Daffodil
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hi all. i take antibiotics 3 times a day. is there any point in taking probiotics?
looking for opinions...
thanks!
daff
looking for opinions...
thanks!
daff
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I'm not sure there is any real evidence to show they work at all.
Just to clarify.....I meant there is no evidence to support that buying commercial products developed by humans for money called "probiotics" have any tangible effect on your gut biome.You wouldn't be here if they didn't work. Your ancestors would have starved to death.
I like your idea of saving money though, some of the most powerful probiotics I've encountered can be, essentially, free.
Diet and boosting the immune system is likely to be the more likely ways of re-balancing gut flora, not trying to control it by introducing test inoculations via the stomach into an environment that is clearly not working for them.
Just to clarify.....I meant there is no evidence to support that buying commercial products developed by humans for money called "probiotics" have any tangible effect on your gut biome.
If you have something new, then I'm happy to read through (when I have the energy) but I haven't found anything compelling yet.
companies like Yakult etc can start proving their claims a little better and investing in the right sort of research instead of trying to bamboozle the public with unsubstantiated claims?
is there any point in taking probiotics if I take antibiotics at so many points in the day, that it would be impossible to take the probiotics too far away, timewise, from the antibiotics?
I'm 48 ....remember it alsolol @IThinkImTurningJapanese im 46...i remember the song hehe
Absolutely! Yes. Take them several times a day, just not within 2 hours before or after taking the antibiotic. Also eat lots of yogurt (with active bacteria) and kefir.hi all. i take antibiotics 3 times a day. is there any point in taking probiotics?
looking for opinions...
thanks!
daff
Tell that to someone who gets diarrhea from taking antibiotics. The single strain probiotics such as Align, Florastor, and Culturelle have been shown to be very effective when taken along with antibiotics.I'm not sure there is any real evidence to show they work at all. The theory is great but there is currently poor methods for capturing what's going on so it really comes down to subjective opinion. Stool tests, biochemical markers (such as oat) and artificial gut models do not reflect what's actually going on in terms of populations in the small and large intestine and so are open to a lot of interpretation. We are bombarded by information but a lot of it is fake. This area is so complex it's like mapping the effect of a butterfly population in Africa and its affect on kangaroo populations in Australia. This is way more complicated than is portrayed by many advocates of probiotics.
This lack of scientific evidence has led to the EU removing permitted product claims for all probiotics. I would save your money if I were you unless you can see a marked difference either way that isn't an affect of diet or other factors.