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[Raptor87]

I got this box with a microbe cultivation- juice as a gift!? It's supposed to support gastrointestinal health. I know that people who are in to raw food promote this. I heard it was pretty expensive so I am wondering if the product is worth the buck? It seems legit and needs to be refrigerated so it wont be spoiled. I feel that my stomach is better but it could just as easily be that I switched diets recently. I think our intestinal health is probably one of the biggest concerns in modern life to achieve good health. A healthy diet might not do shit if it was that there is something wrong in our intestinal environment. They are called probiotics! Does anyone know more about this?

The contents of the juice is: (check links)

Lactobacillus plantarum
Lactobacillus casei
Lactobacillus bulgaricus
Lactobacillus fermentum
Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Molasses

Additional content:

Enzymes
H2O

Some articles!

http://shs.osu.edu/b...what-do-they-do
http://health.howstu...e/probiotic.htm
http://happyherbivor...still-anti-sup/
http://www.ibsgroup....l-offer-advice/
http://www.betterhea...pics/probiotics

What do you guys say. Does the doc go kvack!?

Edited by Brainfogged, 28 May 2013 - 01:09 AM.

[Raptor87]

Short introduction on how probiotics work and what they do! (Utube)

Importance on gut- flora.

BBC- health check! (It seems to be a matter of roulette finding the accurate probiotics for the right person).

Baby breast milk gut flora connection.

As an Associate Investigator of the Harvard Clinical Nutrition Research Center (HCNRC) at MGH, she studies the role of breast milk in modulating gut mucosal responses in allergic disease.

Celiac disease.

Scientists are pursuing some intriguing possibilities. One is thatbreast-feeding may protect against the disease. Another is that we have neglected the teeming ecosystem of microbes in the gut — bacteria that may determine whether the immune system treats gluten as food or as a deadly invader.

Here is some info on the digestive system and brain function.

"We were interested in finding a link between certain compounds that are produced by bacteria in the digestive system — particularly those occurring with early childhood infections."
The bacteria produce propionic acid, a short chain fatty acid, which in addition to existing in the gut, is commonly found in bread and dairy products, MacFabe said.To test their hypothesis that diet plays a part in generating autistic behaviour, UWO scientists administered the compound to rats' brains."They immediately engaged in bouts of repetitive behaviour, hyperactivity and impaired social behaviours which had close similarity to what parents are seeing with autism," MacFabe said.When the rats' brains were examined later, they were found to have inflammatory processes similar to those in the brains of autistic children, he said."We found, looking at the rats' brains under the microscope, changes that looked a lot like what's occurred from autopsy cases of patients who had autism."It's remarkable that a simple compound like propionic acid would have such a dramatic effect on "normal" animals, he said.

I hope it will resolve some of my problems. My feces seem to be more darker and mushier. It seems that it has improved my digestion:D Although I am not totally sure because as I said, I recently switched my diet to consume more fruit fibers which consequently changes the consistency of stool.

Edited by Brainfogged, 29 May 2013 - 04:15 PM.