There’s only a handful which for well Researched and very effective : creatine, fibre , vitamin d, potentially omega 3 but not as solid research as the first 3!
Is that so? Here in the EU you can get the same feeling but once you discover lentils and beans etc plus how easy fermentation at home is, it shines a new light on the matter.
@@JCel unfortunately there are hardly any common american dishes cooked with cheap healthy things like pulses and legumes. we also dont have many sauces/ condiments made from herbs and such like other cultures, think chimmichurri, kimchi, salsas, we have ranch 😂
@@rhi963 You don't have to make American dishes. We literally have the whole internet. Search for "cheap high fiber meals" on any search engine and you can find huge numbers of them.
@rhi963 So why dont you cook un-American things then? That sounds like an easy solution? Are vegetables really that expensive? Maybe Im very ignorant, but I cant imagine rice and say a leek or beans cost a lot. Cooking at home has to be much cheaper than take out, right? You can make so many healthy things with just 3 or 4 ingredients.
So much respect to you for posting this video where you are saying that you've learned something new and are changing your mind in accordance with the new information. Far too many people tend to double down and it's frustrating. Thanks for being like this
@@DrKaranDuring my med college I had a few classes in Mechnikov Uni , in St.Petersburg named after Mechnikov . So during the intro classes of Immunology we had some history sections during which we learnt about his achievements & discoveries (Father of innate immunology , discovered function & working of the Macrophage, basically laid down the foundations for Immunology & the concept of Probiotics (especially much research on Lactobacillus)
Well you know, this is where logic and sense are so important . It’s not hard to predict where this was all going to end up. Quite frankly, if someone is going to give the impression they have knowledge, few should hold them to a higher standard, not congratulate them for being wrong???
Petition to re-frame "bacteria that don't do anything" to "We do not yet know what they do" cause the error of labelling stuff "useless" in medicine to be later mistaken is repeated in history. So not again! X'D
Doctors and medicine is weird they do not label things properly. If you do not know or there are no studies about it, it isnt useless. We should stop basing everything on articles and studies since there are lots of stuff we dont know, didnt test or simply wrong.
Even if there is nothing now perhaps they just inhibit others growing through competition and they are also there to later evolve with anything new in the future so it's a gamble for the future.
Everything thing in science is correct / incorrect for up to this point in time. Thats why you hear "with the current evidence, it was not helpful". So yeah, when more info is discovered something might become useful. Right now, it is not.
A (paraphrased) quote I came across a few years back was "trying to replace your gut biome with a probiotic yogurt drink is like cutting down the amazon and replacing it with row after row of corn."
Interesting abstract comparison- it's good I personally have referenced the concept of having a closed terrarium and either killing everything inside causing complete collapse or carelessly removing or putting random things in there and watching whatever happens with no understanding
But i thought the specific takeaway from this video was to do exactly that... get your probiotics from food and not store bought probiotics if you're healthy?
I've struggled with poor digestive health since I was a kid and had appendicitis. At the time they gave me antibiotics which messed up my gut microbiome. About a year ago I started making smoothies with fruits, berries, juice, and yogurt with active cultures. I've been far healthier and able to eat food I've not been able to eat for decades. It's completely changed my life.
I suffered from bad breath from a young age. I brushed my teeth 10x a day, chronically chewed gum, even carried a tube of toothpaste around with me all day. One day my pediatrician recommended acidophilus. I have been taking it since and my bad breath hasn't been a problem.
That’s very interesting- thanks for sharing! My daughter has persistent bad breath. She has always been very careful with her teeth (and braces).. she brushes and flosses multiple times a day and started using mouth wash but still has bad breath. Our dental hygienist recommended a probiotic mouthwash and gave us some samples. I don’t think she started using them yet but we both should get started. I also bought 2 other brands online so I guess we’ll see how it goes. I don’t remember what bacteria are in them. We will also consider the one you mention above. I need to get back on probiotics as I am once again on multiple antibiotics for tick disease (bartonella, borellia)
@@AllThingsConsidered333 it's the food!! Just tell me what your daughter is eating and you will find the response. I could not brush my teeth and I never have a bad breath! Never! Even if I just wake up from a long fasting
I have a balanced diet and i have been told i have a good gut biome. I love yogurt and kimchi too. The only thing I probably lack is consuming the recommended amount of water daily. Anyways, I do occasionally drink Yakult, and personally havent experienced anything negative from consuming that probiotic and have been consuming it since I was really young. But, my partner, who has an extremely bad diet, and isnt the healthiest, just started drinking yakult with me, and like those 50% of unhealthy people mentioned in the video, that saw an increase in health, my partner is similar. They do seem to be benefitting drinking it, much more than me. Really goes to show everyone gut biomes react very differently.
I have diverticulitis, discovered this while doing my colonoscopy. I used to get really bad stomach ache which lead to diarrhoea. This however stopped after I did some changes to my diet, but the biggest help I attribute to is regular consumption of probiotics.
Stomach acid should be able to kill of the little Yakult fekal sample. I rather take milk without sugars like Kefir and Yogurts in large amounts occasionally for support
As someone who was born in the late 80's and had chronic ear/nose/throat infections, so was on antibiotics a lot. I think the antibiotics are to blame for my IBS and in general GI issues. Weirdly though, all my issues started just after I got my first period. Anyway, after starting following you on instagram earlier this year, your knowledge has helped me get my doctor to take my stomach issues seriously. Can't thank you enough for that! So many doctors have just told me "It's just IBS, you just have to live with it." etc. But my life quality is awful, and my stomach issues got worse in winter 2023, then in april this year it got even worse. Finally going to the hospital for thourough testing etc. in October.
I have a similar experience. Being on antibiotics so much as a kid, I ended up developing sugar maldigestion.I can't eat anything with simple sugars (cane, syrup, honey, maltitol, ect. Fruit is safe.). Doctors never took me seriously, but it's pretty obvious when I lick a piece of candy, to watch my tongue immediately turns white and fuzzy, and my sinuses suddenly fill with white goop. I don't have enough bacteria to fight the yeast.
it happened to me too, then i did a kimchi natto mixed whole grains diet, then added yakult and korean coated probiotics and all is good now. my mom has IBS and endoscopy, i gave her the coated probiotics and she stopped passing gas and poops at least once every 2 days compared to once a week before.
@@ghostratsarahwait, white goop in the sinuses is from yeast? Every morning when I wake up I have to blow my nose for like two hours and it’s filled with thick white goop and it’s sometimes halfway dried out, I thought I just had really bad allergies, my tongue and mouth are also extremely dry when I wake up and the tongue is sometimes white but I thought it was just from being dry. When I mentioned to doctors my nose is bothering me like this they just look and say “oh yeah you have irritation” and do nothing!
Hey look into sibo, and other gut infection. It is likely gut dysbiosis. IF you need to kill them, use antimicrobial herbs and natural route of taking the bad bacteria out and do your research on your symptoms and such. Look into your root causes of gut issues, food intolerances and so on. Look up IBS Freedom Podcast and thank me later. A lot of info but it will really help.
Conventional doctors have zero education on micro biome and related nutrition. Zero. And what they prescribe is useless. There are a few good ones on the market that are very reasonably priced and effective but finding good quality probiotics in foods that reach all the way to the colon is really the best choice. Not all of them get where they need to be. Yogurt is usually a waste. Especially when you get the flavored ones. Adding processed sugars, etc to your probiotic foods will 1)feed the bad bacteria that can mess up your micro biome and 2)have strains that don’t even make it halfway through the small intestines. Pick the right ones and pick unflavored and unsweetened
I don’t know if this is true, but I read an article that suggests not to eat it first that you should eat something else to start and then have the yogurt
Dr Karan is really good at keeping me focused on what he's saying. He's easy on the ears and speaks in a manner easy for a layperson like me to clearly understand what he's saying. I follow other doctors on youtube, but honestly many of them are either monotone, needlessly verbose or speak in a manner that is better suited to their peers, not a layperson.
now that was very helpful ^^ I started to work as a cashier in a grocery store and noticed that many elderly people are buying the Yakult thing you were holding in the thumbnail, now my dad (also around 50) often complains about being tired and having gut problems so I started getting it for him, but now that I know what actually is good for the guts and have proof I might be able to finally convince him to eat more veggies and fruits XDD thanks dr. Karan!!
