my weight loss has been a little slower than the doctor would like and he recommended I add a probiotic. Any one have any suggestions on what brands to look at and any experiences where adding them helped with your loss? Thanks!!

After surgery, they generally give you antibiotics in the hospital to kill all the bacteria. Unfortunately the antibiotics not only kills the bad bacteria but also the beneficial bacteria in your gut. Thus it is advisable to restore your good bacteria with a probiotic. Probiotics are live bacteria and yeasts that are good for your health, especially your digestive system.

Generally probiotics vary by the number of different type of bacteria strains and the quantity of bacteria within each pill. They can be found on the shelves of many stores in the Vitamin isle. Some are refrigerated.

I looked on Amazon and decided on the Now brand Probiotic -10 with a 50 Billion count. Keep it refrigerated for best results. I've definitely found that my weight loss is better sustained when I take one every day.

I get the refrigerated kind from vitamin shoppe or whole foods ...I am up to 80 million because I really need it.The have various strains....but I can say I feel the difference.No more yeast infections and thrush.

My Nut recommends meta genics ultra flora children's

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What ARE probiotics and WHY does one take them. Does everybody take them or just people who have a problem? Do you take them for life or just for a while?

Probiotics are live bacteria supplements you take to help populate or repopulate the gut with beneficial bacterial strains. A lot of doctors seem to recommend them to us. Most of the research is of shorter term duration, and some of it falls into the realm of complementary nutritional, so I say it really depends on how long you will take them. Like if they are needed to maintenance or some people taking after an insult like illness or antibiotics. I am using some now, but in the future I might just drink/eat fermented foods which are "natural" sources of probiotics like kefir, sauerkraut, kimchee (spelling)? I am only taking them because both the Nut and surgeon suggested it.

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I looked on Amazon and decided on the Now brand Probiotic -10 with a 50 Billion count. Keep it refrigerated for best results. I've definitely found that my weight loss is better sustained when I take one every day.

My surgeon recommend one but I blanked on the brand. Now foods did look like a good one though. I like kefir, and plain kefir from evolve has an impressive list strain for food.

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