inulin? / arabinogalactans?

[Guest guest]

I am still kind of torn on this inulin thing. It seems like it would

be such a beautiful balance of nature to provide us with something

that would easily reestablish the careful balance in our gut, but that

does not seem to be my experience.

I went through a whole bottle of NOW inulin within a week and my

symptoms were, other than the normal gas and bloating: increased

inflamation, nasal congestion, white goop on tongue throughout the

day, longer sleep, and headaches(which are unusual for me). Does this

sound like die-off?

I was going through the curezone forums trying to find info on inulin

and found alot of people for and alot of people against. There was

also the mention of arabinogalactans as a prebiotic. Know anything

about that?

Also, your inulin reference page you link everyone to, none of the

charts or anything show candida's response to inulin. The anaerobes

are the ones that respond really well, are those the bifido?

greg

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[Guest guest]

Greg, candida's response to inulin is indeed part of the " inulin

references " I posted to my inulin references page, in Tungland's

Comprehensive Scientific Review that I scanned in around 8 years ago.

http://tinyurl.com/inulin-references

Here's a snip; the 2,1 inulin is a FOS subset composed of 2 fructose

and 1 glucose, three molecules in all. The longer chains can NOT be

broken by these organisms; inulin goes up to around 160 links but most

of it is 4-60 links.

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In addition to bacteria, some yeasts also have active exo-inulinase

enzyme to break the 2, 1 - of inulin. They can potentially grow in

periods following antibiotic therapy or in individuals that are

immune-compromised. Further, dietary habits can also alter normally

healthy gut microflora and create situations for opportunistic yeast

overgrowth, cause thrush in breast feed infants, and other health

problems related to candidiasis. However, because yeasts are primarily

opportunistic pathogens their overgrowth is normally controlled and

candidiasis prevented by competition provided from healthy, lactic

acid producing organisms that are nourished selectively by inulin. Of

approximately 590 species of yeasts only 13 have clinical significance

and only five of the 13 have positive or variable growth on inulin

(Barnett et al., 1990), Table 4.

Organism Growth response*

Candida albicans -

Candida glabrata -

Candida parapsilosis -

Candida tropicalis -

Cryptococcus albidus -

Cryptococcus laurentii V

Filobasidiefla neoformans V

Issatchemkia orientalis -

Kluyveromyces marxianus V

Pichia gulliermondii +

Rhodotroula mucilaginosa V

Trichosporon beigelii -

Table 4. Yeasts most commonly isolated clinically and their growth

characteristics on inulin.

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The people against inulin are frankly underinformed and working on the

suspicion fostered by SCD zealots. The SCD should have been updated

more than 10 years ago and the innuendo and guesswork removed from the

book, but alas, it looks like this will never happen.

Anyway, read the whole work Greg for a real understanding of how the

bowel ecology and the whole body is supported by inulin in the diet.

Duncan

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