Re: genotype and probiotics

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http://www.4yourtype.com/probiotic.asp

Connie

[ ] genotype and probiotics

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> I like getting the probiotics because it's specific to your blood type. The

argument is, the probiotic that is good for one blood type is bad for another

blood type. I don't know if that's true, but I'd rather be safe than sorry.

Theoretically there is probably a link between genotype (not bloodgroup AFAIK)

and best choice of probiotics. But the science is really lacking, it is way too

early for this, it is a really complicated subject.

In general, I think it would be best to use probiotics with many different types

of organisms, and not the current types with one or just a few different types

of organism (usually all of them are from the same group of bacteria). But I

don't think there is anything like that on the market. Taking Kefir comes close

I guess

I agree that diet can be important for recovery, partly because of its influence

on probiotics and not just because of 'allergies' or need of certain

supplements. But after reading about some of these blood type diets I gave up,

the advice from different websites/docs is often very contradictory. Which makes

me think that there is very little actual fact (maybe some statistical truths)

and lots of guessing.

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> Does this help?

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> http://www.4yourtype.com/probiotic.asp

that's surprisingly good scientific background info

they also mention that they use more complex probiotic mixtures instead of just

a few strains, which is very good - but there is no detailed info on this.

There is a general weak point: I don't doubt that there is some statistical

association between gut bacteria and bloodtype (or between which bacteria act

friendly and bloodtype), but the individual variation is probably FAR bigger

than this statistical association. Even more so in the modern world where many

people have 'mixed' race/genetics.

We also know that the link between genetics (DNA sequence) and phenotype (e.g.

what foods are good for you) is far weaker than was expected one generation or

so ago. Genetics is not hard data, the outcome is influenced by many

environmental factors (most of which are beyonod our control). This is why most

genetic tests are totally useless.

Still, I think it is a promising approach (there is lots of scientific

publications about this lately). In ten years or so this might play a more

important role in healthcare. I also read an interesting story about baldness (a

potential billion dollar market in humans) as a result of 'intestinal stress',

that was cured (in mice...) with just a few days treatment of one specific

'astressin-B' protein. It's all in the gut