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progressoid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-25-10 12:37 AM Original message |
Probiotics: Secret to Good Health or Crackpot Supplement Fad? |
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taught_me_patience (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-25-10 12:43 AM Response to Original message |
1. They help if you're having diarrhea |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-25-10 01:17 AM Response to Reply #1 |
6. They sure helped my wife with her chronic Diarrhea. |
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liberal_at_heart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-25-10 01:35 AM Response to Reply #1 |
10. My husband has digestive problems pretty frequently |
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taught_me_patience (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-25-10 10:44 AM Response to Reply #10 |
23. No harm in trying a cup of yogurt every morning |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-25-10 12:44 AM Response to Original message |
2. I believe there is a "germ of truth" to it as it were |
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DesertFlower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-25-10 12:50 AM Response to Original message |
3. hubby suffered with gas until he |
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wial (362 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-25-10 01:05 AM Response to Original message |
4. my gf is a pharmacokineticist |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-25-10 01:08 AM Response to Original message |
5. Eating yogurt while taking certain antibiotics can forestall a vaginal yeast infection... |
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liberal_at_heart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-25-10 01:33 AM Response to Reply #5 |
9. I can't eat yogurt while I'm on antibiotics. I get terrible stomach cramps. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-25-10 02:34 AM Response to Reply #9 |
14. Many antibiotics cause stomach cramps all by themselves. |
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Lyric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 08:46 PM Response to Reply #5 |
26. Eating it only shows a small benefit. However, direct application |
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Mz Pip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-25-10 01:19 AM Response to Original message |
7. Attorney Tim Blood calls it junk science |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-25-10 01:24 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. A specialist that I saw recently recommended that I take them |
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Nay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-25-10 03:22 AM Response to Reply #8 |
19. My gastroenterologist recommended I eat 2 Activia-type yogurts a day -- |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-25-10 02:37 AM Response to Reply #7 |
16. I think he's probably practicing junk law. n/t |
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4lbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-25-10 01:41 AM Response to Original message |
11. Well, I eat yogurt regularly now. A cup of those small Yoplait and Dannon cups |
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ChicagoSuz219 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-25-10 02:15 AM Response to Original message |
12. The term "junk science" is a red flag for me... |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-25-10 02:31 AM Response to Original message |
13. There's plenty of science on the effect of antibiotics on our intestinal flora. |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-25-10 02:37 AM Response to Reply #13 |
17. There's plenty of discussion about apples - let's talk about oranges? |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-25-10 03:06 AM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Your analogy fails, but you knew that and didn't care. n/t |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-25-10 03:37 AM Response to Reply #18 |
21. not really. but it is a worthwhile topic, and I communicated poorly. |
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Morning Dew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-25-10 03:35 AM Response to Reply #17 |
20. lol, I was going to mention that. |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-25-10 03:40 AM Response to Reply #20 |
22. That's a coin-toss in hell defined, isn't it? |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-25-10 02:34 AM Response to Original message |
15. All I know is those activia commercials with jamie lee are creepy. |
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BuddhaGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-25-10 11:33 AM Response to Original message |
24. Kefir rules! |
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condoleeza (464 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 08:41 PM Response to Original message |
25. Recent research on this.. |
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