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Chronic Health Conditions Discussion and Support

mopinko

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5. yeah it is.

Reply to fadedrose (Reply #4)

Sat May 16, 2015, 11:36 AM

May 2015

i know that drill.

i think there was a thread in health a while back about probiotics. pretty sure that was the gist of it, that the otc ones were not strong enough or not enough species.

i think the real results on this concept were from fecal transplants. making it through the human digestive system from the top is hard to do.

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Probiotic -Till recentlly... [View all] fadedrose May 2015 OP

they are used to give your gut "good" bacteria dixiegrrrrl May 2015 #1

Thank you dixiegrrrrl fadedrose May 2015 #2

If I had the symptoms you are describing... dixiegrrrrl May 2015 #6

My Wife Had To Take Them After A MRSA Regime ProfessorGAC Jul 2015 #10

research has been mixed. i kiss my dog on the mouth. mopinko May 2015 #3

It may have been researched 10 years ago fadedrose May 2015 #4

yeah it is. mopinko May 2015 #5

Mostly, it's the gut friendly bacteria that go into yogurt and kefir Warpy May 2015 #7

If I take an antibiotic, murielm99 Aug 2015 #12

Same here, I live on yogurt and kefir until a week or two after it's all over Warpy Aug 2015 #13

I've been trying and using jomin41 Jun 2015 #8

ahhh...the joys of getting older and "digestives" dixiegrrrrl Jul 2015 #11

no way.... ClintEast Jul 2015 #9