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OK now this is darn cool - Microbiome pill sampling.Just swallow, find out about your gut bacteria

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Posted 10/24/2013 9:23 PM (GMT -5)
I'm always amazed at the cool and just downright remarkable science stuff we have in this little Canadian country of ours - But this is just awesome for all of us:

www.micropharma.net/technology/microbiome-sampling/

I have to find more out on this! I'm totally calling them direct in the morning... Find out just how much the set-up would cost lol.. Looks like a new toy for me from Santa for Christmas! haha. Seriously - though, if it's not all that expensive I'm in! The intention really to be to find out if there a GI around that is using this that I could go to. If you're in the Montreal area it might be something to look into. Or perhaps there's a GI in the greater Toronto area.

To cool though.

EDIT: Also note this www.lrcprobiotic.com/app/uploads/files/admin/partners/microp_lrc_doc.pdf

So this same company above has a strain of L. Reuteri. Maybe we can hunt down this supplement. This is what I will take with the WOO if I can find it. Or perhaps it is the same strain as the Primal Defence. Note the effect on Vitamin D levels. Links to the real studies are at the bottom I believe.

Post Edited (Canada Mark) : 10/24/2013 8:29:21 PM (GMT-6)

Posted 10/25/2013 6:55 AM (GMT -5)
Sounds amazing! As does the probiotic, the highest dose I have found is 5 billion.
Posted 10/25/2013 7:18 AM (GMT -5)
I love hearing about new things around. I so hope that something will come through and be a huge breakthrough for us!
B
Posted 10/25/2013 8:20 AM (GMT -5)
Thanks much for the info, especially about the L. reuterii probiotic.
It is being marketed as "Cardioviva" in the US (found it at multiple sites including Amazon).

Interesting that it is being directed toward heart rather than UC at this point as a HDL/LDL correcting drug. Mine could stand to be lowered (bad)/raised (good) and I'm a believer in probiotics but can't eat yogurt.

Their tests show that this probiotic lasts longer in stomach acid than other types. Very good.
Posted 10/25/2013 8:32 AM (GMT -5)
@mom and others

Has anyone found these but without the FOS (fructoogliosacharides)? I'm not so sure I want to take that stuff... Really I just want the darn bacteria on it's own.

EDIT: Thanks for finding that.. I like the "Cardioviva" but think I'll stay away for now. The additives scare the crap out of me. Titanium Dioxide etc. Uggg.. Why does everyone add this stuff?? Also genetically engineered probiotics kinda scare me a little.. but perhaps I'm being whimpy.

Just that it seems every time we mess with mother nature we get ourselves in a pickle...

Post Edited (Canada Mark) : 10/25/2013 7:37:37 AM (GMT-6)

Posted 10/25/2013 1:25 PM (GMT -5)
No, CM, I have not. The only brand I can find is natures way with all the additives. The 5 billion capsules also have other bacteria as well bit I don't recall off the top of my head and I am nowhere near the bottle at the moment to check.
Posted 10/25/2013 5:16 PM (GMT -5)
Yes this does sound really amazing,please will you post again and let us now if you manage to get one and do the test I can see how usefull it would to know what going on in there at different sites and also if you gain remission after a bad flare you could really get a good angle on what you were missing or what you may need to eliminate.
Can you ask them if they would send the test to the UK!
Thanks Anna
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