Why you react to some probiotics - some answers

A reader wrote today:

"I have been trying B. longum BB536 as I have read it lowers d lactate producers

Seems its helping gut function but giving hot flashes and some heart palps, wondering why?"

The light went on --- I have just gotten a reasonable size of end-products relationships (5800). Perhaps we may be lucky and get some idea of what B.longum does.

So I have added end products to the bacteria detail pages. For example:

http://microbiomeprescription.azure...s?taxon=216816&taxname=Bifidobacterium longum

And you will see at the bottom of the page:

End Products

• ?-Amino butyric acid (GABA)
• Biotin (Vitamin B7)
• Folate (Vitamin B9)
• Lactic acid
• L-Tryptophan
• Pyridoxine
• Thiamine (Vitamin B1)
• Urolithins

If I go to another probiotic, Lactobacillus acidophilus, I see a different combination,

End Products

• ?-Amino butyric acid (GABA)
• Acetylcholine
• Cobalamin (Vitamin B12)
• Lactate
• Lactic acid
• Trimethylamine
• Urolithins
• Vitamin K

Or looking at my favorite Japanese probiotic, Miyarisan (Clostridium butyricum) we see here

End Products

• Acetate
• Butanol
• Butyrate

And another Japanese one, Lactobacillus Casei

End Products

• ?-Amino butyric acid (GABA)
• Acetylcholine
• Cobalamin (Vitamin B12)
• Histamine
• Lactate
• Lactic acid
• ß-Glucan
• Trimethylamine
• Urolithins

Bottom Line
This presents a very different way of looking at probiotics. If you have a low amount of an end product (or symptoms associated with a low amount), then you may wish to surf thru the probiotics listed (with other bacteria) here.

For more information on EndProduct determination from a uBiome or Thryve sample, see:

• End Product Analysis Expanded
• End Product Explorer is up
• Some answers to a reader’s questions on EndProducts Beta
  
  
• End Products Analysis is now in Beta
  
  
• Using multiple Ubiome results to monitor progress
• End Product Predictions vs New CFS Study