If you eat a fairly typical american diet, how have you added probiotics?

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Anonymous wrote:I eat pretty similar to you and have great GI health so I don’t try to force probiotics. I keep plain yogurt in the fridge and I use that for sauces and dips but not daily. I think avoiding things that harm the gut (sugar and any foods that you personally don’t tolerate well) is 90% of the battle and probiotics make a minimal difference (if any). And some of the supplement probiotics actually cause upset.

Do you have any GI issues?

OP here, I was having GI issues after getting norovirus a few years ago. I just kept having diarrhea every 6 weeks or so for over a year. I started taking a probiotic pill and it either solved it or coincided with my body getting back to normal. Either way, I've never stopped taking the probiotic pill and just wondered about replacing it with fermented foods.

But right now I have zero GI issues.

[Anonymous]

I have never added probiotics at all, and am perfectly healthy.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Why _must_ you consume probiotics?

They are very good for the health of your gut.

Evidence-based research employing RCTs ? Because the literature I'm reading via NIH is a lot of hope and some promising early results with small population samples. Or is this a TikTok thing

Not OP but I think it’s fairly well known that fermented foods, aka probiotics, are all pretty traditional in a lot of different food ways and anecdotal evidence is that it can help with digestive issues. I swear some of you act so new…

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why _must_ you consume probiotics?

They are very good for the health of your gut.

Evidence-based research employing RCTs ? Because the literature I'm reading via NIH is a lot of hope and some promising early results with small population samples. Or is this a TikTok thing

Not OP but I think it’s fairly well known that fermented foods, aka probiotics, are all pretty traditional in a lot of different food ways and anecdotal evidence is that it can help with digestive issues. I swear some of you act so new…

My pet peeve is when people learn about something new or discover people so things differently than they do and go “is this a tiktok thing.”

[Anonymous]

This is very helpful-thank you!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:And in general, just try to eat a LOT more vegetables than the standard american diet. Otherwise the probiotics just go right through you. They have nothing to live on in your gut if you don't eat a lot of the proper fiber.

The Wahls Protocol gives a crazy high goal for vegetable consumption but if you at least aim for it you will be eating a ton more fiber than most people:

3 Cups of leafy green vegetables: kale, spinach, dandelion greens, arugula, lettuces, collards, microgreens, watercress, swiss chard, bok choi.

3 Cups of "brightly colored" vegetables or fruit: peppers, carrots, tomatoes, berries, oranges, kiwi, zucchini with skin; pomegranite, olives, prunes, sweet potaties, mangoes, yams

3 Cups of sulphur vegetables: Leeks, onions, chives, brussel sprouts, cauliflower, broccoli, cabbage, radishes, mushrooms. 2 garlic cloves= 1 cup of sulphur veggie

Make smoothies, salads, sautees... try to eat as many cups as you can. The fiber will help the probiotics you are getting in your fermented food thrive.

I’d be tooting like a horn all day.

[Anonymous]

Yogurt for breakfast

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have never added probiotics at all, and am perfectly healthy.

Same. The key is to eat lots of fruits and vegetables, and don't be so clean (don't use hand sanitizer, do touch the doorknob and then eat a snack with your hands).

[Anonymous]

I buy plain yogurt and add jam or fruit, nuts, and a sweetener to it. I sometimes eat sauerkraut.

[Anonymous]

There was a Stanford study that showed that 6 servings a day of fermented foods reduced inflammatory markers. 6 is a lot but I’m trying for 3. I eat plain yogurt with fruit every morning and I’ve added about 1/4 of sauerkraut to lunch or dinner with my salad or meat, and some fermented pickle slices.

Sometimes I have a little cottage cheese that has active cultures as an evening snack.

I’m trying not to have added sugars so I tried plain kefir and that was disgusting,

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Kimchee makes for a delightful accompaniment to most grilled or baked chicken or pork dishes. We have it quite regularly. I even have it with pan fried cod.

I have yoghurt with a bowl of blueberries every morning. Spinach salad with broccolini sprouts just about every night.

I do enjoy kefir and buy a bottle weekly.

[Anonymous]

First, avoid taking antibiotics when you don't need them (like for a virus) and eating sugar/processed junk 80% of the time or more.

I would consider adding pickled veggies/olives/pickles to your breakfast and/or lunch. Labneh and Greek yogurt, too. If you like cottage cheese, that can work, along with semi-hard cheeses.