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Posted 6/21/2017 12:37 PM (GMT 0)
Hi everyone....it has been awhile since I posted. A quick warning to anyone who is sensitive to titanium dioxide. I have been on the hunt for a cheaper VSL replacement and I keep seeing this heinous ingredient in probiotics. I first encountered it when the probiotic Align sent me into a flare a couple of years ago. (They put titanium dioxide in their pills). This stuff is great if you want to paint your fence with it but lethal to anyone with UC. Yes, the amounts of it put in vitamins are tiny but in many studies even microparticles of titanium dioxide have been linked to inflammation.

Please check your labels.

And if anyone was on VSL and found a cheaper replacement....let me know. I don't seem to be having any luck. As soon as I stop taking VSL, things get dicey.
Posted 6/21/2017 6:01 PM (GMT 0)
How is it lethal to everyone with UC?

q
Posted 6/21/2017 9:06 PM (GMT 0)
gut.bmj.com/content/early/2016/03/16/gutjnl-2015-310297.full

I can't tell what the dose the mice received would equal in human consumption. Maybe the gave the mise a huge amount.

The general recommendation emerging was IBD patients should eat diets low in inorganic particles.

Post Edited (DBwithUC) : 6/22/2017 9:52:15 AM (GMT-6)

Posted 6/22/2017 12:08 PM (GMT 0)
Thanks for posting DBwithUC

quincy - I didn't mean to sound overly dramatic with the "lethal" comment. I was just trying to help and prevent someone from making the same mistake I did with Align. I am sure some people could take small amounts of titanium dioxide and be just fine. I personally wouldn't take anything linked to inflammation even on a small scale.
Posted 6/22/2017 12:47 PM (GMT 0)
Not just Align. Not long ago I found that Culturelle with LACTOBACILLUS GG probiotic to be very helpful for my UC when there was no extra stuff in it. Then they changed the formula to add junk into the “other ingredients”. Not nearly as effective for me anymore.
OTHER INGREDIENTS(Culturelle):
hydroxypropyl methylcellulose, sucrose, maltodextrin, vegetable magnesium stearate, titanium dioxide (color), and silicon dioxide.

Elpis and DbwithUC,
Thank you for the link. Have you seen anything bad about silicon dioxide?


BTW maltodextrin is another toxic ingredient to watch for in many pharmaceuticals and supplements. All we need to hear now is that magnesium stearate causes IBD and half the pills in America need to be thrown out. They also changed the formula in VSL#3 to add questionable additives.

health.usnews.com/health-news/news/articles/2012/05/21/could-compound-in-artificial-sweeteners-worsen-crohns-disease
The food additive maltodextrin, commonly used in some artificial sweeteners, may worsen Crohn's disease by encouraging the growth of E. coli bacteria in the small intestine, a new study suggests.

Post Edited (IamCurious) : 6/22/2017 6:53:03 AM (GMT-6)

Posted 6/22/2017 1:13 PM (GMT 0)
IamCurious - maltodextrin is another one. I forgot about that one.

I actually was just searching today for the ingredients of VSL and I can't find it online? I am trying to figure out what exact strain they use so I can find a similar probiotic. They do have silicon dioxide listed on the label of my current box. I have no clue if that is safe or not.

If anyone has a probiotic substitution for VSL without any "other" ingredients, please let me know. VSL is just too expensive.
Posted 6/22/2017 1:30 PM (GMT 0)
If your health insurance is robust enough to cover Remicade then have you checked to see if it would cover prescription VSL#3DS? Health insurance won't cover ordinary VSL#3 but some good policies will cover the prescription DS version.
Posted 6/22/2017 6:48 PM (GMT 0)

quincy said...
How is it lethal to everyone with UC?

q

lethal ? most likely not - but as i'm sure you understand there H, it's not just one thing, it's a collection of offending things - if you consume anything beyond what comes out of your own garden or farm, you are getting a multitude of questionable, if not damaging ingredients from foods, supplements,water, etc. - nope, you can't eliminate all of it, but the point is to avoid what you can when you can -

is all this crap affecting our UC ? maybe not directly, but if it's taking a toll on our overall health, then almost certainly it is affecting our ability to deal with UC -
Posted 6/22/2017 7:11 PM (GMT 0)
Best to live in a bubble.
Posted 6/22/2017 7:16 PM (GMT 0)

ElpisUnbreakable said...
I was just trying to help and prevent someone from making the same mistake I did with Align. .

Interesting....taking it out of my Amazon shopping cart right now. I have Culturelle in there, too. I guess I'd better look into this more before ordering anything. Thanks OP !
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