taking probiotics with or without food?
#363847 - 03/04/11 06:50 AM
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happy2b
Reged: 02/19/11
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Loc: South Carolina
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i would like to hear from the seasoned "ibs veterans" as to whether they have found it better to take Probiotics with or without food? what the standard is? thank you!
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reason i ask is that i have noticed that i have more bloating, when taking Probiotics on an empty stomach.
thought that was perhaps "part and parcel" of the problem.
thanks, Syl.
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What extra ingredients does you probiotic contain other than probiotic bacteria?
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every type of probiotic I've ever taken said take after a meal.
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Susie, born in 1985,
(pseudo-)D and bloating April 2007-December 2010, now stable
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the pH of the stomach increases after a meal. Apparently, if you take a probiotic on a full stomach the pH will be higher increasing the likelihood of the probiotic surviving in the stomach so it can get to the colon alive. Although many probiotic bacteria can with stand the pH of an empty stomach. 
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heat kills bacteria so it should not be taken with a hot drink.
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Susie, born in 1985,
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While most bacteria cannot handle boiling water (100C) but they can handle reasonably hot water. The died off for bacteria like lactobacillus doesn't usually begin until 60C (140F). Many hot drinks such as tea are consumed at temperature between 55 and 60C and are cooled rapidly when they enters the stomach. As long as you don't put the probiotic in the hot drink then the probiotics in your stomach shouldn't normal be effected by hot drinks
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well better safe than sorry. I felt the need to point that out as there is such a warning on the probiotic that I am taking now and my brother started taking his probiotic with hot tea for a couple of weeks unaware of this and he noticed a rapid deterioration in the effectiveness of the probiotic, in that it was as though it did not work anymore and he was utterly puzzled. then I accidentally brought it up and told him about the heat, he went back to taking it with cold water and it became effective again.
he mainly uses probiotics for stomach gurgling and churning, ie the sound, I am not sure he has IBS to be honest, he eats normally (healthily), never has D or C or bloating or pain at all, just very loud and apparently embarrassing noises in his stomach that is clearly audible in a quiet room, ie during class etc. he now pours at least a litre of one specific type of green tea down his throat and takes the probiotics and has also noticed some improvement just on account of living in the US now and not Hungary, tap water must be different there I guess. (or something)
some other man I know who asserts that he has IBS-D and annoyingly often tries to educate me on how to eat for it (while he eats cheese, drinks wine, and just eats normally, I know he means well but is irritating nonetheless) is convinced that the type of mineral water he drinks has an effect on his digestive woes. dunno about these things but I don't think either of them really have IBS to be honest.
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