![]() ![]() Prebiotics are fibres which feed the "friendly" bacteria (they are the stuff you need before you can grow good gut bacteria "pre" good bacteria). Benign parasites can have an amazing effect apparently but I've not used them). Probiotics and prebiotics: Probiotics are live organisms (bacteria, fungus or even live parasites. For more see this Chris Kresser podcast episode. It is likely that it depends on the prior state of their gut (Bacterially sterile mice get colonised by probiotics. However in some people they now have been shown to colonise. Most of the time probiotics do not colonise the gut but slowly die off over a couple of weeks. And many are dormant in the soil (spores) and literally come alive and live only in animal guts (within eight minutes of entry into the gut apparently!). ![]() All our plant food which we have ever dug out of the ground is covered in them. They make up a considerable portion of any handful of good fertile soil you pick up. Soil based, spore forming probiotics are some of the most common organisms in soil. For much more detail see this: and also ( written by Lucy Mailing who works with Chris Kresser). The fact is that some of the most well studied probiotics, used medically since the early 1950s are spore forming, soil based organisms. Please ignore the strange idea that "spore forming probiotics may be dangerous". We certainly haven't been able to introduce these naturally occurring bacteria to our kids on a schedule ever before in history! But I may be missing something critical (you can't know what you don't know) and if I had a very young child I would want to buy things which were deemed to be safe for infants. I personally see no reason why there is even a concept of an infant probiotic formula. It can tell us many other valuable things however). It is! But it just can't tell us which probiotics to take. Despite what some testing companies might broadly hint at! (Note: I am not saying that gi testing is not worthwhile. We currently have no technology, no lab test, no set of rules which can tell us which probiotic(s) is going to work for any given person: We just have to try them. That's simply bound to happen (see that note above about us being different!). Ignore reviews from people saying it did nothing for them. To be clear: Even if you try a probiotic and it doesn't do anything, that does not mean the probiotic is a waste of time it just means it may not be the right one for you. It may just mean you just need to go lower and slower (though you might also want to try a different probiotic first, in case you see a better result with that one). Just because you see an increase in symptoms (frustratingly) that does not necessarily mean it's not the right thing to do. What works for one person may do nothing for another, or even make things worse. Some things may be able to come back later but for now you sadly must remove a lot to start to isolate root causes.Įveryone is astonishingly, frustratingly, impossibly different and that seems to go doubly for gut health. If you have not cut those things out of the diet you may not be able to get a clear idea of what is wrong. I am assuming that you are wheat (not just gluten), preferably grain (except perhaps rice), soy product and dairy (or at least dairy protein, so ghee is okay) free! Please take note of a few things which are important and often not obvious: ![]()
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