I am suffering from a condition when I eat carb or sugar I feel literally poisoned like a hangover feeling with sever fatigue and sever brain fog I feel like spaced out and fungal rashes starts to invade my body

The only thing isolated from stool is candida Glabrata and it's resiste to fluconazole...

Any help

I dont like pickled things and I tried kefir and it tasted awful. Is there any other ways?

Prescribed doxycycline (50mg BID) for meibomian gland dysfunction. I already have GERD and some suspected MCAS/histamine issues. Anyone else deal with gut side effects on long-term low(ish)-dose doxy for eye stuff? How long were you on it, and did probiotics/anything actually help? Trying to decide if I push back and ask my doctor for non-antibiotic alternatives instead. Thanks!

Has anyone tried The Coconut Cult and has hyperhidrosis?

I’ve been taking a tablespoon a day and just finished my 1st jar. The first 3-4 days my digestion became very regular and I lost about 5 lbs and less bloated.

I’ve noticed that my armpits have been starting to stink (usually I don’t smell at all when sweaty) like bad. This is the only thing I’ve changed in my day to day. Has anyone had this happen? Is it due to the probiotics?

Also have been getting random acne in places I never had it before, never had a problem with acne but think the probiotic is the result as that as well

I am just so frustrated right now... I just went to the hospital in Belgium to see a different doctor for the 5th time, and when I talked about candida /SIBO and antimicrobial herbs, I was told to stop Googling and stop looking for other doctors... I was even told that SIBO/ candida isn't possible at all even though it definitely is.... He said you have to accept that you have irritable bowel syndrome.
... I am never visiting a doctor in a hospital again... I never expected this, especially since I also have low immunoglobulins, which makes me much more susceptible to bacteria/yeast in the small intestine... I feel terrible. I get ivig in another hospital.. it is a good doctor but I'm afraid that doctor will think now that I'm having other tests done again.. pfff.. I hate my life.. Its the 5the hospital that I have done…

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I’m considering doing a Bachelor’s in Biomedical Sciences, but I’m trying to figure out how much of the degree is actually focused on the human body vs. molecular biology/lab research.

My main interest is understanding the human body as a whole — anatomy, physiology, organ systems, how they interact, and eventually disease/pathophysiology. I’m less interested in a degree that is heavily focused on molecular biology, genetics, biochemistry, or laboratory techniques.

For current Biomedical Science students or graduates:

How much human anatomy do you study?

How much human/system physiology do you study?

Do you study systems like cardiovascular, respiratory, renal, gastrointestinal, endocrine, and reproductive in reasonable depth?

Roughly how much of the degree is molecular/cellular biology, genetics, biochemistry, and lab work?

Does your degree feel more like whole-body human biology or more like molecular/disease research?

Are anatomy and physiology taught separately, or are they integrated around organ systems?

Thanks :)

I've been using Just Thrive capsule bitters for 4 days now. My main goal was treating my constipation. The constipation hasn't really improved, but the bloating has reduced, and the occasional reflux I'd been getting has largely gone away. I should mention that I decided to try bitters due to many of the symptoms I've been having sounding like low stomach acid. Has anyone tried both capsules and tinctures, and if so, have you found that one works better than the other? From what little I understand liquid on the tongue stimulates the process faster than capsules.

A bowl of whole fat plain yogurt open the 6475 L reuteri (10 billion CFU's) mix it and eat immediately.

I was initially going to consume the capsule with water but AI says doing it like this will protect the L reuteri for optimal absorption due to the milk proteins (casein) and fats in yogurt physically coating the delicate L. reuteri powder.

Can I do this? For those wondering why not just ferment it and multiply it, I wont due to trial and error

I have bought probiotics on and off for years and if I am honest my selection process has never been much deeper than good reviews, lots of strains and a label that sounds convincing.

The more I read, the more ridiculous that feels. Two people can have completely different guts and yet we are both standing in the same aisle choosing between the same five bottles.

I am curious if anyone here reached a point where they stopped buying general probiotic blends and started doing something more specific.

What changed your mind, and what did you do instead?

Edit: I kept digging into the more individual side of this and came across nb1.com. What interests me is that I would not choose the probiotic first. They look at my microbiome and then the probiotic/prebiotic side gets decided from there. I have not tried it yet, but it is the first setup I have seen that actually matches the question I had when I posted this.

• PMID: 42654240 - https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42654240/

Abstract

Background/objectives: Dietary modifiers of the gut ecosystem may influence intestinal and host responses associated with psychological stress. However, it remains unclear whether sucralose, a widely consumed non-nutritive sweetener, alters host-microbiota interactions following chronic stress exposure. We investigated the effects of short-term experimental sucralose exposure in mice previously subjected to chronic restraint stress (CRS).

