Lactobactillus acidophillus..10mg how many can I take daily..aka probiotics..

Just wondering..how many can i take..cause if the average person takes one..since i am all messed up i should take..more..what do you think? Its 10mg over a million of something it says...

So how many do you think i could take Keeper? Like 3 capsules a day? I am also when its in my fridge drinking two danactive probiotic drinks a day and i just bought some Stonyfield acidophillus yogurt...

Elaine Gottschall says one cup of home made yogurt has 700 billion beneficial bacteria in it.  This link says 3 billion in a tablespoon, and from a "small bowl" of home made yogurt "you would receive 1.5 trillion beneficial bacteria - 100 times more bacteria than a 15 billion capsule."

This is a GREAT link!!!

http://www.healingcrow.com/ferfun/conspiracy/conspiracy.html

JMO, but it seems to me you just can't get too many beneficial bacteria in your gut.  Prior to last century, our ancestors got beneficial bacteria from nearly everything they put in their mouths... Now we're at the other end of the spectrum, getting beneficial from almost NOTHING we put in our mouth--unless we make sure its there by eating fermented foods...  

The only way I have been able to tell how much of a probiotic I should take is to start with one and see how I feel. If I can tolerate that, I go to two a few days later. There have been times when I have taken 12 a day of one brand.

The problem I have run into in selecting a brand is that each brand has a different set of probiotics. What works for one person at one dose may not have any impact on someone else.

I just read an article that supports something I have believed for a long time. It said that it is not the quantity of bacteria in the product but the quality of that specific product.

There is one possible side effect to starting a new probiotic. If you have a yeast overgrowth in your intestines, a probiotic (good bacteria) will start to kill off the yeast (bad bacteria) and possibly cause some very interesting gas and maybe even bloating problems.

I too buy Primodophilus Reuturi by Natures Way, for my daughter,(PB4). The only concern I have is, I wonder if they are handled properly during shipment, and at the store, as they do have to be refrigerated. Does anyone else ever share this concern?

Tom.

Primadophilus reuteri is a good one. Also Culturelle contains a strain that has been well researched and optimized for use as an intestinal aid. I also still think that using a probiotic that has an enteric capsule is a good plan. Stomach acid and enzymes kill off up to 90 - 99% of bacteria except for some particularly hardy ones (Culturelle).