Experiences with S.Boulardii ???

I'm thinking of adding S.Boulardii (the probiotic yeast) to my supplementation regime as it's apparently good for helping combat pathogenmic yeasts like candida and also helping good guys repopulate.

 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saccharomyces_boulardii

So my questions to you all are:

1. Have you tried it?
2. Was it beneficial?
3. Which type/dosage did you try?
4. Is there anything to be wary of?

Cheers

Jim

 

Give it a shot, did nothing for me, but of course no alternatives ever worked on me, except for smoking,which
no longer works.
I know,I know try LDN.
Old Mike

Yup, I tried it for a few months.

Nope, it didn't do anything for me - good or bad.

I tried the German equivalent to Florastor, Perenterol and took 500mg per day. Pretty sure at some point I bumped it up to 1000mg per day based on something I read.

Nothing I can say to be wary of, though I pretty sure the insert listed some possible side effects.

They put that cr@p in my 'Raw' Resveratrol. I hate that company their products never do me any good. Taking it back for just plain resveratrol.

I am balanced again after the flax fiasco but prior to that I halted the raw.

JimboNZ,
I took S. Boulardii and had to stop because it gave me more gas and more trips to the bathroom. My advise is to start with only 1 cap. per day and build slowly the dose.

When on holiday in Turkey a couple of summers ago my mother (who is not a UC sufferer) had a bout of 'Turkish tummy' and was given a product called Reflor by the pharmacist. It worked wonders for her so I Googled it and found that it is in fact just S.Boulardii and nothing else. I was quite interested in the fact that Turkish chemists prescribe a probiotic to deal with digestive upsets so I bought a couple of bottles of S.Boulardii in the hope that it would help me (at that time I had undiagnosed UC and was really suffering). I had high hopes and continued taking it for almost six months but sadly taking the S.Boulardii had absolutely no effect on my symptoms so I cannot recommend it other than to non-UC sufferers afflicted by stomach problems at home or abroad.

Hi InSoFla and thank you for the welcome. I'm on Asacol 400mg x 2 capsules three times a day but I was interested in reading of the experiences of others on another thread as I too seem to excrete the Asacol capsules intact quite frequently so I do wonder what good they are doing. I have had UC symptoms for 18 months pretty much non stop but was only diagnosed about two months ago and thus have not been on the Asacol for long. I really want to avoid the need for anything more heavy duty.

Diet-wise I am following (sort of) something called the Harcombe Diet which is similar to Paleo really. It emphasises natural, unprocessed foods but I have opted to eschew bread, pasta, rice, potatoes etc. and concentrate on fats, protein and getting my carbs from veg.

I take supplements - turmeric, high dosage vitamin D3, Omega 3, vitamin C and an acidophilus probiotic.

Post Edited (London_Gal) : 5/11/2012 12:59:41 PM (GMT-6)