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Getting ready to start Probiotics...tips?So over the Thanksgiving weekend I want to try to start Blake on probiotics to kill off the yeast overgrowth. What exactly should I expect? Should I start slow and increase the dose? once a day or more? Also, I am wondering how likely it is that he will have bad diahrea and for how long should I expect it? I'm am anticipating behavior like we saw when we cut out Casein. Agressive, lots of stimming, etc for about 7-10 days. But his preschool wont take him with diahrea so this is my biggest concern right now. Also, once he starts bouncing back, do I still continue to give him the probiotics daily, or is this something you just give when the yeast builds up.
Thanks, Shanda He is 30 lbs, btw.Shandalyn, what probiotic is it? You can start with one capsule daily and slowly go up. My girl gets 6 capsules per day and is 54 pounds. You give probitoics daily. I think it's a maintenence thing, though. If he has bad bacteria, he needs a prescription antibiotic. Or antifungal for yeast. Diflucan is a good one. Bacteria and yeast are two sides of a coin, but the chemistry is immensely complex. If autistics, yeast tends to kill off the bacteria because the stomach acid in autistics is genetically low. Even in non-autistics, the bacteria can go to nearly zero, causing major health problems. Replacing these bacteria is necessary for the healing, prevention of a relapse, and for immune system health. But replacing will have to be a daily chore, and might have to be assisted under the supervision of a good doctor. The average healthy adult human, has about 70 trillion bacteria living in the digestive system. This sounds absurd, but it is a fairly good estimate. The number of different varieties is hard to estimate, but they do dozens of different jobs. Some clean up protein waste, others carbohydrate waste, others raise or lower ph levels, some kill yeast, and others help us digest our food. Some bacteria's only job is to help keep bacteria alive. It is impossible to overstate how complex the system is. When toxins, prescriptions, diets and genetics kill off the bacteria, yeast infections take over. Candida is the most well known, but there are many others. These yeast infections spread and mutate, and become very hard to kill. They colonize the stomach, weaken the immune system, and can cause “leaky gut” syndrome, where people have severe reactions to gluten and casein even when they are not allergic. Most probiotics have millions of live cells (at the time of manufacture), but it is not nearly enough to compete with a yeast infection. Not only do you have to add probiotic, but you have to kill the yeast. And you might have to do it repeatedly. Unless your using a product that also includes yeast killing enzymes, you need to introduce probiotics regularly and in a large variety. The most prevalent bacterial species in the human body are acidophilus and Bifidobacteria, they inhabit the small intestine and large intestine, respectively, but there is crossover. Everyone talks about acidophilus but Bifidobacteria does not get much respect. Lactobacillus is the “L” in “L acidophilus.” Most humans need a minimum of 20 to 30 species of L acidophilus, but the average is in the hundreds. Look for LGG for example, to see if the LA species is well represented. As I mentioned, there are bacteria whose only job is to eat yeast. There are also enzymes that digest cellulose, hemicellulose, and lipoprotein, which tends to candida. If you combine the two, the enzymes weaken the yeast, and the bacteria start to crowd them out. You will also have to reduce the sugar in the diet, because yeast love sugar, and bacteria don’t care. The probiotics also have to be refrigerated. Mold kills probiotics very quickly. Some probiotics just die off anyway, so you have to keep adding them. There are a few natural boosters like garlic that will help kill of the yeast, but most of the best tools are prescription only. Finally, remember that when the doctor gives you something to kill off the yeast, you will have a few pretty bad days. Most yeast give off toxins when they die. An adult will have about two pounds of yeast in their body, and the toxins can be frightening. A toddler does not have nearly the same problem, but be prepared for anything. Wow, thanks Low Budget Dave. That was a great resource of info. I have bought Nature's Way. I'll have to check the numbers on it tonight and get myself some activated charcoal. And start adding epsom salt to his bath... We use VSL#3 for 8 weeks then switch to Pro-Bio Gold and rotate. I give it to DS first thing EVERY morning. Then, I try not to feed him anything for 45 mins to an hour - I have heard this is important for absorption. You have to ask a pharmacy to order the VSL but a RX is not required. It has the highest bacteria count I have found (450 billion / packet).
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