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Re: New probiotic " balanced biotic"
11/26/07 10:32 PM

steve333

Reged: 08/01/04
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Don't bother with Align, it doesn't have enough of a count to help much and only has one probiotic in it. To top it off it has artificial coloring, sugar and milk proteins.
I haven't been to the boards for a while but I feel I must chime in here.
Do not take a probiotic that has inulin or fos in it-they both can cause gas.
Bloating for a few days is normal with a good strong probiotic because the good guys are trying to crowd out the bad guys-it could take a few days for the bad bacteris to die off and get eliminated.
The best brands I have researched are Theralac and VSL#3. Both are a little pricey but worth it-and both should be refrigerated (this is a good thing, it means the little buggers are actually alive.
After dosing with one capsule a day for 2 weeks you can taper off to 2 capsules per week to keep the colonies alive.
People with IBS most definitely should be on probiotics, it is one of the most important things to take and complete relief would be unlikely without them.
One other note-if you have diarrhea constantly there is one product thats easy to find at Whole Foods (I like to call them Whole Paycheck) and at Henrys or other local health food stores-its called Natures Way Primadophilous Reuteri. There are a few different Primadophilous products so make sure it says Reuteri on it. Whole Foods is a rip-off so if you can get it elsewhere you'll save 5 bucks.
Hope this was helpful-I have 20 years in the health food business and have had IBS for over 30 years (they used to call it colitis, then spastic colon, now IBS). Whatever they call it it ain't fun!
I have some more supplement tips I need to put up somewhere around here.

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11/26/07 01:18 PM

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11/26/07 03:05 PM

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11/26/07 03:17 PM

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11/26/07 03:22 PM

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11/26/07 03:26 PM

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11/26/07 02:18 PM

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11/26/07 10:32 PM

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11/27/07 04:30 AM

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11/27/07 07:53 AM

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11/27/07 04:17 PM

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11/27/07 06:17 PM

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11/27/07 06:23 PM

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11/27/07 10:10 PM

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11/28/07 01:31 AM

Re:Thanks, Syl! -nt-
lalala
11/28/07 09:43 AM

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11/26/07 07:24 PM

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11/27/07 04:43 AM

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11/27/07 08:10 AM

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11/27/07 08:46 AM

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11/27/07 08:48 AM

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11/27/07 10:15 AM

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11/27/07 05:07 AM

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11/27/07 05:13 AM

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11/28/07 06:35 AM

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Syl
11/28/07 06:39 AM

Tinkerbelle are you still taking a probiotic?
auntdebs318
11/26/07 03:52 PM

FOS
Jordy
11/28/07 06:22 AM

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11/26/07 07:05 PM

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