Probiotics

[no_hypocrisy]

I just took a heavy-duty probiotic for the first time.

And the results are like having Drano. I am completely empty, so to speak.

Is this to be expected?

[rampartc]

1. what did you take? how much?

[no_hypocrisy]

3. 34 probiotic strains and 100 billion (which seems like an impossible number)

[rampartc]

4. i had intravenous antibiotics a few months ago

and I ain't right. maybe I need some of that. tried lots of smaller doses and every "natural " thing nameable.

[handmade34]

2. sometimes

depends on the person… seems "heavy-duty" is key here

[in2herbs]

5. You took just one? There is virtually no overdosing on probiotics. I know people with

IBD who take 15 or 20 100-million capsules of probiotics every day because it reduces their IBD symptoms. Your system will clean out, that is expected. Unless you are on a specific diet that addresses good gut flora issues the use of probiotics everyday is required to maintain good gut flora. Any meds you are on will destroy good gut flora, eating the wrong food or junk food will destroy good gut flora. My suggestion is that you increase the dose to 3 or 5 per day and take for at least 2 weeks before you decide whether its working or not. With probiotics you don't know its working until you stop taking it. A couple of years ago I was taking 15, 100-million probiotic capsules every day for almost a month. It was necessary to get the good gut flora to consistently outnumber the bad gut flora and to start working. Now I take only 3/day.

[in2herbs]

6. Correct that to 100 Billion per capsule. Sorry, too early for brain fog to have cleared. nt

[brachism]

7. Just avoid "Colon Blow" cereal (SNL)

This commercial boasts the health benefits of Colon Blow, a cereal with 30,000 times the fiber as regular oat bran cereals. 11/11/89

[no_hypocrisy]

8. Same effect.

Not leaving the house until 30 minutes without "an urge."

[no_hypocrisy]

9. Guess what I did (wrong)?

I ate a notable size of rhubarb pie last night WITH the probiotic.

And do you know what rhubarb does naturally? It's a laxative.

I fixed myself unknowingly. Not necessarily the probiotic for my ills today.