smelly gas and probiotics

Today I had a regular checkup and I asked my GI why I pass smelly gas even though I try to maintain a good diet to keep my bowel healthy? How the bad bacteria increase even though I take are easily digestible and has no sugar in it? And do you suggest any probiotics to improve this condition?

My GI said there are still researches going on about the probiotics helping to maintain a healthy bowel but there are chances that it may worsen the condition, so I don't prescribe you any probiotics.

This really shocked me!!! as we in this forum believe probiotics has helped many infact to a level to come out a flare.

What do you folks think?

Yes, I'm flaring and I'm using Entocort enema.
I just start flaring as soon as I stop Pred. So frustrating
I take the psyllium in the afternoon after meals (around 1 hour later). Because I was told that I shouldn't drink water immediately after the meals. By doing so will dilute the acid and will affect the digestion.
Actually sounds logical - atleast to me.

I eat white rice with cooked apple and with mashed gourd(bottle gourd, ridge gourd) curry. I recently found yogurt causes bloating and gas. Huhhh so disappointed to stop eating yogurt because I love it especially Activia yogurt.

I'm not taking any probiotics. I tried Mutaflor didn't do anything other than it costed me money. darn it!!

Oh yes, I also asked my GI about the bread(containing yeast) is it good or bad?? he said you don't have celiac disease, so you can have any kinds of bread. But I read somewhere that breads containing yeast will cause problems. Any idea?

for most of us I think we have to just trial and error very gently with probiotics if we want to try them. The problem might be that when they end up in the wrong part of the digestive system or too deep in it, their beneficial effect is changed for the worse. It's all so individual, hence you well get people who experience great benefit from a probiotic and others who worsen from it.

I think you get used to the probiotics (I expect there is a more accurate description of the process) and the problems subside.

Once I started taking resistant starch everyday, my god-awful smelling gas and poop became normal-smelling. It took four days for the change to happen.

I started with six tablespoons of Bob's Red Mill Unmodified Potato Starch per day mixed with applesauce and cinnamon. After two months, I adjusted the "dose" to four tablespoons a day. So far, so good.

I haven't seen any other changes that I can attribute to the resistant starch but eliminating the embarrassing odors is benefit enough.

FYI - I take Align and Culturelle every day, too. I've been on the Align for years. Culturelle for two months

For me it is always linked to flare. When it goes in remmission, smell goes away too. I think when your rectum is inflammed, you are constipated(even though you go more times) and that's what causes smell.

Ok, yesterday there I saw red mucus on the toilet issue but the bad smelly gas was no more through out the day.
But today I didn't see any redness on the toilet tissue but the stools were unformed.. Till before lunch the gas wasn't smelly but after lunch its back. I had white rice with split moong lentils.
I had to figure out where it will be a culprit.

I think the bad bugs are more in my gut... I will see through the rest of the day and tomorrow morning.