Guest guest Posted July 18, 2010 Report Share Posted July 18, 2010 As I am reading and learning more about the gut, which I find so incredibly fascinating, I am wondering if I shouldn't have my entire gang taking a Probiotic even though we don't have the GI issues that my son has. Can anyone here speak to the benefits of taking probiotics for people who are " healthy " in this regard? We are not a family that eats alot of processed food anyway but we also can't do everything organic due to cost. I make most things from scratch and try to avoid additives etc. So should we all take a probiotic and what benefits would we see? Eileen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 18, 2010 Report Share Posted July 18, 2010 > As I am reading and learning more about the gut, which I find so incredibly fascinating, I am wondering if I shouldn't have my entire gang taking a Probiotic even though we don't have the GI issues that my son has. Can anyone here speak to the benefits of taking probiotics for people who are " healthy " in this regard? We are not a family that eats alot of processed food anyway but we also can't do everything organic due to cost. I make most things from scratch and try to avoid additives etc. So should we all take a probiotic and what benefits would we see? Yep. You should all be on them. One way or the other, whether through yogurt or fermented foods or a supplement. Benefits - maintaining a healthy gut, healthy immune system. This kind of eating used to be the way people ate, but convenience food has made a lot of it go out of favor. Mara Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 18, 2010 Report Share Posted July 18, 2010 What if the person has gut problems (active crohn's), but eats SAD? My mom and I have been wondering if we should encourage my dad to take probiotics, but I think I may have read somewhere that Elaine didn't recommend it for people like my dad. Does anyone know? Holly Crohn's SCD 12/01/08 > > > As I am reading and learning more about the gut, which I find so incredibly fascinating, I am wondering if I shouldn't have my entire gang taking a Probiotic even though we don't have the GI issues that my son has. Can anyone here speak to the benefits of taking probiotics for people who are " healthy " in this regard? We are not a family that eats alot of processed food anyway but we also can't do everything organic due to cost. I make most things from scratch and try to avoid additives etc. So should we all take a probiotic and what benefits would we see? > > > Yep. You should all be on them. One way or the other, whether > through yogurt or fermented foods or a supplement. > Benefits - maintaining a healthy gut, healthy immune system. This kind of eating > used to be the way people ate, but convenience food > has made a lot of it go out of favor. > > Mara > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 19, 2010 Report Share Posted July 19, 2010 Unless he is highly reactive to things like probiotics or extremely sensitive to gut stuff even though he ignores it, I would give it a try. But, then, I don't recall ever reading that passage by Elaine - so if she has some specific advice that I don't know, ignore this. But it is the traditional way to eat, and the gut gets repopulated by healthy critters. It's the thinking behind such products as VSL - sold to people with IBD who are not on gut diets. Mara > What if the person has gut problems (active crohn's), but eats SAD? My mom and I have been wondering if we should encourage my dad to take probiotics, but I think I may have read somewhere that Elaine didn't recommend it for people like my dad. Does anyone know? > > Holly > Crohn's > SCD 12/01/08 > > >> >>> As I am reading and learning more about the gut, which I find so incredibly fascinating, I am wondering if I shouldn't have my entire gang taking a Probiotic even though we don't have the GI issues that my son has. Can anyone here speak to the benefits of taking probiotics for people who are " healthy " in this regard? We are not a family that eats alot of processed food anyway but we also can't do everything organic due to cost. I make most things from scratch and try to avoid additives etc. So should we all take a probiotic and what benefits would we see? >> >> >> Yep. You should all be on them. One way or the other, whether >> through yogurt or fermented foods or a supplement. >> Benefits - maintaining a healthy gut, healthy immune system. This kind of eating >> used to be the way people ate, but convenience food >> has made a lot of it go out of favor. >> >> Mara >> > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 20, 2010 Report Share Posted July 20, 2010 I found the source. I wonder if the info still stands today? http://www.breakingtheviciouscycle.info/knowledge_base/kb/probiotics_and_the_sta\ ndard_american_diet.htm Probiotics and the Standard American Diet Elaine writes: You asked, Did I read something on list about if you're not 100% on the diet not to use probotics?? From Elaine, Yes, you did and I meant it to apply to people with IBD. Of course, again, I am alone in the field of alternative and mainstream medicine who says this. But my guide is the fact that the " soil of the body " determines the type of bacteria that survive in the gut. And if one is on SAD, all that starch and sugar down there is bound to cause mutations in the probiotic which are all anerobic bacteria which live on carbohydrate. Holly Crohn's SCD 12/01/08 > > > What if the person has gut problems (active crohn's), but eats SAD? My mom and I have been wondering if we should encourage my dad to take probiotics, but I think I may have read somewhere that Elaine didn't recommend it for people like my dad. Does anyone know? > > > > Holly > > Crohn's > > SCD 12/01/08 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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