Probiotic discussion

that one is a high end product

the makers are one of the only companies to do actual placebo controlled trials to demonstrate their effects - and to demonstrate that the bacteria actually make it to the small intestine intact

if you try it i would be interested to hear how you get on

overall though - think the science is still in its infancy and - some of the main reasons we do not get great benefit from most of them are :

1 - the issue for a lot of sick people may be more about the fact that the land may not been suitable to grow the plants we are putting in ( to use a farming analogy - as that's effectively what our bodies are doing - farming beneficial bacterial - with greater or lesser success) - many conditions cause disruption of the gut lining, inflammation in gut tissues - or even shedding of the epithelium that the bacterial are supposed to live on - carrying them away and leaving an inflamed damaged region able to be colonised by more pathogenic types (i was reading a study showing sleep apnea causes exactly this just the other day) adding more healthy bacteria in this instance is unlikely to help - as its the environment that is wrong for them to grow. i think this situation is often the case with Lyme and especially bartonella infection - which is known to infect the endothelial cells of the gut and cause inflammation there.

2- the species currently available as probiotic supplements ( even the very best ones ) are only a tiny fraction of the species in the gut - so its a bit of a drop in the ocean - no matter how many CFU we take - they are all from less than 1% of the species in a healthy gut - so if it was not a lack of lactobacillus that was causing your health issues - then taking more is unlikely to help very much

all that said if you are going to take one - i think the seed product is the best out there - so worth a go

my dr just put me on body biotics