A Question

I've been going through what seems to be a flare for at least a week or 2 now (8-10 bowel movements a day). Though when I eat/drink anti-inflammatory foods/beverages, it seems to give some relief to the cramps and urgencies I've been having. Also, I'm up and down with my stools as sometimes they will be quite solid while other times they will be partially solid but not quite. I dunno if it's candida die off as well because sometimes the stools will be partially formed and have a yellow look to them but that could be mucus, as well. Bleeding thankfully has still been miniscule, though.

BTW do any of yous take probiotics during a flare? I was taking 4 billion Lactobacillus Acidophilus but now I've gone down to 2 billion instead since I heard it's not good to take probiotics when you have more than 3 bowel movements.

I'm looking into other probiotics as well, such as VSL#3 or Lactobacillus Bulgaricus. And the anti-inflammatory foods I've been eating/drinking include (but not limited to):

Green Tea w/a little honey (though it's lipton brand, so there may be caffeine in it)
Pomegranate
Eggs with Omega 3 in them in a fritata
Orange Juice
Almond Milk

Post Edited (VitaD) : 5/21/2013 11:20:42 AM (GMT-6)

I've never heard it's not good to take probiotics when you have more than 3 bowel movements. If that is actually true I'm betting that that only applies to "normal" people. There have been several scientific studies regarding taking high dose probiotics with IBD. 2-4 billion is actually a very low dose.