Re: Lactobacillus Acidophilus

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Start with a very small amount of the capsule.(see if tolerated) Work

your way up to the full capsule.

If your child is as sensitive as mine is...allergic I assume?...You

may want to consider what Mimi told me on my post " NO Probiotics for a

while? " I think I started mine with way too much probiotic...things

were crazy here...probably just because I went way too fast.

Kind regards,

cathy

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> forgive the spelling. I thought I read on one of the previous posts that

> this increases lactic acid which is bad.

> Do we not give one capsule a day (Kirkmans) or have I read that wrong?

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> Thanks,

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> Tumpa Reinhardt

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> To the world you may be one person, to one person you are the

> world~Anonymous

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[Guest guest]

I have been giving both my boys one capsule a day. I haven't noticed any

adverse effects, should I keep going (they have been on it for over 3

months).

Re: Lactobacillus acidophilus

Start with a very small amount of the capsule.(see if tolerated) Work

your way up to the full capsule.

If your child is as sensitive as mine is...allergic I assume?...You

may want to consider what Mimi told me on my post " NO Probiotics for a

while? " I think I started mine with way too much probiotic...things

were crazy here...probably just because I went way too fast.

Kind regards,

cathy

>

> forgive the spelling. I thought I read on one of the previous posts that

> this increases lactic acid which is bad.

> Do we not give one capsule a day (Kirkmans) or have I read that wrong?

>

> Thanks,

>

> Tumpa Reinhardt

>

> To the world you may be one person, to one person you are the

> world~Anonymous

>

[Guest guest]

That is the correct dose. 3 billion cfus . I think you just stay with

that dose.

cathy

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> > forgive the spelling. I thought I read on one of the previous

posts that

> > this increases lactic acid which is bad.

> > Do we not give one capsule a day (Kirkmans) or have I read that

wrong?

> >

> > Thanks,

> >

> > Tumpa Reinhardt

> >

> > To the world you may be one person, to one person you are the

> > world~Anonymous

> >

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[Guest guest]

Hi ,

<< Is there a link to a discussion with Elaine about why you are only

to use the Lactobacillus Acidophilus? I can't find much except that

other strains might feed bad bugs. I'm thinking that there must be

more info than that. Is there?

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Here are some quotes from Elaine from the Lyris files:

" However, there is still a need in the

process for some (not lots) of healthy type of bacteria like

Lactobacillus acidophilus to be given a chance to take up residence.

And again, they usually should have a source of lactose and most

probiotics containing Lactobacillus acidophilus due have tiny

amounts. " from http://lyris.dundee.net/read/messages?id=257860#257860

" ...You are not killing off all the bacteria; you are changing their

characteristics. For example, E.. coli, a normal inhabitant of the

gut, can change to a pathological form when the acid/alkaline

environement of the gut changes. We are changing " the soil " in which

bacteria are growing and changing some harmful forms to normal

healthy forms. Which brings me back to the probiotics again. Yes, for

those who can tolerate the yogurt, fine BUT since most yogurt

contains only bacteria that are usually not permanent residents of

the gut (Lactobacillus acidophilus and Streptococcus thermophilus) it

is good to also have a source for Lactobacillus acidophilus which IS

considered a bacteria which CAN TAKE UP RESIDENCE and replace some of

the bacteria which will be killed off. But not all of them are being

killed, they are being changed in their metabolic characteristics. "

from http://lyris.dundee.net/read/messages?id=257571#257571

" As for probiotics, this area has been drowned in so much confusing

stuff. In my opinion, any practitioner that recommends probiotics

while someone is on the standard American diet doesn't have a clue!

My child was on homemade yogurt and a probiotic of Lactobacillus

acidophilus. I spent many hours doing library research when I wrote

my first book and the confusion ran rampant. I refused to put the

chapter in my book because everything I wrote which I had gotten from

the literature was very confusing and certainly far from convincing.

And then when companies began putting in FOS to help the probiotic

bacteria grow, I saw RED!

It was so dumb and I believe very harmful to do this.

So, I have stayed with Lactobacillus acidophilus not going over 3

billion per day and with the cultures in yogurt for those who have

decided to try dairy. "

http://lyris.dundee.net/read/messages?id=255202#255202

Other strains of bacteria won't feed " bad bugs " but they may become

bad bugs. Bifidum bacteria are the new " darlings " of the probiotic

world. Unfortunatly, we have had countless reports of people who

went against Elaine's recomendations, added in the bifidum and ended

up in flares. (I took bifidum and had a flare-up in the first year

on SCD). My thinking is that under normal circumstances bifidum

bacteria may be a good bacteria. However, when a person starts the

SCD they change the environment of their body and bacteria like the

bifidum can mutate or overgrow causing bowel problems.

Elaine wanted us to stay with L. acidophilus as our probiotic because

it has had much research, lots of positive feedback from other SCDers

and because it is a natural inhabitant of the gut.

Sheila, SCD Feb. 2001, UC 23 yrs

mom of Em and Dan