Yeah I’m aware he’s a surgeon, I watch his vids, just saying that my life would be so much easier if he could be the person I see whenever I have issues!
Another bit of advice from your local FDA employee - if you check the label on any dietary supplement you're considering buying and you see "These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease." That's FDA code for "There is zero empirical evidence showing this stuff works as advertised." Chances are it will do you no good. It will cost you money and if not for bribing Congress it would have been regulated as an unapproved drug due to the claims made. But as we all know - Congress is for sale to the highest bidder.
Almost all supplements say that, even ones that have good evidence that they work (Vit D, B12, omega-3, etc.). They HAVE to say that if they make any claim like "supports heart health" etc. But you should be looking at ingredients, not the claims, so that label doesn't really matter much
@@orthotron Supplements don't treat or cure anything in healthy individuals. You'll be in trouble if you have deficiencies, but if you have enough, taking more of them won't benefit you further, and taking too much of some vitamins could have a harmful effect. The only thing that makes vitamins work is treating symptoms directly resulted from vitamin deficiencies.
@@Darius-uj1gv Which part exactly is untrue? 21 CFR 101.93 states that statement must be present when making a claim about "structure/function" of a supplement and "claims of a benefit related to a classical nutrient deficiency disease and claims of general well-being from consumption of a dietary ingredient". In other words, that statement is present when a marketing claim is made. Presence/absence of it tells you nothing about the quality or effectiveness of the ingredients.
All I know is, I've been a sufferer of regular IBS flareups for around 15 years now, and it's impacted my quality of life quite significantly -- and thus far, nothing any doctor has ever prescribed has ever helped curb it. Drinking one Yakult per day, however, has -- and quite noticeably, at that. And as I presently live in Tokyo -- just down the road from one of the main Yakult production facilities, as it happens -- I'm able to get Yakult readily and cheaply, and I've been able to lead a relatively IBS flareup-free life for almost the entire 5 years I've been living here thanks to it. Whatever studies may say, it's hard to argue with results, so I shall continue to drink my daily Yakult!
If you are from the USA, maybe the IBS is from all the herbicides and pesticides that are sprayed on wheat and other plants? Italian scientists have found interesting things about gluten, zonulin, and IBS-Diarrhea.
@@kimberlycooper4170 Yeah, I am indeed, and that wouldn't surprise me in the slightest! I've felt healthier in general since moving to Japan, as food is just plain more well-regulated and well-prepared here. It's unreal to me that people eat raw eggs on the regular here -- you DEFINITELY wouldn't want to do that back home!
Why the fuck would probiotics contain antibiotic resistant bacteria? Is this a result of selecting specific strains, or just plain carelessnes? Also i hope that, if any, only the regulated probiotics are resistant, otherwise im going to have an aneurism.
Well for the medical types, the special strains you get in stomach resistant capsules, I can imagine that the types have indirect resistance bc of faster growth, bc they're g+ for an AB that only affects g- For the study, I think it's lateral gene transfer from the ones who survived and developed a resistance via random mutation so the resistant has a benefit and was able to overgrow
No, all bacteria, good and bad, can evolve. Good bacteria that is antibiotic resistant can "accidentally" transfer the antibiotic resistant gene to other bacteria, potentially pathogenic one.
They probably thought it was a good thing, for people who have to take a lot of antibiotics, the antibiotics won’t wipe out their gut bacteria. They didn’t think ahead.
lol antibiotics and resistant strains are naturally occurring, bacteria use antibiotics to take over colonies... its how bacteria compete against each other, of course you need resistant strains within your gut.
This is an interesting and helpful video dear Dr Karan. You are one of the few doctors who acknowledge the importance of gut health and how to address it. I went through surgery for bowel cancer, and NO-ONE on the hospital team mentioned gut health. Likewise another surgery for tumour secondaries, where they had to remove my (healthy) gallbladder as it was sitting contiguous to a small secondary... no mention of diet post-gallbladder. Plus, a lot of the hospital food I wouldnt feed to my dog. Im lucky that the cancer (Adenosarcoma) was only second stage, and so far I'm doing ok. Plus I've long been a supporter of the 'You are what you eat' notion.
A good rule of thumb is that you should aim to eat at least thirty (30!) different types of vegetables/fruits/nuts/pulses/and legumes every week. The greater the variation, the better your gut health. It sounds like a lot but it is actually quite easily done, especially when you realize that you can also count most of your spices in with the rest of your vegetables. An added bonus is that when you cook using a lot of different vegetables you can cut way down on the salt you add.
As someone who suffers from Ulcerative colitis this video has been eye opening, I wish I had taken better care of my gut sooner, thinking about it it's no surprise my own immune system started attacking my gut for how much I neglected my body. I am trying to do better and my partner will be giving birth in a couple of months to our first daughter, I'm going to give her the best diet I possibly can when she begins solids. Thanks Dr Karan
You are not to blame for having ulcerative colitis. It is not your fault - please know that! However there are things you can do going forwards to help symptomatically from a lifestyle point of view
I've had IBS for as long as I can remember, and I've been a vegan for five years. Nothing about "eat more fibre to improve your gut health' surprises me. Since I've been vegan, my IBS flare ups are usually attributable to stress, whereas before that it could (and very much did) flare up at any time for no apparent reason. I'd tried so many diets like low FODMAPS, gluten free, probiotic supplements and nothing worked. Eat more fibre folks.
This is my experience as well. Gut / bowel problems for 10 years.. nothing worked, until I merely increased (by a large margin) my fibre in food and fibre supplement (just psyllium powder in a large glass of water twice a day... plus increased fibre in my diet as well). Solved 99% of my problems. Western / North American diet is garbage, it's so low fibre due to all the processed trash we eat.
@@ParleLeVuyes, I was trying to fix my gut problems by having more fiber in my diet. Little did I know I was already having too much. And more fiber was making the situation even worse. Once I reduced it pretty much all problems were gone. The good old "it's all about balance".
This was a great video, and something very worth considering. I'll be honest, though, I was a little afraid you'd tell me to seriously cut back on the kimchi lol
I have had cdiff twice within a 13 month period, let me tell you probiotics atm are saving my life bc the second time i had it was after I stopped taking probiotics regularly. Unfortunately probiotics even when prescribed by medical professionals in clinic and hospitals are not covered by insurance which means I am spending a hell of a lot of money to not get cdiff again.
@@kinggab8905 Yes it is, and right now I am not but its absolutely what caused the first infection after which you have a high chance of getting it again, and once you have it twice you are at a 65% chance of re infection unless you take appropriate probiotics (diet and in capsule form) according to my doctor. Cdiff is scary and I wish they would tell people its a risk factor of taking antibiotics. Loosing 3 kilos in a week is terrifying. I had no choice bc I had a very very severe infection but for those that do have an option please be aware! Antibiotics are not evil or anything but they are not risk free either.
You can make your own kefir forever you just activate the grain when it's fermented you take the grains out and out it into new milk and start fermenting again. Buy once have it forever
I’m more a fan of giving your own existing microbiome a good diet, than adding in extras. I find it helpful to think of my microbiome as helpful pets - I might want to feed me fatty, salty, junk food because it releases reward chemicals, but I’m always careful what I feed pets. If I’m introducing new bacteria I do prefer to use fermented foods. I went on a Dukkan diet years ago, and the one thing I kept from that is eating lots of fibre. Because it really does make an enormous difference to my overall health.
How beneficial are fermented foods such as kefir? Ive been having a mug of kefir in the morning followed by eggs and spinach for the past 2 years, my gut 'feels' better, but I'd be interested in your opinion
Definitely beneficial. We can’t say for sure every fermented Food we eat is going to do wonders for gut health - it won’t be bad for sure and cheaper than Supps. They also provide other benefits like fibre!
