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RE: Kefir vs Yogurt
I stated: I make kefir and was using it to try to rebalance the negative effects of antibiotics for a week. Someone just told me that only yogurt has the proper acidophilus properties to repopulate the stomach with the necessary bacteria and that the kefir has bacteria more for colon health. Anyone know anything about this?
In reply, several items/websites were suggested:
-Reuteri by Nature's Way (take it daily for about a month until the organisms fully colonize.)www.naturesway.com - or the good folks at Wholefoods can usually help.
- Mercola.com
-Natren, 1-800-4Natren, also on the web.
-http://www.chiroonline.net/old_LibaryP.html
-Culturelle (Lactobacillus GG) probiotic (at Walgreens. Their website is: culturelle.com. Their site states that the pill is gluten-free.)
As well, I received the following tips:
-Bacteria do not live in the stomach - too acidy. The colon is the only place that we want the nice bacteria to live. If there are bacteria in the small intestine, that is usually called bacterial overgrowth and needs to be treated. There are certainly debates over which is the bestprobiotic(s) - which bacteria, how much, etc. If it makes you feel better - and doesn't make you worse, I think that's all that counts.
-my nutritionist told me to take a probitoics capsule along with l-glutamine WITH EACH MEAL--this will heal leaky gut syndrome in about 4 months as opposed to 5 years with just a gf diet
-Any and all lactic acid cultures improve the environment in the gut so that good bacteria are encouraged. This includes buttermilk, which definitely does not colonize the gut, but has a reputation for restoring normal gut
function after antibiotics. It doesn't matter all that much where the bacteria come from, humans are probably dropping them all the time... it only takes one good bacteria in the right environment to populate it. A good healthy gut will have many species and strains with different abilities.
My thanks to all who responded and the listserv in general.
Carolyn
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