Should we have a poll on resistant starch?

[jepps]

It´s a good idea, Sasha. But maybe we should wait longer, as the RS-thread is very new, and RS for CFS is a long term treatment, which includes the full gut programme for supporting the immune systeme.

 

[Sasha]

It´s a good idea, Sasha. But maybe we should longer, as the RS-thread is very new, and RS for CFS is a long term treatment, which includes the full gut programme for supporting the immune systeme.

Thanks, jepps - I think the problem, though, is that there isn't a standard programme for us to look at.

I had hoped to be able to establish a very straw poll-ish success rate for RS with a view to presenting it to our clinicians to see if they thought it might be worth pursuing but I think the picture is going to be far too unclear for that.

I'd like to see a standard protocol (one that can nevertheless be personalised, so that it starts with a battery of tests and then you follow a protocol that is standard but whose components depend on the testing) for gut health in PWME tested in a clinical trial. One day, maybe. Maybe that might be an outcome of Dr Lipkin's study (the one in my signature).

 

[ahmo]

I'm posting here, and then going to the other, newer RS thread. Something remarkable has happened, and I think it has to be the addition of LAG. I started about mid-July, w/ my probiotics. I'm unable to use fermented food, nor other forms of RS. It seems that in this 6-8 week period something has indeed shifted. For some days now I've needed less potassium, aminos, butyrate, ox bile....and I've been feeling brighter. wow.

 

[sillysocks84]

I know this is old, but is there any more to report on LAG @ahmo?

 

[ahmo]

@sillysocks84 Since I started using green banana, my body has said 'no' to LAG, chia, shitaki mushrooms: the rs things I'd started with. So I have a nearly full tub of LAG. I'm stir-frying green banana for my evening meals.

 

[sillysocks84]

@ahmo green banana is a form of rs, isn't it? So are you seeing better benefits than you were with the LAG and/or others? Thanks for sharing.

 

[ahmo]

Yes, green banana is rs. I can't say I'm seeing results. I can only say, that I'm doing it, my body prefers this form. My gut and bowel movements have been good for some months. I can't attribute this directly to rs, but possibly there's a role.