That’s not healthy. He is simply regurgitating information. It could be wrong or he might over emphasise something leading to misleading conclusions. He can’t possibly be at the forefront of research in all these areas he talks about. Quoting studies is a good sign but even so, how do we know he’s interpreting them accurately or even looking at the best studies? This is simply one input. Find others and seek out a balanced perspective. And if this topic is very important to you then find experts in the field and look at their work and advice.
What is the difference between drinking a yakult in the morning or eating a bowl of yoghurt (other than the price) in terms of probiotics? If they both contain probiotics, why is the yoghurt and kefir fine, but the yakult is not? Is it the amount of probiotics in them?
Actually love that you made this video because I've seen some of your Instagram reels that talk about probiotic and prebiotics. It's always good to challenge your own beliefs, and speaks greatly to your integrity that you admit that you were wrong when new evidence has presented itself. I've been struggling with constipation over the last several years. Doesn't matter what I eat, it never seems to go away. But what you said at the end of the video gives me a bit of hope. I'm going to try to hit my daily fiber while also enjoying some fermented foods from time to time. Hopefully something will change.
This is so fascinating, I’m currently battling an ear infection that has been raging for almost a month and have been on and off 2 antibiotics for the month and taking probiotics for that time too and I find it helps
@DrKaran I honestly found it so fascinating! It opens up such a broad possibility of gut health, personality and outlook changes and recovery prospects. There's so much about our bodies we have yet to discover. Such an exciting thought when compared to all the things we've already discovered!
i've been taking probiotics for 2 weeks now following food contamination/food poisoning at my usual food place. it helped with massive tummy gurgling, explosion p**ps & tummy cramps. thankfully they're healed
I consume one bottle of Yakult everyday for almost 6 months. My gut has never been better. I used to suffer from chronic constipation my whole childhood and in my 20s. With a bottle of Yakult and be more conscious about what I eat everyday, my bowel movement is back to normal (normal-everyday-standard). Overall, i would recommend that you should be more conscious about what you eat (fiber-rich food) and drink a small bottle of Yakult everyday. Should do you good.
@@gi1dor where i am there is a low sugar version of yakult. Like the commentor above, I also had a pretty sensitive stomach but after drinking yakult for a while its gotten much better so just another anecdote.
Thank you so much for posting this! I used to take all kinds of probiotics for years (up until 2023) without realizing that they might be making things worse. I now have so many gut symptoms, including a stubborn case of SIBO and IMO (high methane and high hydrogen). Thanks again! I love your videos, your Instagram posts, all your content!
Before I begin watching and purely for my own enjoyment (yes, very weird, I know): - Microbiome theory to me, was a literal temper on the idea of germ theory. Suddenly, so many things made sense (in the 90s). - After travelling overseas to poorer nations as a young teen, I was shocked by how people lived... and were OK. Mum married a an Indian Doctor in Malaysia, the skin conditions were the most memorable as a child. - After living in China and seeing people eat food that I couldn't without getting ill, I started questioning the obsession with sterility (which I now know is never actually sterile anyway) my grandmother taught me (she was an old nurse). - After eating the food for a few years and not getting ill, I learned about adhesion of enterococci to the intestinal wall and the production of molecules that stop this adhesion. Not really microbiome, but it definitely got me thinking. - Started taking Yakult in China and it DID seem to help quite a lot, though not significantly more than a placebo would have. - Learned about fiber... fiber fiber fiber. Learned about how we evolved with hundreds of times more fiber in out diet and basically bred fiber out of modern crops. Fiber is king. Fiber food for the organisms that ARE you that outnumber YOUR (genetically) cells. We are each a complex ecosystem and fiber is the key. So my guesses are: - we still need more studies to have real clarity. - We don't have a complete picture of a healthy vs unhealthy microbiome. - Supplement industry is the wild west. - These are probably beneficial bacteria and may help those depleted, but probably don't help healthy people much. - Fiber is better. - Fresh fruit and veg is better (and we still don't really know why. It could be partially hormetic, it could be to do with microbiota, it could be as-yet unknown functions of phenolic and other phytocompounds in plants. Likely it's a mix of all the above. Let's see how totally wrong I was.
So... Was wrong about them helping people generally (after abx etc.). It's actually an even tighter therapeutic window. Don't bother with supplements at all... because the supplement industry is the wild west. Also forgot about fermented foods.
Reduce or stop eating all carbohydrates and fibre.... Those aren't great for most humans but intolerance for people with IBS because your body can't digest those foods well and leave large amounts to run through the colon and rough it up. If it isn't something like pepper or acidic fruit which is irritating too Meat, fish, eggs and animal fat are your best friend for low irritating gut food. It's listed under the FODMAP foods as best. That excludes all plant food, unfortunately
I have IBS, the probiotics did wonders. Don't believe what people say. He literally pointed out a study that said it helped for people with IBS. IBS is not something most of the general population have, so 'general' people who are healthy don't need these supplements, but WE DO.
@@ClarissaWild It not that probiotics don't work. It's that you don't really know what you get in each product most of the time. And the information of what to do and what strains to use for each person is lacking. I believe that's the same as what Dr Karan said...
@@mabinogidrws I think with IBS there is no “one size fits all“. You‘ll just have to try which foods agree with you, and more than likely, you are going to have to eliminate several foods from your diet. But that doesn’t mean you can’t eat a healthy, plant based diet.
Maybe I can give you some hope. I had 'ibs' fir 5+ years. It turned out that the root causes of my symptoms were SIBO as well as dysbiosis of the large intestine. I cleared my SIBO, and am now working on the large intestine. I've gone from being able to tolerate only 1/6 fodmap groups (and truly not even managing the supposedly suitable amounts of these foods), which meant cutting out so many veggies/legumes/fruits, like MOST of them. Now I'm at the point where I can tolerate small amounts again, and its improving every week. It is often possible to figure this stuff out!! Figure out what bothers you, figure out the root cause, then treat them. I used antimicrobials and ginger (gut motility aid) for the SIBO, and I'm using S. Boulardii plus veggie variety for my dysbiosis. Plus days worth of research, and unfortunately no real medical help (found it all to be a bit useless).
I was worried about that title for a minute. Glad to know what you've been saying is still top advice. And it's good I like kefir and yogurt and all that! Yay fruity dairy plus lots of veg!
I believe a Stanford study a few years ago showed that high fiber didn’t diversify the gut microbiome and didn’t decrease inflammatory markers but a diet with fermented foods did. The last part of your video contradicts this. Do you have an opinion on that study?
Isn’t that exactly what he said though? High fiber alongside with fermented food rather than one more than the other. Also, if I’m not mistaken, high fiber food may not diversify gut microbiome but it IS needed as prebiotics (fuel) for the probiotics in your guts so it’s important to take that either way.
What I said throughout the video was that fibre is essential in acting as a PREbiotic for the PRObiotics which reside within you. That is validated across the literature. Fermented foods are great yes, but so is just standard fibre rich plant food.
To continue with your garden analogy, sounds like what we need is the probiotic equivalent of the 3 sisters. Also in regards to Yakult shown in the thumbnail, it's the only probiotic that's had any sort of positive impact on me. My tethered spine causes me to have near chronic constipation. It's so bad that if I eat any significant amount of fiber I risk a bowel obstruction. Soluble fiber I seem to be OK with, but I had a scary episode as a teen where a doctor prescribed fiber and it nearly killed me as well as likely caused irreparable nerve damage in the lower region of my large intestine as my bowel patterns have never been the same since then.
You mentionned a study where Fecal Microbiota Transplant ( 3:38 ) helped the people repopulate their gut with bacteria faster. But you also mentionned that the microbiome changes over time ( 2:34 ). In an earlier video, you also mentionned using old yogurt as a starter for culturing new yogurt. My question is this: if one were to use the FMT to culture a unique yogurt for someone, how long could someone effectively use that yogurt as starter before the yogurt and intestinal microbiomes stop matching?
The process of fmt is very laborious and intensive so making that into a consumable product would be logistically quite difficult! Interesting and creative idea though!!
@@DrKaran I was thinking of situations where people in isolation situations (like Dianna from PhysicsGirl) or people with chronic intestinal issues might need that extra help. If you can grab the culture once and continue to reproduce it, then costs should go down, especially when the condition can last years.
