They say that none of them really work. Some here are believers. The best way to build your gut genome is to eat at least 15 to 20 different fruits and veggies (REAL ONES) over the course of 5 days. Also use kimchi, sauerkraut and other fermented foods. There is an EXCELLENT program currently on I think it is Netflix called Hack Your Health, the Secrets of the Gut. About the gut, its genome and how to build healthy bacteria that can handle anything. I highly recommend.
Hopefully RealyReal is around; she's a believer in supplements, and if anyone knows best supplements I would follow her advice.
And JoAnn is correct. Good yogurt with live culture and Keifer, which is delicious. Can add berries and building the gut genome right there. You can also ask your pharmacist. Mine said important to get the ones with bifiobacterium, and over 1,000 whatever. Anyway, they are up on the best brands at the best price. With many, such as align, you are simply paying for their ads which are everywhere.
We'd been relying on Activia for years but our primary care physician told us that Activia is basically just a laxative and doesn't add much other nutritional or gut value.
She recommended Kefir instead, which we switched to and love. Kefir has made a remarkable difference in normalizing my husband's gut and it's made caregiving for him soo much easier.
I have been taking Renadyl for about 18 months. It has been specifically developed for people with Chronic Kidney Disease. It is expensive but it works. My kidney numbers(GFR) have improved significantly!
Some here are believers.
The best way to build your gut genome is to eat at least 15 to 20 different fruits and veggies (REAL ONES) over the course of 5 days. Also use kimchi, sauerkraut and other fermented foods. There is an EXCELLENT program currently on I think it is Netflix called Hack Your Health, the Secrets of the Gut. About the gut, its genome and how to build healthy bacteria that can handle anything. I highly recommend.
Hopefully RealyReal is around; she's a believer in supplements, and if anyone knows best supplements I would follow her advice.
My PCP said that there's not much clinical evidence that probiotics work.
Kefir, kimchi, sauerkraut and kambucha are all fermented foods and support good gut health, according to my doc.
She recommended Kefir instead, which we switched to and love. Kefir has made a remarkable difference in normalizing my husband's gut and it's made caregiving for him soo much easier.
Yay.
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