

New Chapter All Flora. The Ultimate Flora had FOS in it and it is not

good to take, I learned. Neither contained saccharomyacyn b.,

though. I did add this on with aseperate capsule and increased my

probiotics to 3 capsules 3x/day. Saccharomyasis boulardii, 1.5

billion plus 200mg Bio-MOS Mannan Oligol Saccharidel). Should I be

concerned about the MOS since it is some type of sugar the S. b.

needs to feed on?

No I am not on Flagyl and never have taken it. Thanks for pointing

out the interaction of Ca and Mg with abx. This is extremely

important to me because I have spinal osteoporosis. I need to check

this out. I will start taking my vitains and Ca & Mg an hour after

taking abx. That means for me eating again to take it to absorb it.

This is 3x/day like that. Additionally, I will need to squeeze in my

Probiotics inbetween.

I would expect my LLMD's triadd(?) nurse to know the contraindication

with CA & Mg. No, I am not intolerant to lactose. I only eat goat

yogurt because I love the taste. It is similar to what I grew up with

when living in former Czechoslovakia, today Czech Republic.

I guess the nurse is mediocre. I will be talking to her next week if

things don't improve. She did say they will check my stool. She did

say, however, this is very normal and people's bodies usually adjust.

So sooooooooorry to hear about your struggle with C. Difficile. Know

nothing about it, thanks Margh for pointing out the article in Wash.

Post. Hugs -- Lida

> >

> > -- thank you for your reply and info. Yes, I do take Ketek

> > with my breakfast when I eat the goat yogurt. The nurse actually

> said

> > I should introduce cheese into my meals because it is binding and

> > also said good because of calcium. (I have spinal osteoporosis) I

> was

> > told to increase my probiotics to 3-4 each time and if no

> > hange/improvement in stool to call back. She said they may run a

> lab

> > test. My stool is mushy not ormed into a shape. I bought and

> started

> > yesterday Sacharomyasis boulardii, 1.5 billion plus 200mg Bio-MOS

> > (Mannan Oligol Saccharidel). I take my probiotics 2 1/2 hours

> after

> > abx mid-morning, mid-afternoon and started also 4 hours after my

> > dinner. I take bothabx with breakfast, lunch and dinner. I take

> > supplements at the same time. The nurse said it was o.k. BTW, I

> did

> > have a very bad diarrhea with my acute Lyme infection so maybe it

> is

> > part of the Herx? -- Lida