I cant get pro/prebiotics naturally. Their natural sources put me in a ton of pain. Pro/prebiotics have given me the ability to ingest more of its natural sources without discomfort. Ive also been feeling less depressed overall, clearer mentally, and Ive been experiencing less pain on my cycle. I agree that everyones biome is different, do whats best for you!
I was instructed by a doctor to take probiotics and its been helping. I used to be very healthy but got a kidney infection from a UTI 😬 the antibiotics i took for it have given me tons of acid reflux and random pains now but the probiotics have been helping 👍
Buying suplements is looking for the easy way out. You already know what changes you need to make, so do it! Save money and experience real results and improve self esteem on the way!
Twice I've been on antibiotics, the doctor and pharmacist recommended a certain brand (Culturelle) probiotic - the first time the doctor actually wrote it down , the second time, the pharmacist recommended it due to the antibiotic I was going to be on). I just took them while on the antibiotics and about a week after, to kickstart the process. I don't know what value supplements taken every day would have. I do eat yogurt every day, though - I just really like yogurt - and it's a consistent source of calcium. That garden analogy makes a lot of sense to me, though. I don't reseed my garden every day - I just keep it watered and in the sun, and feed it occasionally. I selectively replant areas as needed - spacing is important for good healthy plants.
Thanks for science and facts…even the truth that there is much we do not know yet. Already had heard many of these thing by the doctor that discovered probiotics. You had some additional info he did not have the time to add due to tv time constraints. Thank you!
I had an idea that probiotics at worst were harmless. Now after doing more research , I realise they’re not “just harmless”: hence I was wrong abojt probiotics . What’s clickbait about that?
This is why I love your channel and you as a doctor you actually show that you research on your own and learn things and are willing to admit when wrong or right and not just flash your medical degree in my face saying don't confuse your research with my medical degree so I trust you
I learned from a doctor podcast that good/bad bacteria imbalance is the cause of common vaginal complaints & can be helped by the good bacteria in plain yogurt cultures since its the same. Yet corny commercials that sell products to mask the issue win the day.
He's definitely not an alternative medical type & does good research in most cases. He was an advocate of home mixing a plain yogurt douche. Haven't listened in a while but always corrected with new information.
@@KLondike5I used a good quality probiotic as a pessary to ease a yeast infection. Freezing yogurt in the fingers of a nitrile glove is simpler and eases the symptoms alongside helping with the rebalancing of the vagina.
Billions of good bacteria if grown fresh. People who take any opiate derived medication shouldn't take it before bed when your digestion is slow as such medications also slow digestion causing the bacteria to remain in the small intestine longer resulting in unpleasant symptoms.
I'm surprised how active you are in your comment section. I had to comment seeing you respond to a purely appreciative comment like this. Keep it up :)
I was made aware of this 18 years ago. I remember a group study being done and two big named companies left the study so that they could still continue to promote healthy gutt bacteria on their products.
Yakult has helped me with stomach aches, during my middle school days. I don't drink a couple a day, just one helps ease my pain. Edit: during the times when i get a stomach ache and I don't have the money for yakult, I'll still have my stomach ache throughout the day.
@@DrKaran It's great as an audio book, haven't finished it, this book not only helps you to poop, but also teaches you some insights on plumping. With this digestible information I can take care of myself and my sanity whenever my toilet isn't feeling well.
I'm grateful for the Chinese doctor who told me years ago already that probiotics should only be taken if really needed. I really wondered why ppl take them like m&m. Thank you so much Dr Karan, I'll share this with friends and family
Idk if you’ll see this comment. There was a study some time ago that studied poo transfers between overweight and healthy/underweight individuals. Those that were overweight, took on the transfer and ended up losing significant amounts of weight. It was interesting.
I'm not over weight but don't seem to be able to process any food (I currently know 1 food I can safely eat). I think I need a transplant from a healthy individual
I've been told by my Doctor to make sure I brush my teeth for two minutes twice a day because otherwise bacteria from my mouth will end up in my stomach and the bacteria interferes with my stomach's ability to handle sugars
@@lysanamcmillan7972 The mouth literally leads to the gut. Why wouldn't the bacteria interchange? There are studies that show people with irritable bowel syndrome has higher oral bacteria due to gum disease ect.
Love it! Thank you! Your videos made me save money from Netflix while I eat food I watch your vids instead of posh entertainment that has much less intellectual value... not judging those who enjoy that form of entertainment.
Always a pleasure Dr Karan! Love your dedication to delivering the facts, as we currently know them. You’re the exact doc we all want! Fact based, but able to pivot when new information comes available.
I work at Hopkins as a pharmacist. We do NOT allow any patient to take probiotics, and we don’t carry anything on formulary for them to use. My understanding is that that decision was made because there’s no good informations that says it’s safe enough or effective enough
I have IBS, and I haven't found much help from probiotic supplements. My symptoms recently got dramatically worse after two rounds of antibiotics to knock out a nasty, month and a half long sinus issue. I won't go into too much detail, but I was getting very dehydrated from bathroom issues. But I've been slowly introducing more fiber and several probiotic foods in very small amounts at first. Kimchi, kombucha, and yogurt. I was very bloated and gassy for the first few weeks, but my trips to the bathroom started to normalize within a week of starting. Getting my probiotics from food and eating more fiber helps for me. And it's more fun because I love trying new foods.
In veterinary medicine (my profession), studies have shown specific probiotics shorten the duration of acute diarrhoea in shelter environments. There's currently no evidence to support its use in chronic diarrhoea. But i have several patients with lifelong conditions that destabilise when we try weaning off the probiotic. Microbiomes are fascinating. I'm enjoying watching science develop in real time. Hopefully we'll understand it better within the next few years
Our dog had gut problems and our vet recommended Sauerkraut (we had already tried out other stuff). He said it's either a hit or miss situation, so we tried it out. He finally gained back his weight and after three months of struggling and worrying his poop stabilised and he became painfree. If you plan on feeding Sauerkraut to your dog, please look up online how much is recommended as a portion daily. It also has to be cooked and without alcohol. You can buy it in one piece as well and cook it yourself if you wanna be sure. It will start fermenting pretty quickly though, please go buy a new one then. You can order small packages online as well, you can use those up before they go bad (it will start to stink otherwise as well). Fun fact: If your dog ever happens to swallow sth sharp (e.g. glass or plastic) then you can feed him a big portion of Sauerkraut and his chances of surviving this unharmed just got so much higher. It wraps around the object and transports it outside
Thank you so much for such a clear and easy to follow explanation of this confusing topic. And, for the approximately $30 per month, that l'll be putting back in my pocket to spend on real food. 😊
Very interesting! Thank you. ❤ One doctor said "When you are suffering from diarrhea you shouldn't take probiotics". You can take them afterwards, when you stop floating that toilet non stop.
Welcome to the other side, Dr. Karan. I remember when we had a brief dialogue on a previous video on this topic. Thanks for being open-minded. As any product advertised for a particular "issue", as consumers, we have to do our due diligence. I don't drink all kombucha nor do I eat all yoghurt.
After major surgery and a few weeks on anti-biotics my doctors told me to start taking a probiotic of any kind, a nurse friend suggested I try a brand of Kefir called 'Good Belly' and man oh man I was addicted to that stuff for almost 2 months and my guts went from sour to happy-happy-happy.
Please elaborate on whether what you’re saying here also applies to fermented foods and why. That is, why are all these problems with probiotics not also applicable to fermented foods?
So, 8 years ago, I kept getting really sick. I would find myself once every couple of weeks immobilized for hours from my gut pain. I saw specialist and had a couple of scopes done and nothing was found. So, I tried eating a pre and probiotic heavy diet. That worked. After a few months, I started returning back to my old diet and no pain or sickness. A couple of years go by and all of a sudden my symptoms start up again so I start up the pre-pro-biotic diet up again for a month. Like before the symptoms stop and I swap back to my old diet. A couple more years later, the same thing. The lesson I learned here is to listen to your body.
I think the best way to go about this is to characterize the major gut bacteria present on us humans. And like arrive at a general consensus on what the average gut microbiome looks like. Kind of a gut bacteria profiling That way we have some sort of idea on which microbes are present in our gut and in what amounts which will help with research and formulations There are many articles regarding this if I so remember correctly but I don't know if they are fully being utilized when making these supplements.
