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Posted 1/31/2013 4:41 AM (GMT 0)
I'm noticing that VSL#3 is a great probiotic, but I've read about s.boulardii and how it may help me according to my metametrix lab results findings...

Can anyone recommend some different probiotics with this active culture?
Posted 1/31/2013 4:42 AM (GMT 0)
gi pro health makes it. i take the scdophilus but i plan on trying their sacro b. when i run out. it's the most pure sacro b. i can find.
Posted 1/31/2013 5:02 AM (GMT 0)
Looks good! And it's half price of VSL#3... I like that they have different blends with different strains.

I've been up for the past three hours trying to put puzzle pieces together from my Metametrix lab results and attribute them to the interpretive guide for the test I did.

www.metametrix.com/files/test-menu/interpretive-guides/GI-Effects-IG.pdf
Even if no one has taken this test, there is a lot of good information in it regarding causes, symptoms, and suggestions on what to take (prescriptions & supplements) for whatever ailment comes up on the test. (for me it was parasite, yeast, low Elastase... high eosinophil count.

I have all the symptoms for parasite -- whipworm (page 7) which gets me dating back to college when I was hit with a bacterial infection in my mouth in which the nurse said was transmitted the same way whipworm is......

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Posted 1/31/2013 11:50 AM (GMT 0)
I would agree that you should try s boulardi without added junk such as prebiotics. Some here have reported that Florastor flared them up, and I suspect itus because of the prebiotics in that supplement. I use Thorne s boulardi which is pure, 250 mg per capsule every morning, along with 3 VSL3 caps twice a day, 2 primal defense caplets twice a day, 1 mutaflor capsule twice a day, and 1 theralac capsule every other day.
Posted 1/31/2013 1:51 PM (GMT 0)
Other than fillers I don't believe Florastor has anything in it other than s.boulardii. I read a bunch of good info on it also and tried it. I am one of those who had a bad reaction. If you haven't had it before I would only take it one dose only at first and see what happens. I had an almost immediate reaction, causing severe bloody diarrhea with frequency, all of which lasted 2-3 days - just from one dose! S.boulardii is a yeast and I believe that is what got me since I later discovered that yeasts are high in histamine and I have a histamine intolerance.
Posted 1/31/2013 2:06 PM (GMT 0)
Benebiotics

www.benebiotics.com
Posted 2/1/2013 4:48 PM (GMT 0)
Aha! Probiotic, your taking Sacro-B by Thorne right?? I was just looking at this in my doctor's webstore. Thinking I may give this a try.

Gary, i'm questioning the kind of reaction I will have form S.boulardii too. I've read its 'good' yeast that has the ability to crowd out the bad yeast and other bad guys... Typical treatment for parasites and yeast. I wonder why after going over test results my doc didn't suggest this mean machine..

alwayssomething, the website has a lot of information i can use, may be an option too, thanks
Posted 2/1/2013 5:09 PM (GMT 0)

stereo: i used vsl3ds for 9 months with no improvement in my uc. 

ive used a bunch of other probiotics, but if you are looking for sacch boulardi:

jarrows  brand sach boulardi, you can find at whole foods or cheaper online.  i believe i paired it with benebiotics which i also bought inexpensively online.  i did not find it helped my uc but ymmv.

currently i am using sustenex digestive advantage. it is one strain, BC30, which you may want to read up on. i take 2 a day and i think its helping me more so than the other probiotics ive used. 

Posted 2/1/2013 5:20 PM (GMT 0)
I read somewhere that taking just one strain can often be more beneficial than taking multistrains. Don't ask me where.
Posted 2/1/2013 5:29 PM (GMT 0)
Doesn't it make more sense to get your probiotics the natural way, ie by making your own yogurt (yes, there are live cultures in your starter but also in the air you are breathing, right?) and your own bread (for those of us who are not GF), or other fermented foods? To live in harmony with the biotic creatures in our own environment rather than taking pills manufactured somewhere else?

I'm considering the whole probiotic thing anew. I'm feeling great but wonder if there is more to be done? Still waiting for those last little annoying motility issues to resolve, although I am much better than I was just a few months ago. I'm taking psyllium every morning (about half the recommended daily dose) and I'm resistant to increasing it.
Posted 2/1/2013 6:28 PM (GMT 0)
kazbern: i made and drank homemade kefir (bazillions of probiotics) for about 3 months with no change at all in my uc symptoms. when i stopped the homemade kefir, i noticed a slight ever so slight improvement in my uc.....  i even did homemade kefir grain enemas, no change.  although it didnt help me, you may have a different expereince

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