VSL # probiotic study

[bearmom]

This isn't about a brand new study, and it may have already been linked to here but if so I can't find it.

I take the VSL#DS probiotic which was used in this study, as do many other DSers and found this interesting. Study suggests that probiotics may counter obesity and diabetes. I personally take this one in hopes of it helping consume excess oxalate which contribute to my kidney stones, but I settle for it's fart reducing ability.

http://www.nutraingredients-usa.com/Research/Probiotics-may-counter-obesity-and-diabetes-NIH-study

 

[star0210]

Is this something you can buy OTC?

 

[newanatomy]

Wow, those are super expensive. Thanks for sharing the study. I hope I won't need these. I do take a daily probiotic though.

 

[newanatomy]

Sorry, that post is huge!!

I do best with probiotics that I can put into my organizer and forget about it. I have been taking an extra Garden of Life Defense Ultra pretty regularly without forgetting, patting myself on the back.

 

[robs477]

Wow, @newanatomy , that is a REALLY big bottle! I'd hate to have to take one of those pills!

 

[southernlady]

Sorry, that post is huge!!

I do best with probiotics that I can put into my organizer and forget about it. I have been taking an extra Garden of Life Defense Ultra pretty regularly without forgetting, patting myself on the back.

FIFY (Fixed it for you)
NA, dh and I are the same way. If it has to reside in the fridge, we don't remember it.
The one we use, we get at Costco. It's not a great one but it has helped us and it is the ONLY gummie I will use. Since it's just one a day, the carbs in it are not an issue.

 

[JackieOnLine]

if someone would just tell me what probiotic I should take, I will do it. @Jo777 ?

 

[bearmom]

Is this something you can buy OTC?

Yes, but there are two versions. One is just OTC, and called VSL#3, and the other is just stronger and prescription and is called VSL#3 DS.
I just get them in a packet of powder, and use one packet to make a weeks worth of yogurt. I think the directions for ulcerative colitis are 4 packets a day, but that is WAY more than I"ve ever needed.

 

[bearmom]

if someone would just tell me what probiotic I should take, I will do it. @Jo777 ?

They can really be a YYMV thing. So many people were raving about the Garden of Life ones, but they didn't do much for me. I like the ones above because they have more strains, and high numbers of bugs, but again, if they aren't the specific bugs that help your gut, it's a waste.

Another one that I discovered while traveling (also at Costco, I'm incapable of shopping anywhere else) that seems to work great for me is Align, and they aren't one that requires refrigeration.

 

[aaa]

Beginning in 2010 I had minor pain in my upper right abdomen. Tons of tests and nothing. I decided to try probiotics. I like Primal Defense Ultra. I maintain now with 1 pill before breakfast: T,Th,Sa,Sun and 1 pill before breakfast and 1 before dinner: M,W,F. When I first began, I took a good deal more.

Pretty much doesn't do anything for gas/stool odor for me. I just take it to keep the pain away (which they suspect was a bacterial overgrowth). When/if I take antibiotics, I take more to try and even things out. It usually takes a while for my system to come back.

 

[newanatomy]

FIFY (Fixed it for you)
NA, dh and I are the same way. If it has to reside in the fridge, we don't remember it.
The one we use, we get at Costco. It's not a great one but it has helped us and it is the ONLY gummie I will use. Since it's just one a day, the carbs in it are not an issue.

Thanks, @southernlady!
The probiotic above (the one I posted) is supposed to help avoid traveler's diarrhea and other bad bugs in the tract. Here's hoping!
It is one that @Sheanie turned me onto. It is just a different brand but the same strains.

 

[revisionDS]

I take VSL#3DS, decreased pm bloat, also for enteric hyperoxaluria along with K citrate.

 

[Jo777]

@JackieOnLine, I've read good things on the VSL stuff prior for gut issues, but not tried it, yet.. I have went through several bottles of primal defense ultra. I may give the VSL3 a try, just because anything that says anti-inflammatory right now sounds great for the sake of my guts!

Have/had not really noted much of a diff in my bloating/ibs issues with PD. I was taking several a day for months but still had bloat issues (and still do..) I have weird guts. Just last week I went on a carb/flour bender for a day/two, and for several days after had huge bloating/all-over water retention and pressure/urgency feelings.. like I really needed to pass gas/poop and couldn't. Intestinal inflammation problems. I had initially started on probiotics to see if that would calm the reaction, but honestly I just need to avoid the triggers that cause the swelling/bloat/mucous/inflammation problem in my case.