belleadonna Posted March 15, 2007 Share Posted March 15, 2007 I am looking for a good probiotic to take. Can anyone recommend one? Does anyone take Dr. Ohhira's Probiotics? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubby2112 Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 Dr. Fuhrman has one which I cannot attest to, but I would assume it is high quality. Maybe someone else has personal experience with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xdarthveganx Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 Jarrow EPS or New Chapter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belleadonna Posted March 16, 2007 Author Share Posted March 16, 2007 Thanks. Anyone else?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HealthyElijah Posted March 17, 2007 Share Posted March 17, 2007 Read this --> https://www.drfuhrman.com/shop/favflora.aspx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belleadonna Posted March 19, 2007 Author Share Posted March 19, 2007 Thanks for the link and the help. I just found out that my Miracle Greens has 8.5 billion organisms too. Duh. Read the label stupid. So, I guess that I am getting plenty and don't need a separate product. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VegHead_CO Posted June 12, 2007 Share Posted June 12, 2007 Bio K non-dairy is the best - expensive but my favorite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xdarthveganx Posted June 12, 2007 Share Posted June 12, 2007 Bio K non-dairy is the best - expensive but my favorite. not better than new chapter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VegHead_CO Posted June 12, 2007 Share Posted June 12, 2007 Haven't tried New Chapter's probiotics - pill or liquid? I've tried a lot of pills in the past and they don't have the same effect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xdarthveganx Posted June 12, 2007 Share Posted June 12, 2007 Haven't tried New Chapter's probiotics - pill or liquid? I've tried a lot of pills in the past and they don't have the same effect. its a pill but its good. Plus they have general probiotics as well as specialized probiotics for immune building and digestion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrNatural Posted June 14, 2007 Share Posted June 14, 2007 A friendly bit of advice from a Naturopathic Doctor - In the "old days" when there was a cetain ambiguity about how much live culture actually made it through the stomach it made a certain amount of sense to take probiotics for relatively long periods of time. Today, the probiotic market has gotten so competitive that the manufacturers have been compelled to make better and better (and stronger and stronger) products with live organisms which we can be relatively certain make it past the stomach and into the gut. These products have actually become medicines, I think, and should not be taken lightly. Personally, I love the Jarrow and New Chapter products and recommend them to my patients frequently. I am not familliar with the other two products mentioned but I am sure they are equally strong and efficacious. But remember that the intention is to innocculate the gut so these organisms can grow to a balanced level and restore normal gut flora. One might make the case that your body's wisdom with keep these organisms in check but in fact, we are seeing more and more cases of overgrowth of these "healthy" organisms in individuals who are taking high doses over extended periods. Generally, I recommend that my patients take these super-probiotics for about 10 days to two weeks and then give it a rest. If there is some reason why these organisms are being wiped out then that's the real problem that needs to be addressed before we re-innocculate with more probiotics. Hope this is helpful - just one man's opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artystik Posted June 25, 2007 Share Posted June 25, 2007 Check out this article, it states you can make probiotics in the comfort of your own home. Another article backed by the NIH seems to verify this. http://www.newmediaexplorer.org/chris/2003/09/18/cultured_cabbage_juice_make_the_best_lactobacteria.htm http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=16125381 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfy Posted September 24, 2007 Share Posted September 24, 2007 I thought the good ones were in a (..nonmeatfree?) shell that only melted as it got into the intestines.But it looks like I'll be making my own now! Thanks artystik. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joelbct Posted November 25, 2007 Share Posted November 25, 2007 I take the lifetime acidophillus from whole foods, and nature's way reuteri. I would guess anything from jarrow is good too. I don't take probiotics all the time, but do ~30 day cycles every few months to reestablish the flora. I'm not sure there is any benefit from taking them constantly, as the intestinal/stomach flora reproduce naturally, but does anyone have any other opinions or evidence on this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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