When my father was really ill in the months before he died, he was given a massive dose of antibiotics to help his pneumonia during a brief spell in hospital. Following this, the squits nearly finished him off - he was suffering for days. In desperation, I bought a selection of live yoghurts for him. Whether coincidence or not, he recovered in about 36 hours (as best he could for a dying man). I don't use the supplemental drinks myself- not worth the risk of being ambushed by 'less-nutritive sweeteners' that absolutely will cause me gut problems. :/
When the facts change, I change my opinion: thank you for updating your opinion on this, Dr Karan (I was shocked by your example of the 3 group study). Oh well, it's less of the supplements for me and more of the kimchi, sauerkraut, and lassi - time to dust off my food processor for veggies, too. Thanks for highlighting fibre: I've long been fascinated with its role in the formation of butyric acid.
A couple of months ago I was starting to get bowel problems and symptoms of IBS. Could've just been my mind thinking that I have IBS (because it does that for many conditions), but I started to drink kefir, drank more yoghurt, and a couple months later, me healfy
It all boils down to:
- be skeptical of what you put in your body
- a good diet will be better for you than almost any other intervention
This is what I tried to tell these knuckle heads but they're all sold on the supplement lie. It's their "religion".
@@Darius-uj1gv it’s the way you say it
Not really
Define "good diet" :)
@@thomaskaldahl196 "things you put in your body" referring to supplements and medication.
I work for FDA. 99.99% of "dietary supplements" are absolutely unnecessary. Just eat a balanced diet, don't smoke, avoid alcohol. Drink water.
There’s only a handful which for well
Researched and very effective : creatine, fibre , vitamin d, potentially omega 3 but not as solid research as the first 3!
The fda is a joke.
not possible for everyone. just saying.
That sounds exactly like what someone that works for the FDA would say
@@7kortos7 They're obviously not referring to exceptions
That Yakult thumbnail will for sure draw a lot of east & southeast asians down here. :)
Haha welcome
And oddly enough, lots of Mexicans lol
Mexicans as well. That stuff is basically a required supplement in many households in Mexico.
Brazil too
True lol. Me Indian came after seeing the thumbnail
Really is too bad that the cheapest foods are low in fiber and absent of fermented ingredients in the US. It feels very expensive to be healthy
Yes food policy needs a change
Is that so? Here in the EU you can get the same feeling but once you discover lentils and beans etc plus how easy fermentation at home is, it shines a new light on the matter.
@@JCel unfortunately there are hardly any common american dishes cooked with cheap healthy things like pulses and legumes. we also dont have many sauces/ condiments made from herbs and such like other cultures, think chimmichurri, kimchi, salsas, we have ranch 😂
@@rhi963 You don't have to make American dishes. We literally have the whole internet. Search for "cheap high fiber meals" on any search engine and you can find huge numbers of them.
@rhi963 So why dont you cook un-American things then? That sounds like an easy solution? Are vegetables really that expensive? Maybe Im very ignorant, but I cant imagine rice and say a leek or beans cost a lot. Cooking at home has to be much cheaper than take out, right? You can make so many healthy things with just 3 or 4 ingredients.
So much respect to you for posting this video where you are saying that you've learned something new and are changing your mind in accordance with the new information. Far too many people tend to double down and it's frustrating.
Thanks for being like this
Yes I used to think at worst it was harmless - I never believed they were a panacea but now I know more!
@@DrKaranDuring my med college I had a few classes in Mechnikov Uni , in St.Petersburg named after Mechnikov . So during the intro classes of Immunology we had some history sections during which we learnt about his achievements & discoveries (Father of innate immunology , discovered function & working of the Macrophage, basically laid down the foundations for Immunology & the concept of Probiotics (especially much research on Lactobacillus)
Well you know, this is where logic and sense are so important . It’s not hard to predict where this was all going to end up. Quite frankly, if someone is going to give the impression they have knowledge, few should hold them to a higher standard, not congratulate them for being wrong???
Now do the same with RNA vaccines
And with hydroxycloroquine
Petition to re-frame "bacteria that don't do anything" to "We do not yet know what they do" cause the error of labelling stuff "useless" in medicine to be later mistaken is repeated in history. So not again! X'D
Doctors and medicine is weird they do not label things properly. If you do not know or there are no studies about it, it isnt useless. We should stop basing everything on articles and studies since there are lots of stuff we dont know, didnt test or simply wrong.
Yes. The educated should know this, but they don’t employ critical thought anymore .
Even if there is nothing now perhaps they just inhibit others growing through competition and they are also there to later evolve with anything new in the future so it's a gamble for the future.
Everything thing in science is correct / incorrect for up to this point in time. Thats why you hear "with the current evidence, it was not helpful".
So yeah, when more info is discovered something might become useful. Right now, it is not.
Very true.
A (paraphrased) quote I came across a few years back was "trying to replace your gut biome with a probiotic yogurt drink is like cutting down the amazon and replacing it with row after row of corn."
Good analogy
Interesting abstract comparison- it's good
I personally have referenced the concept of having a closed terrarium and either killing everything inside causing complete collapse or carelessly removing or putting random things in there and watching whatever happens with no understanding
no one os trying to replace your guy biome. what are you talking about. we are more bacteria than human cells.
that’s just not how kefir works at all though, maybe the premade stuff
But i thought the specific takeaway from this video was to do exactly that... get your probiotics from food and not store bought probiotics if you're healthy?
I've struggled with poor digestive health since I was a kid and had appendicitis. At the time they gave me antibiotics which messed up my gut microbiome. About a year ago I started making smoothies with fruits, berries, juice, and yogurt with active cultures. I've been far healthier and able to eat food I've not been able to eat for decades. It's completely changed my life.
I suffered from bad breath from a young age. I brushed my teeth 10x a day, chronically chewed gum, even carried a tube of toothpaste around with me all day. One day my pediatrician recommended acidophilus. I have been taking it since and my bad breath hasn't been a problem.
Huh that’s really interesting
Uh interesting
Your bad breath came from an Intestinal Dysbiosis,
That’s very interesting- thanks for sharing!
My daughter has persistent bad breath. She has always been very careful with her teeth (and braces).. she brushes and flosses multiple times a day and started using mouth wash but still has bad breath.
Our dental hygienist recommended a probiotic mouthwash and gave us some samples. I don’t think she started using them yet but we both should get started.
I also bought 2 other brands online so I guess we’ll see how it goes. I don’t remember what bacteria are in them.
We will also consider the one you mention above.
I need to get back on probiotics as I am once again on multiple antibiotics for tick disease (bartonella, borellia)
@@AllThingsConsidered333 it's the food!! Just tell me what your daughter is eating and you will find the response.
I could not brush my teeth and I never have a bad breath! Never! Even if I just wake up from a long fasting
I have a balanced diet and i have been told i have a good gut biome. I love yogurt and kimchi too. The only thing I probably lack is consuming the recommended amount of water daily. Anyways, I do occasionally drink Yakult, and personally havent experienced anything negative from consuming that probiotic and have been consuming it since I was really young.
But, my partner, who has an extremely bad diet, and isnt the healthiest, just started drinking yakult with me, and like those 50% of unhealthy people mentioned in the video, that saw an increase in health, my partner is similar. They do seem to be benefitting drinking it, much more than me.
Really goes to show everyone gut biomes react very differently.
Yes they do react differently. However that’s not to say commercial probiotics are any good or science based!
yakult saved me. i was so sick one time and wouldnt get better until i started having yakult.
I have diverticulitis, discovered this while doing my colonoscopy. I used to get really bad stomach ache which lead to diarrhoea.
This however stopped after I did some changes to my diet, but the biggest help I attribute to is regular consumption of probiotics.
Stomach acid should be able to kill of the little Yakult fekal sample. I rather take milk without sugars like Kefir and Yogurts in large amounts occasionally for support
Bloating , Scalp inflammation pain and excessive hair fall . I eat a lot but I'm skinny by default. Help 😭@@DrKaran
As someone who was born in the late 80's and had chronic ear/nose/throat infections, so was on antibiotics a lot. I think the antibiotics are to blame for my IBS and in general GI issues. Weirdly though, all my issues started just after I got my first period.
