Goats Yoghurt and Pro-biotics

[Guest guest]

Hi all,

I have been making goats yoghurt (more like cheese actually) and having about 2

3rds of a cup a day in my morning smoothie - more than that and I'm in trouble.

Originally I was diagnosed with IBS/IBD/Leaky Gut (they really don't know what

the cause is), and with that I did a Metametrix stool test which showed I had an

overgrowth of both good an bad bacteria. I stopped seeing the naturopath as she

was wedded to SCD illegals and I was getting sicker on the supplements she had

me on. My question is, if anyone knows, whether I should be taking a pro-biotic

as well as the goats yoghurt?

I have only just got my bms back on track and had to use Digestive enzymes to

get a balance as I lurched from C to D constantly, though that could also be

because of the huge gallbladder stone which now has to be removed.

I just don't want to go back to the " too much of all bacteria " situation I had

before.

Thanks

IBS/IBD/Leaky Gut - 40 yrs

SCD 2 months

[Guest guest]

Hi all,

Thanks for the feedback. I've just come out of hospital with 5 potholes in my

torso - very attractive, and am now gallbladder-free. It will be interesting to

see what happens from here. The D has already started, but given all the

intravenous antibiotics and drugs they pumped in, I'm not surprised. I've gone

back to intro and am taking Probex which is a good brand probiotic here - can't

cope with Goats or cow's milk yoghurt right now.

The test I had done was a stool culture by a company called Metametrix out of

Duluth in Georgia. They provide a mail service for Australia and my naturopath

then talked to them about the results. It's not cheap though - $400.

56

IBS/IBD - 40 years

Restricted diet

SCD since Feb 10

-- In BTVC-SCD , " evenstrangerquark "

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> What tests do you all use to find out what is going on in your guts? I read

about the Organic Acid Test, but that is all so far. I don't know what

probiotics are helping or hurting at this point, so I think it's time to find

out. Sorry if this is posted somewhere else and a repeat. Thanks,

>

> Kat

> 27

> UC since June 09

> SCD since Feb 10

> Prednisone, acyclovir, multivitamins

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> > Yes, you can get an overgrowth of " good " or beneficial bacteria just as you

> > can with the " bad " . I came across discussions of this in the medical

> > literature occasionally during the past six years I've been researching

> > nutrition and microbiology. In some instances antibiotics were required to

> > get L. Acidophilus under control again. Remember that our immune systems

> > are part of keeping our gut ecology balanced, and when our immune systems

> > are overwhelmed dealing with other issues, then some microorganisms take

> > advantage and flourish.

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> >

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> > It just means you are careful with how you supplement probiotics. Less is

> > better in most cases. You want the gut ecology to stabilize, get back into

> > balance, improve your immune system.

> >

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> >

> > Kim M.

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> > SCD 6 years

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> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

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> > ..That seems odd that they'd tell you you have an overgrowth of good

> > bacteria! I THINK you should still do some probiotics, though,

> > because seems like you need as many good as possible to help crowd

> > out the bad and repopulate correctly as the died does the baddies in.

> >

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