Looking for suggestions on a good high quality probiotic. I'm not having any issues, but from what I have read it can certainly be beneficial to a post WLS patient like me.

A doctor recommended I take a probiotic called BACID. It's a bit pricey, about $33.00 for 100 tablets and you have to take 2 a day. I'm not sure why but Walmart doesn't keep it on the shelf with the rest of the Probiotics (maybe because of the cost). They keep it behind the counter at the pharmacy and I have to ask for it. However, you can order it from amazon. You can go on there and check out the reviews. I've used it for years and it has helped me.

Edited January 24, 201610 yr by animallover1247

I went to the vitamin Shoppe and bought a 200 billion probiotic....it is refrigerated...any of the 50 billion and up will work.I open up the capsule and drop it in a teaspoon of Greek yogurt.I also bought acidophilus from Amazon.Tastes like spoiled yogurt.

Generally when you undergo surgery, you may be given antibiotics to protect you from the various germs in the hospital that might infect you. But these antibiotics kill not only the bad germs but also the good ones. Therefore when you leave the hospital it is important to reestablish the good bacteria in your gut. Many times after surgery you might experience diarrhea because of a lack of good bacteria in your gut. This is where probiotics come in.

There are a variety of probiotics. They vary in a few different ways. They are the number of different strains of good bacteria and the number of live bacteria cells per culture. The probiotic that I used had 10 friendly strains and 4 billion live bacteria cells per capsule [CFU]. It worked for me but you can find others with more strains and more CFUs.

I take probiotics daily. It really helps to keep your gut bacteria healthy. Surgery, antibiotics, the large amounts of sugar free products all wreck the natural balance of our flora and fauna. I get mine at Sprouts Markets. I get the Quattro and it runs about $45 a bottle I think. It's in the refrigerated section. I wouldn't trust a probiotic that wasn't refrigerated.