Anyway, after starting following you on instagram earlier this year, your knowledge has helped me get my doctor to take my stomach issues seriously. Can't thank you enough for that!
So many doctors have just told me "It's just IBS, you just have to live with it." etc. But my life quality is awful, and my stomach issues got worse in winter 2023, then in april this year it got even worse. Finally going to the hospital for thourough testing etc. in October.
I have a similar experience. Being on antibiotics so much as a kid, I ended up developing sugar maldigestion.I can't eat anything with simple sugars (cane, syrup, honey, maltitol, ect. Fruit is safe.). Doctors never took me seriously, but it's pretty obvious when I lick a piece of candy, to watch my tongue immediately turns white and fuzzy, and my sinuses suddenly fill with white goop. I don't have enough bacteria to fight the yeast.
@@ghostratsarahhave you tried going on an animal based diet which cuts out carbs, maybe that can help
it happened to me too, then i did a kimchi natto mixed whole grains diet, then added yakult and korean coated probiotics and all is good now. my mom has IBS and endoscopy, i gave her the coated probiotics and she stopped passing gas and poops at least once every 2 days compared to once a week before.
@@ghostratsarahwait, white goop in the sinuses is from yeast? Every morning when I wake up I have to blow my nose for like two hours and it’s filled with thick white goop and it’s sometimes halfway dried out, I thought I just had really bad allergies, my tongue and mouth are also extremely dry when I wake up and the tongue is sometimes white but I thought it was just from being dry. When I mentioned to doctors my nose is bothering me like this they just look and say “oh yeah you have irritation” and do nothing!
Hey look into sibo, and other gut infection. It is likely gut dysbiosis. IF you need to kill them, use antimicrobial herbs and natural route of taking the bad bacteria out and do your research on your symptoms and such. Look into your root causes of gut issues, food intolerances and so on. Look up IBS Freedom Podcast and thank me later. A lot of info but it will really help.
Considering how expensive they can be it's actually kind of a relief they're not what they're hyped up to be lol
Indeed . I have hope we will have the science catch up to the hype. All
Hope for probiotics not lost!
Conventional doctors have zero education on micro biome and related nutrition. Zero. And what they prescribe is useless. There are a few good ones on the market that are very reasonably priced and effective but finding good quality probiotics in foods that reach all the way to the colon is really the best choice. Not all of them get where they need to be. Yogurt is usually a waste. Especially when you get the flavored ones. Adding processed sugars, etc to your probiotic foods will 1)feed the bad bacteria that can mess up your micro biome and 2)have strains that don’t even make it halfway through the small intestines. Pick the right ones and pick unflavored and unsweetened
Kim Chi is super cheap. And delicious. And it's been highly effective for me for a couple decades. It has hundreds of pro-biotics.
I love yogurt. Put some chocolate granola on it and you can basically have dessert for breakfast without people judging you.
Nice!! Haha
I don’t know if this is true, but I read an article that suggests not to eat it first that you should eat something else to start and then have the yogurt
i use to love yogurt but my stomach no longer agrees
@@vlogily8043 Makes sense, the bacteria in the yogurt ultimately needs to eat, too.
Bananas and honey with yoghurt. 😋
The biggest problem I have with those yogurts is chewing through the little bottle, passing them is really painful, too.
What
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😂😂😂
I usually smoke my veggies, so I get it.
Wtf
LOL😂
I love how even though this video is 15 minutes long, it keeps your interest the entire time!
Honestly that is extremely pleasing to hear!
Yes it does. He has such a nice voice
Dr Karan is really good at keeping me focused on what he's saying. He's easy on the ears and speaks in a manner easy for a layperson like me to clearly understand what he's saying. I follow other doctors on youtube, but honestly many of them are either monotone, needlessly verbose or speak in a manner that is better suited to their peers, not a layperson.
Damn attention spans really have gone down the drain
i agree
very well made
now that was very helpful ^^ I started to work as a cashier in a grocery store and noticed that many elderly people are buying the Yakult thing you were holding in the thumbnail, now my dad (also around 50) often complains about being tired and having gut problems so I started getting it for him, but now that I know what actually is good for the guts and have proof I might be able to finally convince him to eat more veggies and fruits XDD thanks dr. Karan!!
Awesome! And good luck
@@DrKaran What do you think of prebiotic supplements? Are they better than probiotic supplements?
i wish this guy was my local gp 🙏, both entertaining and helpful!
I’m a surgeon though haha
He’s a surgeon.
Yeah I’m aware he’s a surgeon, I watch his vids, just saying that my life would be so much easier if he could be the person I see whenever I have issues!
@@djsac2513 same here Im afraid of my doctors TwT dr. Karan or dr. Mike would be a blessing to have XDD
Agree, genuine guy.
Another bit of advice from your local FDA employee - if you check the label on any dietary supplement you're considering buying and you see "These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease." That's FDA code for "There is zero empirical evidence showing this stuff works as advertised." Chances are it will do you no good. It will cost you money and if not for bribing Congress it would have been regulated as an unapproved drug due to the claims made. But as we all know - Congress is for sale to the highest bidder.
Nice! Good info!
Almost all supplements say that, even ones that have good evidence that they work (Vit D, B12, omega-3, etc.). They HAVE to say that if they make any claim like "supports heart health" etc. But you should be looking at ingredients, not the claims, so that label doesn't really matter much
@@orthotron Untrue. If you see the "These statements" statement on the label - it's basically snake oil. Thanks.
@@orthotron Supplements don't treat or cure anything in healthy individuals. You'll be in trouble if you have deficiencies, but if you have enough, taking more of them won't benefit you further, and taking too much of some vitamins could have a harmful effect. The only thing that makes vitamins work is treating symptoms directly resulted from vitamin deficiencies.
@@Darius-uj1gv Which part exactly is untrue? 21 CFR 101.93 states that statement must be present when making a claim about "structure/function" of a supplement and "claims of a benefit related to a classical nutrient deficiency disease and claims of general well-being from consumption of a dietary ingredient".
In other words, that statement is present when a marketing claim is made. Presence/absence of it tells you nothing about the quality or effectiveness of the ingredients.
All I know is, I've been a sufferer of regular IBS flareups for around 15 years now, and it's impacted my quality of life quite significantly -- and thus far, nothing any doctor has ever prescribed has ever helped curb it. Drinking one Yakult per day, however, has -- and quite noticeably, at that. And as I presently live in Tokyo -- just down the road from one of the main Yakult production facilities, as it happens -- I'm able to get Yakult readily and cheaply, and I've been able to lead a relatively IBS flareup-free life for almost the entire 5 years I've been living here thanks to it.
Whatever studies may say, it's hard to argue with results, so I shall continue to drink my daily Yakult!
We drink it in Thailand too!
I still have yet to find out what's wrong with my gut, but Good Belly probiotic juice helps me. I haven't needed a GI cocktail in years.
If you are from the USA, maybe the IBS is from all the herbicides and pesticides that are sprayed on wheat and other plants?
Italian scientists have found interesting things about gluten, zonulin, and IBS-Diarrhea.
@@kimberlycooper4170 Yeah, I am indeed, and that wouldn't surprise me in the slightest! I've felt healthier in general since moving to Japan, as food is just plain more well-regulated and well-prepared here. It's unreal to me that people eat raw eggs on the regular here -- you DEFINITELY wouldn't want to do that back home!
You can make your own yogurt , to avoid all the plastic waste. It’s so much more delicious and cheap
Why the fuck would probiotics contain antibiotic resistant bacteria? Is this a result of selecting specific strains, or just plain carelessnes? Also i hope that, if any, only the regulated probiotics are resistant, otherwise im going to have an aneurism.
Well for the medical types, the special strains you get in stomach resistant capsules, I can imagine that the types have indirect resistance bc of faster growth, bc they're g+ for an AB that only affects g-
For the study, I think it's lateral gene transfer from the ones who survived and developed a resistance via random mutation so the resistant has a benefit and was able to overgrow
No, all bacteria, good and bad, can evolve. Good bacteria that is antibiotic resistant can "accidentally" transfer the antibiotic resistant gene to other bacteria, potentially pathogenic one.
