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I don't see why you could start a new probiotic on the day you stop the old one OR take them both at the same time 
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did you mean couldn't? or did you mean I should wait to start a new one? "why you could start" sorry that confused me. take them both at the same time? what would that do? take 1 align and one florastor daily?
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You could stop Align today and start Florstor today if you wish. Or you could stop Align today and start Florastor tomorrow. Or you could take both today if you wanted to.
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well the thing is I dont have money to buy florastore so will probly start in march or when I get my tax return money...I'm stopped align today. what benefits or what can happen with takeing 2 probiotics at once?
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I don't know if there would be any benefits They are both considered foods supplements so there is no reason why you cannot eat (take) them both at the same time 
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thank u I was looking through heather's newsletters and clicked Chocolate Cheesecake Brownies and noticed the Equalactin ad..have you tried this? I think I'm buying it. SYL,do you cook recipes? just wondering if you were good at cooking and new alot.
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http://en.allexperts.com/q/Family-Internal-Medicine-969/Probiotics.htm
"For the product to work it must be alive when you swallow it. For a product to be live it must have been refrigerated for its entire life until it is swallowed. Many of the products tested by consumer labs, the probiotics are killed in storage, shipping, and on the shelf. Therefore the best appears to be the Stonyfield yogurt products, since even a teaspoon before each meal and at bedtime works better than all the products out there that are not live when you take them."
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I do the cooking in our house. I use relatively few recipes. I like to invent my own
Equalactin, Fiber Lax, FiberCon, Fiberlax, Fibernorm, Konsyl Fiber and Perdiem Fiber contain the same ingredient - polycarbophil. It is a synthetic soluble fiber that isn't degraded by bacteria and therefore no gas should be produced because it isn't easily fermented by colonic bacteria. Polycarbophil has been shown to give relief of global IBS symptoms and ease of stool passage. It does not seem to significantly improve abdominal pain or bloating.
Reference
Bijkerk, C. J., Muris, J. W. M., Knottnerus, J. A., Hoes, A. W., & De Wit, N. J. (2004). Systematic review: the role of different types of fibre in the treatment of irritable bowel syndrome . Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics
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Well - it is sort of true - but rather misleading.
In order for a probiotic to work it is true that it must be alive and capable of pass through strong acid and digestive enzymes in the stomach and small intestine.
The following statement is incorrect "For a product to be live it must have been refrigerated for its entire life until it is swallowed."
Probiotics can be freeze dried and packaged in special ways so that they do not need to be refridgerated. Align is a perfect example.
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would you say crushed pineaple is ibs d safe? well not actual d but lots of incomplete evacuation. definently no hard or dry stool,sometimes good consistency and mushy or too soft sometimes almost d stuck inside..allin one day.. I have 3 pieces of chicken out there is a crock pot recipe I was going to try but I am leaving out potatoes and onions so I would have to add just celery as the vegtable then some spices. If pineeaple is safe..what can I do with that and chicken that does not contain onions,garlic,potoatos? Celery seems fine to me. Peas,spinach,green beans,corn,beans do not..not sure about green belle peper..might be fine  do have celery,some turkey bacon,chicken and vegtable broth lots of seasonings,rice,pasta to cook with,am going shoping tonight for fat free saltines,strawberries,and maybe 1 or 2 other things. any suggestions what to add to my list? oh I have some milled flax for smoothies,what do u think of that? do u think one banana,a kiwi and like 3 strawberries would be safe in a smoothie?
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