Clostridia

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Hi,

Just wanted to bounce a couple thing I have learned about clostridia in

hopes of gathering more information to support or counter the information. I

have read that clostrdia and Bifidobacterium strain(Probiotics) compete for the

same food lactose. Currently I was just using cultrelle(L.GG) to treat the

clostridia but I have since added a bifidombacterium strains and I do notice a

bit of a difference in my son when I use both versus just using one.

Because clostridia feed on lactose, I was planning on adding a Lactose

enzyme which in theory should destroy the food source and help clear out some of

the problem.

Another thing I had read was that clostridia can maintain viable counts in

the presence of Phytic acid. My son is a peanutbutter-aholic which could mean

high numbers of phytic acid which I have read inhibits the absorption of zinc.

My adhd'r needs all the zinc he can get. So, I was thinking of adding the enzyme

phytase to break down the phtic acid and make the zinc more readily available.

Any thoughts?

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