A few years ago I started taking Probiotics (Custom Probiotics capsules). I stopped after seeing some article about a heart infection. I tend to regret stopping because I believe that was related to someone who had a compromised immune system.
Regardless, I take doxycycline daily (half dose), and I think even though I am pretty regular due to my vegetable / fruit intake (cut out grains, starches and pretty much any non-fruit sugars (relatively low fruit diet right now)).
But I think it might be wise for longevity purposes to ensure my gut flora is well maintained especially since I'm on antibiotics. Ok so that's the background.
I bought some (expensive) Theralac yesterday, and what intrigues me is that they imply that 30 billion CFU's * 14 days = 420 billion CFU's being pretty much enough to restore your gut flora balance with those 5 strains (plus then a maintenance dose of 2 caps a week)
What I don't understand is how 420 billion can "make one whole" if you have 100+ trillion bacteria in your gut? We have literally POUNDS of gut bacteria in us, right?
How can even 4 bottles of this stuff make the difference to overcome any "bad guys" in the intestines?
Secondly question - if we have upwards of 100 different strains of "good guys" in our gut... It's just interesting that the most you can get in some of the more uncommon brands, is 10-11 strains. And the most common products have maybe 5 strains. Is 5 stains really "good enough"?
Thank you for helping to increase my wisdom here