Methods: Following completion of the CRS protocol, mice received 0.03% or 0.1% sucralose in drinking water for 12 days. Intestinal phenotypes, cecal microbial community structure, microbial metabolites, colonic epithelial gene expression, and epithelial serotonergic responses following allyl isothiocyanate (AITC)-induced visceral stimulation were evaluated.

Results: Colon length was significantly reduced in the 0.1% sucralose group, whereas intestinal permeability remained unchanged. Sucralose selectively altered colonic epithelial gene expression and was associated with changes in cecal microbial community structure without marked changes in alpha diversity. The relative abundance of Bacteroides acidifaciens was significantly reduced, particularly in the 0.1% sucralose group. Fecal acetate and cecal tryptophan concentrations were decreased following sucralose exposure. Following AITC-induced visceral stimulation, the CRS + 0.1% sucralose group exhibited reduced immobility behavior together with increased epithelial serotonin and 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid concentrations.

Conclusions: In mice previously exposed to CRS, short-term sucralose exposure was associated with colon shortening, differences in cecal microbial community structure, reduced Bacteroides acidifaciens abundance, decreased fecal acetate and cecal tryptophan concentrations, and altered epithelial serotonergic responsiveness following visceral stimulation. The behavioral and epithelial serotonergic findings suggest that prior stress exposure may influence selected host responses to sucralose. These findings provide a basis for future studies examining how dietary sweeteners modify host-microbiota interactions following chronic stress exposure

Been drinking it for about four days now as a full replacement for my daily dark roast espresso. Stomach definitely feels less bloated right now, which is a huge relief compared to how miserable I felt last week. Trying to figure out though, is this just an immediate reaction to dropping acidic coffee beans or are the mushrooms actually doing something in the background for gut health. Anyone who has been on habitone or similar blends for a month or longer, did digestion stay improved over time or did things creep back once your body adjusted to it?

I understand bacteria eat the fibre "good bacteria", but what eats carbohydrates that are not bound to fibre? And what about added sugar / fructose.

Just curious, if anyone wants to enlighten me

Hi, this is my first post so not completely sure if I’m doing this right but I’m a 21 yr old female and I’m pretty sure I got cyclosporiasis in late July/early August (although I never did a stool test to confirm, but my symptoms matched up) and took Bactrim for 10 days straight after. I felt really good for about a week after finishing antibiotics and ate like total shit because of it (coffee, greasy food, etc) and then ended up feeling really sick after for another week straight with diarrhea and horrible nausea and gas. My doctor thought it might’ve been a C Diff infection but I don’t think it is because my diarrhea hasn’t been persistently watery and every stool sample I send to a lab is too formed and gets rejected. I tried to eat yogurt for probiotics and then realized it was probably hurting me because my stomach was not ready for dairy yet. I started a relatively bland diet (bread, bananas, rice, potatoes, boiled eggs) and I have seen a lot of improvement in the last week and my bowel movements have decreased in number and become more formed. I feel a lot more lively with a way better appetite. The problem is, I don’t know where to go from here. When can I reintroduce dairy? When can I start eating foods I used to eat, or foods higher in sugar or processed foods? I feel stupid and so dramatic for saying this but I’ve never gone through any serious health problems before in my life and so this has been extremely hard on me mentally. Like I just have so much anxiety that I’m going to have to life the rest of my life like this and I’m never gonna get fully better. The nausea is honestly the worst part for me; it has decreased a lot in this past week, but I still just feel *off* and I’m really scared that it’s never gonna completely leave (and I start grad school on Monday so I’m really hoping it does!) It’s been a full 2 weeks since this has started and I’m just curious if anyone else has any advice or knowledge on what a recovery timeline could look like (I know it’s probably gonna take some time to go completely back to normal). I also bought some probiotic supplement pills but I’m not sure if my gut is ready for that either. Sorry for such a long post, but literally any advice or words of reassurance help lol. Thank you guys!

My brand changed the top strain
Still got mtcc5856 and de111 but they’ve changed one strain to a more constipating one and also has no benefit on immune system
Pls recommend your spores!
Additives can be an issue but pls fire me your spores!

I’ve tried enough little things that seemed to help for a few days and then basically disappeared.

I’m more interested now in what actually changed things over months.

For you was it diet, fiber, probiotics, fermented foods, exercise, something else?

Edit : After all the replies I did a deeper dive and came across NB1. I’m interested because the microbiome analysis actually feeds into what I’d take afterwards instead of just ending with a report. From my understanding they send me a kit, I return the sample, and then they build the daily gut/supplement routine around the readout.

The microbiome is fascinating. We have learned a lot, but still know very little about individual probiotic strains and their effects.

So I ask you, which individual strain is your favorite?