Microbiome part 2! (Patreon)

My microbiome is way off lately lol I feel SOOOO bloated 😩😩 Need SRS self care time 

Video transcript with citations: 

What do you need to know about your gut microbiome? Part 2 of… several:

So what type of probiotic should you be taking? Here are some answers.

How do you know there are actually live critters in there? Check the bottle and make sure it guarantees live units at time of EXPIRATION, not at manufacturing.

You can check for a product certification mark from the National Science Foundation that looks like this it means that SOMEONE qualified was paying attention during the manufacturing process. Peep the comments for a list of registered ones. https://info.nsf.org/Certified/Dietary/Listings.asp?StandardExt=&TradeName=probiotic&CompanyName=&PlantCountry=&ProductType=&search=Search

Remember that science still doesn’t know which SPECIES are responsible for the beneficial effects of probiotics. So find one that offers a diverse array of species and strains to cover your bases.

These bacteria are sensitive. Refrigerate your probiotic when you get it, because even shelf-stable preparations of probiotics can lose potency over time as bacteria die off from warmth and moisture.

What about all that kimchi and kombucha you’re housing? The types and number of beneficial bacteria in fermented foods can fluctuate wildly, but yogurt seems to be the best, and most stable, source of multiple genuses of bacteria (Rezac, Kok, Heerman, and Hutkins, 2018)

Now, if we want to get into more experimental, biohacking territory, in the realm of lightly mad science, if you wanted to try taking your probiotic with an antacid, especially one containing alginate compounds like Gaviscon does, you’d likely be increasing the survival rate there as well. (Rashidinejad et al, 2020)