Probiotics for IBS: Proven Tips for Effective Treatment with Probiotics

You may have heard that you should be taking probiotics for IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome).

What are they anyhow? Probiotics are live beneficial microorganisms like bacteria or yeast that are available in supplements and foods. Amazingly enough, our digestive system is home to more than 500 species of bacteria all of which help keep our intestines healthy and regulate a healthy immune system.

When the balance of healthy bacteria is upset in the GI tract after the ingestion of antibiotics the lining of the intestines becomes damaged. Introducing new organisms like those found in probiotics helps restore that imbalance and improves the integrity of the intestinal lining.

Probiotics are a very important tool in treating any gastrointestinal disorder such as acid reflux, gas, bloating, indigestion, diarrhea, IBS, colitis, ulcerative colitis and crohn’s.

In order to get the maximum benefits of probiotics for IBS, there are 8 basic rules to follow when using probiotics for the treatment of your Irritable Bowel Disease:

1. Conditions: You should take probiotics if you have any inflammatory bowel condition.

2. Refrigeration: Be sure that the probiotic is kept refrigerated. Lack of refrigeration will render them ineffective no matter what anyone tells you.

3. Multiple bacterial strains: Make sure that the probiotic contains multiple strains of bacteria and understand what they do and what ones you need. Do your homework.

4. Adequate dosage: Make sure that you ingest an adequate amount of the probiotic, whether in capsules or powder. Failing to do so is one of the biggest mistakes that people make. There’s no need to worry about an overdose — that’s not possible. Find a good probiotic and take a bunch of it.

5. Post-antibiotic treatment: Always take probiotics immediately after finishing any antibiotics.

6. Yogurt myth: IBS cannot be reversed by eating lots of yogurt. You need way more potency than yogurt can provide.

7. Food: Do not take probiotics with food. You should take them either 30 minutes prior to eating or one hour after eating.

8. Explaining your recovery: Don’t bother to try and explain to your physician how you made a complete recovery from IBS. Even though they have gone holistic they won’t really understand. It is just not in their training.

If you follow these tips for taking probiotics for IBS or any other inflammatory bowel condition you will be taking a good first step on your way to complete healing.

Hail, Hail Antibiotics! The Double Edged Sword

I have harped many times on this blog about the evils of antibiotics. Now it is time to give praise where praise is due. Hail, hail the lifesaver— hail, hail antibiotics!

Hail, hail Mother Nature —for giving us penicillin! Hail, hail Louis Pasteur for discovering it!

Hail, hail my grandmother who in our house taught us to fight over the gray/green moldy-looking stuff on the bread! Before refrigeration, our ancestors got their daily dose of natural antibiotics—nature’s gift—penicillin.

Penicillin being alive and intelligent is a natural resident in our lives there to keep the inner ‘landscape’ balanced. That is until science got a hold of it and pumped it up to a ridiculous potency. Throwing it and us out of balance by opening Pandora’s Box.

Hail, hail the fact that we couldn’t live without antibiotics!

Hail, hail the fact that I will be the first in line if I need them!

Hail, hail the knowledge about what to do after we take this miracle natural medicine! Penicillin functions within the ‘whole’-maintaining balance. The new stuff can blow a hole in your colon in one dose.

The biggest problem that we have now is the man-made synthetic antibiotics. One example is cipro which will kill anthrax. This chemical will go into your body and devastate your immune system in 1 dose.

If you really really want an inflammatory bowel condition go get some of this stuff or something of it’s ilk.

Please! For your own sake and that of your children before you run down to the drugstore ask your doctor what this stuff that he prescribed is and what are the side effects. That’s just very basic and not even one of you does that.

Hail, hail the knowledge of pro (for life) biotics!

Hail, hail the fact that with this knowledge each one of us can avoid or reverse the manmade ‘conditions’ such as IBS, Colitis, Ulcerative Colitis and Crohn’s Disease!

Hail, hail The Golden Rule of Bowel Management- if you take an anti (against life) biotic then take a pro (good bacteria) biotic—that will save your quality of life!