Re: Bacteria and Culturelle

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-Marilyn-

This just happened to us,too! I thought for sure my daughter would

have yeast but she showed bacteria and no yeast. It wasn't very high

as a high I guess but she is taking one Culturelle a day. How did

you get recommended for GSE? Was that on your form also? Ours just

said a probiotic which my dr agreed with-although I think he would

prefer she take an antibiotic also. I think we saw what you would

call die off. My daughter never had loose stools either before or

after starting the culturelle. She did start to have some moody

behavior the first week-grumpy and teary-then she got very lethargic

and pasty looking. Little appetite for about a week. Now she is

really springing back and happy and has a much,much improved

appetite. She actually asked for tossed salad with her spaghetti the

other night and usually I have to beg her to eat her vegetables :-)

We did have a constipation problem for the first time and I don't

know if its related or not. It may be because while her stomach was

queasy in the first couple of weeks she ate mostly " pasty " foods. She

has no problem taking the Culturelle at all-I put it in juice along

with her enzymes and it has no taste. Let me know about the GSE. I

am curious because I remember asking Dana pretesting if I could just

try giving my daughter GSE and she said not to because if she had a

bacteria and not a yeast problem-which it turned out she did-that the

GSE could aggrevate a bacteria problem. Thanks!! Good luck-I'd love

to hear back how your son does.

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@y..., " marilyn ward " <marilynward@a...> wrote:

> My son's organic acid test revealed a high level of bacteria. This

was very

> surprising as he does not have diarrhea. We have been advised to

give him

> Culturelle and after he has been on this for 2 weeks to also give

him

> grapefruit seed extract. He is 4 years old. Does anyone have

experience

> with these products. What can I expect. How will I know it is

working.

> How long do you use it?

> Any information would be helpful.

> Marilyn3615

[Guest guest]

> My son's organic acid test revealed a high level of bacteria. This

was very

> surprising as he does not have diarrhea. We have been advised to

give him

> Culturelle and after he has been on this for 2 weeks to also give

him

> grapefruit seed extract.

Culturelle is good for bacteria, so that recommendation is good. GSE

kills yeast and the absence of yeast will allow bad bacteria to

overgrow, at least that is what happened for my family. I don't

recommend GSE if it is a bacteria problem.

http://www.autismchannel.net/dana/yeast.htm

Dana

[Guest guest]

-How long do these kids need

to take Culturelle?

I don't know the answer to this but I don't intend to stop it anytime

soon!! I am going to also give it to my infant son before I ever let

him have antibiotics. FYI after I initially ordered the Culturelle

from their website I got my pharmacist to order it in and saved

myself $7.00.

-The recommendation for GSE came from Great Plains Labs

Interesting. I would definitely think about that one. If your son

doesn't have a yeast overgrowth I belive it would cut back the normal

yeast amount too much thus leaving him vulnerable to the bacteria.

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In @y..., " marilyn ward " <marilynward@a...> wrote:

> :

> Thanks for the info. I really appreciate it. How long do these

kids need

> to take Culturelle?

> . Most responses are

> telling me not to use GSE so I'm going to investigate some more on

that

> issue.

> Marilyn

> [ ] Re: Bacteria and Culturelle

>

>

> -Marilyn-

> This just happened to us,too! I thought for sure my daughter

would

> have yeast but she showed bacteria and no yeast. It wasn't very

high

> as a high I guess but she is taking one Culturelle a day. How did

> you get recommended for GSE? Was that on your form also? Ours just

> said a probiotic which my dr agreed with-although I think he would

> prefer she take an antibiotic also. I think we saw what you would

> call die off. My daughter never had loose stools either before or

> after starting the culturelle. She did start to have some moody

> behavior the first week-grumpy and teary-then she got very

lethargic

> and pasty looking. Little appetite for about a week. Now she is

> really springing back and happy and has a much,much improved

> appetite. She actually asked for tossed salad with her spaghetti

the

> other night and usually I have to beg her to eat her vegetables :-

)

> We did have a constipation problem for the first time and I don't

> know if its related or not. It may be because while her stomach

was

> queasy in the first couple of weeks she ate mostly " pasty " foods.

She

> has no problem taking the Culturelle at all-I put it in juice

along

> with her enzymes and it has no taste. Let me know about the GSE.

I

> am curious because I remember asking Dana pretesting if I could

just

> try giving my daughter GSE and she said not to because if she had

a

> bacteria and not a yeast problem-which it turned out she did-that

the

> GSE could aggrevate a bacteria problem. Thanks!! Good luck-I'd

love

> to hear back how your son does.

>

> --

In

> @y..., " marilyn ward " <marilynward@a...> wrote:

> > My son's organic acid test revealed a high level of bacteria.

This

> was very

> > surprising as he does not have diarrhea. We have been advised

to

> give him

> > Culturelle and after he has been on this for 2 weeks to also

give

> him

> > grapefruit seed extract. He is 4 years old. Does anyone have

> experience

> > with these products. What can I expect. How will I know it is

> working.

> > How long do you use it?

> > Any information would be helpful.

> > Marilyn3615

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

My younger son had bacteria overgrowth and we did the Culturelle. It

helped noticeably. Great Plains said Culturelle was THE ONE for

bacteria. He felt a little " sicker " for a couple days but then felt

much better. He was a bit more lethargic, headaches, blah all over,

lower appetite...I think that is his standard " die-off " reaction. I

now give the 20 billion strength capsules...but to save money, I

give one every other day since once you get the

strains " established " they can last well up to a week.

www.vrp.com has it on sale 20% every 3 months (20 billion strength),

and www.vitacost.com has it discounted about that much all the time.

I might try having our pharmacist order it though and see if we get

such a discount. Culturelle comes in 10 or 20 billion strength sizes

so make sure you know which you are getting.

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