Re: Confused about probiotics

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Back around Christmas, I started flaring, my doctor was out until Jan 5.  I started taking two acidolpholus pills 3x per day.  Basically morning, afternoon and at bedtime.  Within two days, I was ok again.  It depends on where you start like Marilyn explained.  That may have been overkill but then again, it seemed like it was needed and I was glad to have that option.

 

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On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 9:14 AM, Wizop Marilyn L. Alm wrote:

 

At 08:41 AM 4/23/2010, you wrote:

I am getting very conflicting reports about when to take probiotics so they will be effective. Do you take on a full stomach so your stomach acidity doesn't kill it? I've also read that you're supposed to take it a half hour or an hour before you eat, with your first bite of food, or before you go to bed. Are there are any reliable sources of info that someone can point to me that can tell me the right way to do this?

Ellen,The reason you hear so many conflicting reports is, like everything else on this diet, a matter of what works for you.What works for me is to take my s. boulardii 30-40 minutes before I eat or two hours after I eat. Then I either have some yogurt or some acidophilus when I eat. I do s. boulardii before breakfast and before dinner, usually, and acidophilus with dinner. I have yogurt any time the mood strikes me.<grin>

Someone else may have a different dosing schedule which works best for them. A third and fourth person may have a couple more methods which work for THEM. That's why there are so many different methods. SCD is not " one size fits all. "

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