Probiotics - do they work?

frustrating IBS type issues

I follow an elimination diet to help with autoimmune issues. IBS issues are typically a response to someone eating a diet that is triggering their immune system. Try eliminating common allergy inducing foods like gluten, soy, dairy, egg whites, and nuts. Look up Whole 30 and stick with it for a month. Then gradually introduce these items one at a time (one every three days) to see what triggers your symptoms. Natural probiotics might be able to help (another poster suggested yogurt) but if the dairy is triggering it, then it might not. This is a very individualized problem, but it can be addressed if you are willing to restrict some foods from your diet.

I don’t do dairy at all either. I drink kimbucha and eat kimchi daily, but I do it to help colonize a healthy gut biome in general. What really got rid of all of the IBS and leaky gut stuff was only eating 8 hours per day and letting my insides rest for 16. Like a previous poster said though, trial and error elimination is your only other way to find out the source.

I find they work. I try to get one with 30 million cfu(I think it is?). Whenever my stomach gets out of wack I start using a probiotic along with digestive enzymes.

There’s an Asian grocery store on Lee Dr close to the corner of Highland. They have the best kimchi.IMO It’s way better than anything you find somewhere like Trader Joe’s. Sometimes I’ll do things like Kimchi quesadillas or Kimchi fried rice, but those at both pretty carby meals for my diet. I usually just eat with a fork out of the jar.