Probiotic Recommendations?

Acodiphilus in the refregierated section. They should be enertic coated and you should take at least 10 billion per day if you're not on antibiodics. I have learned a good probiodic is always refrigerated. You can also eat some plain yogurt and/or drink some plain keffir on top of the Acodiphilus.

if your gut is really a mess, which many of us have , you may have to take upwards of a a few hundred billion a day. When gut tested i had zero amounts of lactobacillus and about 1/4 of bifobacterium and none of these many otc products did much to help..so even though these 3 probiotics below are expensive, when you consider the fact that i probably spent a $1000 buying others that did nothing, its well worth it..no good gut no good healing


www.customprobiotics.com
--even though expensive, this is custom made

www.vsl3.com
--i have not used but others say its good

and i think the one that helped me the most was living streams probiotics
i order mine from this lady who has mostly recovered as has her son from lyme and related issues
www.ocmotherwarrior.com

I hate to be blunt, but how do you know if it "works for you" LOL. Does that mean you are regular? Or it gets the candida under control? Just curious

When in active infection and on abx, the dose should be 50 billion units a day. Once abx has ceased, the dose needs to be 25-30 billion a day.
The strain needs to be human form and also needs to have 4 different strains (not just Acodiphilus). Also, this is VERY important, they should NOT be enteric coated due to the fact the capsule will then only release in the large intestine and it needs to be absorbed at the small intestine.
Also, ALL probiotics need to be taken with food. Never on an empty stomach.

One last tip, take probiotics with allicin for better absorption. The Allison is the only natural anti-microbial that does not kill the strains of probiotics.

I just did a two day pharm. seminar on probiotics so this is all fresh news.

Maybe my LLMD was afraid to tell me to take TOO many probiodics (right now he asked me to take 4 pills, 2 hours after abx which is 20 billion) because I have a Candida overgrowth. Maybe he thought the die off would be too extreme for me. I took an extra 4 after my second dose last night, but I hope that's not a bad thing with an active candida overgrowth.

Actually you CAN take too much probiotics. Having too much good bacteria, and not enough bad can have a negative effect on your immune system, since it needs a healthy balance of good and bad bacteria. I'd say no more than a minimum of 40 billion a day.

The best probiotic I've tried is called Orthobiotic.

It contains 7 strains, along with the strain saccharomyces boulardi (very important for lyme healing) with 20 billion CFU. It also has been scientifically formulated for room temperature storage, so no refridgeration is needed. You can get at most health stores for around $30 for 30 capsules.

Post Edited (Katie18) : 3/10/2012 9:08:38 PM (GMT-7)