New Probiotic Combats Inflammatory Bowel Disease
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MBombardier
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New Probiotic Combats Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Marliss Bombardier
Dum spiro, spero -- While I breathe, I hope
Psoriasis - the dark ages
Hashimoto's Thyroiditis - Dec 2001
Collagenous Colitis - Sept 2010
Granuloma Annulare - June 2011
Dum spiro, spero -- While I breathe, I hope
Psoriasis - the dark ages
Hashimoto's Thyroiditis - Dec 2001
Collagenous Colitis - Sept 2010
Granuloma Annulare - June 2011
Marliss,
Did you notice that they used a GMO version of an existing probiotic strain?
Tex
Did you notice that they used a GMO version of an existing probiotic strain?
It will be interesting to see what the anti-GMO crowd has to say about using GMO organisms to treat disease. I'm guessing that this is probably the future of medicine, because even Big Pharma will probably embrace it, since it should allow them to patent the organism as a "drug", and make a fortune off it, similar to Monsanto's monopoly of the GMO seed buisness in agriculture. (That is, they stand to make a fortune if they can somehow get it past Monsanto's existing patents, which may prove to be a formidable task).Northwestern Medicine researchers deleted a gene in the probiotic Lactobacillus acidophilus and fed the new form to mice with two different models of colitis. After 13 days of treatment, the novel probiotic strain nearly eliminated colon inflammation in the mice and halted progression of their disease by 95 percent.
Tex
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.
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TooManyHats
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It makes me wonder why so many of us have problems with probiotics.
I found one that is g/f, d/f, and s/f. I tried it and my bm's seem to be going backwards. Perhaps I should have tried a reduced dose at first. I took the full dose the full time. There's also some debate as to whether probiotics should be taken on a full stomach vs an empty stomach. I always thought an empty stomach was better, but this probiotic's instructions recommend taking it with food and liquid. I took it on an empty stomach. I'm waiting for things to calm down and may consider a smaller dose at first and working my way up to the full dose, and taking it with food? I obviously have no idea what I'm doing, which frustrates me.
I found one that is g/f, d/f, and s/f. I tried it and my bm's seem to be going backwards. Perhaps I should have tried a reduced dose at first. I took the full dose the full time. There's also some debate as to whether probiotics should be taken on a full stomach vs an empty stomach. I always thought an empty stomach was better, but this probiotic's instructions recommend taking it with food and liquid. I took it on an empty stomach. I'm waiting for things to calm down and may consider a smaller dose at first and working my way up to the full dose, and taking it with food? I obviously have no idea what I'm doing, which frustrates me.
Arlene
Progress, not perfection.
Progress, not perfection.
Arlene,
Don't feel like the Lone Ranger. Such problems are common. The probiotics industry is still in it's infancy, and still using training wheels. As a whole, the industry really doesn't know what it's doing, yet, but everyone stays hopeful that progress will eventually be made.
Tex
Don't feel like the Lone Ranger. Such problems are common. The probiotics industry is still in it's infancy, and still using training wheels. As a whole, the industry really doesn't know what it's doing, yet, but everyone stays hopeful that progress will eventually be made.
Tex
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.
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MBombardier
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No, I did not notice that it was a GMO strain!! @##%^$%*&^%!!!Arlene, FWIW, I use kombucha for my probiotics, and I am about to re-introduce kefir, both of which I make at home. I saw somewhere that some have good results in their IBD with kefir. Of course, though the kefir takes care of the lactose, if you are casein-sensitive, it would not be a good idea.
Marliss Bombardier
Dum spiro, spero -- While I breathe, I hope
Psoriasis - the dark ages
Hashimoto's Thyroiditis - Dec 2001
Collagenous Colitis - Sept 2010
Granuloma Annulare - June 2011
Dum spiro, spero -- While I breathe, I hope
Psoriasis - the dark ages
Hashimoto's Thyroiditis - Dec 2001
Collagenous Colitis - Sept 2010
Granuloma Annulare - June 2011
The biochemist, Elaine Gottschall, recommends probiotics for IBD but she doesn't recommend the ones with anything but L. Acidophilus. No bifidum, no inulin or FOS. I couldn't stay on her diet but I am having some success with Scdolphilus from GI Pro Health. It is SCD legal, they call it. Means she would approve. I had looked and looked to find one without the added ingredients and never was able to find one until I went on her diet. My multiple intolerances kept me from staying on her diet but I did find that probiotic through the SCD forum. I think it is helping me. It's not a cure all but another piece of the puzzle. Now if my MRT results will come in soon I may have another piece of the puzzle.
Pat
Pat