Curious discovery: Humans fall into one of three intestinal bacteria types

That is really interesting

Thanks for this link!

Very interesting!! thanks for posting it. Great reading on other articles as well.
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Actually, one can't be sure if the biotin helped your hairgrowth. It takes up to a year to see total improvement after the hair cycle has been interrupted via illness or medications, hormonal changes, etc. The dormant cycle being interrupted can result in a longer length in more follicles and hair loss seems to be more noticable . New growth takes about 3 months for one to see it just out of the scalp.

Not to say that biotin deficiencies can't be part of it, but you can't know for sure if the biotin helped. It may have changed the speed of the dormant stage in the other follicles, however.

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possibly

I'm not saying don't use it.  I suggest it to clients as well, although with a multi B, not alone.   Oh, and patience.

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UCinGV said...
This news seems to mean that any probiotic supplement is useless for 2/3 of people. Is that right?

No not necessarily. Probiotics are bacteria(usually lactic acid bacteria) that when ingested have a health benefit. They usually do not colonize the gut. The bacteria they are talking about are permanent residents and not lactic acid bacterias.

I guess it is possible that certain probiotics would work better, work less well or not at all in people with certain bacteria types. I don't know if it is clear that probiotics interact with your gut bacteria or not.

I think they are talking about recolonizing with your type of permanent resident bacteria to cure or treat disease.

very interesting article. i'm currently taking a course on microbes, and i have learned a ton about the gut biome. my professor is one hundred percent convinced that probiotics will be a future treatment and possible cure for IBD. although, we just dont know enough yet about the varying ratios of bacteria. the differences in gut flora are completely environmental- i mean, studies have found huge differences in a person's gut bacteria based on their type of birth, antibiotic use, obesity, etc. i dont think that we can say whether the probiotics will help or wont help certain individuals quite yet. in fact, i learned that most probiotics are composed of a certain strain of bacteria, but not others that are also integral parts of the gut bacteria. anyways, im rambling, but its really interesting that this is being researched a ton. definitely huge potential.

Gosh, subdued, keep us posted! I wish you well, knowing how you try to avoid the antibiotics.

I thought the article was fascinating. So much has been discovered since I was first diagnosed..... realizing that really gives me hope!