They probably thought it was a good thing, for people who have to take a lot of antibiotics, the antibiotics won’t wipe out their gut bacteria. They didn’t think ahead.
lol antibiotics and resistant strains are naturally occurring, bacteria use antibiotics to take over colonies... its how bacteria compete against each other, of course you need resistant strains within your gut.
Lateral gene transfer ☝️
This is an interesting and helpful video dear Dr Karan. You are one of the few doctors who acknowledge the importance of gut health and how to address it. I went through surgery for bowel cancer, and NO-ONE on the hospital team mentioned gut health. Likewise another surgery for tumour secondaries, where they had to remove my (healthy) gallbladder as it was sitting contiguous to a small secondary... no mention of diet post-gallbladder. Plus, a lot of the hospital food I wouldnt feed to my dog. Im lucky that the cancer (Adenosarcoma) was only second stage, and so far I'm doing ok. Plus I've long been a supporter of the 'You are what you eat' notion.
You’ve been through a lot and hope you feel well my friend! And seconded the hospital food is not fit for a dog!
My father is a vet (not even specialized to humans) and he always states that most illness starts in the gut
A good rule of thumb is that you should aim to eat at least thirty (30!) different types of vegetables/fruits/nuts/pulses/and legumes every week. The greater the variation, the better your gut health. It sounds like a lot but it is actually quite easily done, especially when you realize that you can also count most of your spices in with the rest of your vegetables. An added bonus is that when you cook using a lot of different vegetables you can cut way down on the salt you add.
Yes variety of plants Is key
Why would you use less salt with more vegetables…? They deserve good seasoning too!
Or eat beef daily.
@@dawnelder9046does that replace the 30 veggies?
@@newt2120maybe both red meat and variety of fatty greens
"No disease that can be treated by diet should be treated with any other means." - Maimonides.
Except in many countries it can't be fixed with diet as the soil no longer contains the required minerals.
@@missbeaussie😱
As someone who suffers from Ulcerative colitis this video has been eye opening, I wish I had taken better care of my gut sooner, thinking about it it's no surprise my own immune system started attacking my gut for how much I neglected my body. I am trying to do better and my partner will be giving birth in a couple of months to our first daughter, I'm going to give her the best diet I possibly can when she begins solids. Thanks Dr Karan
You are not to blame for having ulcerative colitis. It is not your fault - please know that! However there are things you can do going forwards to help symptomatically from a lifestyle point of view
@@DrKaranTrue!!
You don't know what caused it I have it too
Will you feed her an animal based carnivore diet?
Dr Ken Berry will help you with the carnivore diet to help with your issue.
Probiotics pretty much cured my IBS i had for years. I take it every day, and I never have had any IBS symptoms since.
What did you do to increase probiotic count n also which brand
They helped me come back from antibiotics. My ibs is terrible after a round. Other than that doesn't really do anything for me.
I've had IBS for as long as I can remember, and I've been a vegan for five years. Nothing about "eat more fibre to improve your gut health' surprises me. Since I've been vegan, my IBS flare ups are usually attributable to stress, whereas before that it could (and very much did) flare up at any time for no apparent reason. I'd tried so many diets like low FODMAPS, gluten free, probiotic supplements and nothing worked. Eat more fibre folks.
Another doctor on youtube says fibre can make both IBS and Chrons WORSE. So are you sure about this?
This is my experience as well. Gut / bowel problems for 10 years.. nothing worked, until I merely increased (by a large margin) my fibre in food and fibre supplement (just psyllium powder in a large glass of water twice a day... plus increased fibre in my diet as well). Solved 99% of my problems. Western / North American diet is garbage, it's so low fibre due to all the processed trash we eat.
Digestive enzymes
Probiotic
Being free and dairy free
Changed my life
Probiotics worked for me
So much relief
When you say high fibre, what are we talking per day?
@@ParleLeVuyes, I was trying to fix my gut problems by having more fiber in my diet. Little did I know I was already having too much. And more fiber was making the situation even worse. Once I reduced it pretty much all problems were gone. The good old "it's all about balance".
This was a great video, and something very worth considering. I'll be honest, though, I was a little afraid you'd tell me to seriously cut back on the kimchi lol
Haha know MOAWR kimchi!
I have had cdiff twice within a 13 month period, let me tell you probiotics atm are saving my life bc the second time i had it was after I stopped taking probiotics regularly. Unfortunately probiotics even when prescribed by medical professionals in clinic and hospitals are not covered by insurance which means I am spending a hell of a lot of money to not get cdiff again.
Are you taking a lot of antibiotics currently. Chronic antibiotic use is a risk factor for c.diff.
@@kinggab8905 Yes it is, and right now I am not but its absolutely what caused the first infection after which you have a high chance of getting it again, and once you have it twice you are at a 65% chance of re infection unless you take appropriate probiotics (diet and in capsule form) according to my doctor. Cdiff is scary and I wish they would tell people its a risk factor of taking antibiotics. Loosing 3 kilos in a week is terrifying. I had no choice bc I had a very very severe infection but for those that do have an option please be aware! Antibiotics are not evil or anything but they are not risk free either.
You can make your own kefir forever you just activate the grain when it's fermented you take the grains out and out it into new milk and start fermenting again. Buy once have it forever
I’m more a fan of giving your own existing microbiome a good diet, than adding in extras. I find it helpful to think of my microbiome as helpful pets - I might want to feed me fatty, salty, junk food because it releases reward chemicals, but I’m always careful what I feed pets. If I’m introducing new bacteria I do prefer to use fermented foods. I went on a Dukkan diet years ago, and the one thing I kept from that is eating lots of fibre. Because it really does make an enormous difference to my overall health.
How beneficial are fermented foods such as kefir? Ive been having a mug of kefir in the morning followed by eggs and spinach for the past 2 years, my gut 'feels' better, but I'd be interested in your opinion
Definitely beneficial. We can’t say for sure every fermented
Food we eat is going to do wonders for gut health - it won’t be bad for sure and cheaper than Supps. They also provide other benefits like fibre!
He's the only source of information that i believe from the internet
Thanks my friend!
Don't know why, but you do seem very easy to trust, thank you for all you do, still yet to buy your book though 😬 @@DrKaran
Fact check those claims anyway. We all need a bit of accountability to keep us grounded
Omg, you’re in deep trouble 😂 he’s about as much common sense as a 4 year old.
That’s not healthy. He is simply regurgitating information. It could be wrong or he might over emphasise something leading to misleading conclusions. He can’t possibly be at the forefront of research in all these areas he talks about. Quoting studies is a good sign but even so, how do we know he’s interpreting them accurately or even looking at the best studies? This is simply one input. Find others and seek out a balanced perspective. And if this topic is very important to you then find experts in the field and look at their work and advice.
This video is so informative. I just sent it to my mom, from whom I inherited my nerdiness. Keep up the awesome work.
:)
What is the difference between drinking a yakult in the morning or eating a bowl of yoghurt (other than the price) in terms of probiotics? If they both contain probiotics, why is the yoghurt and kefir fine, but the yakult is not? Is it the amount of probiotics in them?
No difference, yakult just way less health, it is sugar bomb (12g of sugar on small 80ml bottle, it's 3 tea spoons!)
Actually love that you made this video because I've seen some of your Instagram reels that talk about probiotic and prebiotics. It's always good to challenge your own beliefs, and speaks greatly to your integrity that you admit that you were wrong when new evidence has presented itself. I've been struggling with constipation over the last several years. Doesn't matter what I eat, it never seems to go away. But what you said at the end of the video gives me a bit of hope. I'm going to try to hit my daily fiber while also enjoying some fermented foods from time to time. Hopefully something will change.
I’ve never supported the use of probiotic supplements that you get from supermarkets..my mistake was thinking they were “harmless”
This is so fascinating, I’m currently battling an ear infection that has been raging for almost a month and have been on and off 2 antibiotics for the month and taking probiotics for that time too and I find it helps
I bet a lot of people don't know about fecal transplants and the lab test results regarding it.
