Re: Lactobacillus in Stool

[Guest guest]

At 11:59 AM 1/24/2010, you wrote:

Do you think people with gut

issues are just more likely to have no lactobacillus

growth?

I think that it takes TIME to balance gut ecology.

—

Marilyn

New

Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001

Darn Good SCD Cook

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[Guest guest]

> I saw in a recent email about 'no more bifidus' that their stool test

> showed no lactobacillus growth. I just had a stool test too, and MINE

> showed no lactobacillus growth, even though I've been eating the

> yogurt for forever. Do you think people with gut issues are just more

> likely to have no lactobacillus growth?

You are not very likely to get a lot of lactobacillus growth on the SCDiet

because the diet does not provide a very pro-bacteria environment,

even for things like acidophilus.

That's why we eat so much of it everyday.

I bet the person who wrote that email did not know that.

Bifidus seems to have stronger capabilities of settling in

and colonizing - that may be why it can tend to overcolonize

in some guts.

Mara