They likely don’t you’re right !
@DrKaran I honestly found it so fascinating! It opens up such a broad possibility of gut health, personality and outlook changes and recovery prospects. There's so much about our bodies we have yet to discover. Such an exciting thought when compared to all the things we've already discovered!
Saw something astonishing on Fibromyalga and Fatigue which Jarred Younger presented on youtube recently
i've been taking probiotics for 2 weeks now following food contamination/food poisoning at my usual food place. it helped with massive tummy gurgling, explosion p**ps & tummy cramps. thankfully they're healed
Hope you get better soon!
Symptoms of food poisoning often get better after a few days, whether you take probiotics or not.
@@sustainablelivingwannabe1756There is a difference between the standard progression of food poisoning and the symptoms easing faster.
@@sustainablelivingwannabe1756my mom wouldnt stop passing gas before every day, it finally stopped after i gave her probiotics.
Or you just got better
I consume one bottle of Yakult everyday for almost 6 months. My gut has never been better. I used to suffer from chronic constipation my whole childhood and in my 20s. With a bottle of Yakult and be more conscious about what I eat everyday, my bowel movement is back to normal (normal-everyday-standard).
Overall, i would recommend that you should be more conscious about what you eat (fiber-rich food) and drink a small bottle of Yakult everyday. Should do you good.
Yakult is probably the worst, it's 12g of sugar per small 80ml bottle, 50 calories
@@gi1dor where i am there is a low sugar version of yakult. Like the commentor above, I also had a pretty sensitive stomach but after drinking yakult for a while its gotten much better so just another anecdote.
@@Tcmter23 low calorie version is 6g of sugar
Thank you so much for posting this! I used to take all kinds of probiotics for years (up until 2023) without realizing that they might be making things worse. I now have so many gut symptoms, including a stubborn case of SIBO and IMO (high methane and high hydrogen). Thanks again! I love your videos, your Instagram posts, all your content!
Research using dirt for SIBO - spore-forming soil based probiotics and humic and fulvic acid.
Before I begin watching and purely for my own enjoyment (yes, very weird, I know):
- Microbiome theory to me, was a literal temper on the idea of germ theory. Suddenly, so many things made sense (in the 90s).
- After travelling overseas to poorer nations as a young teen, I was shocked by how people lived... and were OK. Mum married a an Indian Doctor in Malaysia, the skin conditions were the most memorable as a child.
- After living in China and seeing people eat food that I couldn't without getting ill, I started questioning the obsession with sterility (which I now know is never actually sterile anyway) my grandmother taught me (she was an old nurse).
- After eating the food for a few years and not getting ill, I learned about adhesion of enterococci to the intestinal wall and the production of molecules that stop this adhesion. Not really microbiome, but it definitely got me thinking.
- Started taking Yakult in China and it DID seem to help quite a lot, though not significantly more than a placebo would have.
- Learned about fiber... fiber fiber fiber. Learned about how we evolved with hundreds of times more fiber in out diet and basically bred fiber out of modern crops. Fiber is king. Fiber food for the organisms that ARE you that outnumber YOUR (genetically) cells. We are each a complex ecosystem and fiber is the key.
So my guesses are:
- we still need more studies to have real clarity.
- We don't have a complete picture of a healthy vs unhealthy microbiome.
- Supplement industry is the wild west.
- These are probably beneficial bacteria and may help those depleted, but probably don't help healthy people much.
- Fiber is better.
- Fresh fruit and veg is better (and we still don't really know why. It could be partially hormetic, it could be to do with microbiota, it could be as-yet unknown functions of phenolic and other phytocompounds in plants. Likely it's a mix of all the above.
Let's see how totally wrong I was.
So...
Was wrong about them helping people generally (after abx etc.). It's actually an even tighter therapeutic window. Don't bother with supplements at all... because the supplement industry is the wild west.
Also forgot about fermented foods.
Who's watching with IBS wondering if anything will ever help?
I've got legit sauerkraut and kimchi in the fridge and I need to tuck into them.
Reduce or stop eating all carbohydrates and fibre.... Those aren't great for most humans but intolerance for people with IBS because your body can't digest those foods well and leave large amounts to run through the colon and rough it up. If it isn't something like pepper or acidic fruit which is irritating too
Meat, fish, eggs and animal fat are your best friend for low irritating gut food. It's listed under the FODMAP foods as best. That excludes all plant food, unfortunately
I have IBS, the probiotics did wonders. Don't believe what people say. He literally pointed out a study that said it helped for people with IBS. IBS is not something most of the general population have, so 'general' people who are healthy don't need these supplements, but WE DO.
@@ClarissaWild It not that probiotics don't work.
It's that you don't really know what you get in each product most of the time. And the information of what to do and what strains to use for each person is lacking. I believe that's the same as what Dr Karan said...
@@mabinogidrws I think with IBS there is no “one size fits all“. You‘ll just have to try which foods agree with you, and more than likely, you are going to have to eliminate several foods from your diet. But that doesn’t mean you can’t eat a healthy, plant based diet.
Maybe I can give you some hope.
I had 'ibs' fir 5+ years. It turned out that the root causes of my symptoms were SIBO as well as dysbiosis of the large intestine.
I cleared my SIBO, and am now working on the large intestine.
I've gone from being able to tolerate only 1/6 fodmap groups (and truly not even managing the supposedly suitable amounts of these foods), which meant cutting out so many veggies/legumes/fruits, like MOST of them. Now I'm at the point where I can tolerate small amounts again, and its improving every week. It is often possible to figure this stuff out!! Figure out what bothers you, figure out the root cause, then treat them.
I used antimicrobials and ginger (gut motility aid) for the SIBO, and I'm using S. Boulardii plus veggie variety for my dysbiosis. Plus days worth of research, and unfortunately no real medical help (found it all to be a bit useless).
I love listening to you Dr Karan.So passionate about what you are researching.
:)
I was worried about that title for a minute. Glad to know what you've been saying is still top advice.
And it's good I like kefir and yogurt and all that! Yay fruity dairy plus lots of veg!
Had been randomly unsubscribed from the channel without my knowledge! 😱 Thanks for all you do, Dr. 🤗✨️
Oh no!
9:19 “Buttworths - Colon cleaner chili” seems like a nice meal 😂
Best line: “if you think it’s hot when you eat, wait ‘til you take the seat” 😂🤣
I believe a Stanford study a few years ago showed that high fiber didn’t diversify the gut microbiome and didn’t decrease inflammatory markers but a diet with fermented foods did. The last part of your video contradicts this. Do you have an opinion on that study?
Dr Karan, please address this question. It's very interesting
Isn’t that exactly what he said though? High fiber alongside with fermented food rather than one more than the other. Also, if I’m not mistaken, high fiber food may not diversify gut microbiome but it IS needed as prebiotics (fuel) for the probiotics in your guts so it’s important to take that either way.
What I said throughout the video was that fibre is essential in acting as a PREbiotic for the PRObiotics which reside within you. That is validated across the literature. Fermented foods are great yes, but so is just standard fibre rich plant food.
To continue with your garden analogy, sounds like what we need is the probiotic equivalent of the 3 sisters.
Also in regards to Yakult shown in the thumbnail, it's the only probiotic that's had any sort of positive impact on me. My tethered spine causes me to have near chronic constipation. It's so bad that if I eat any significant amount of fiber I risk a bowel obstruction. Soluble fiber I seem to be OK with, but I had a scary episode as a teen where a doctor prescribed fiber and it nearly killed me as well as likely caused irreparable nerve damage in the lower region of my large intestine as my bowel patterns have never been the same since then.
You mentionned a study where Fecal Microbiota Transplant ( 3:38 ) helped the people repopulate their gut with bacteria faster. But you also mentionned that the microbiome changes over time ( 2:34 ). In an earlier video, you also mentionned using old yogurt as a starter for culturing new yogurt.
My question is this: if one were to use the FMT to culture a unique yogurt for someone, how long could someone effectively use that yogurt as starter before the yogurt and intestinal microbiomes stop matching?
The process of fmt is very laborious and intensive so making that into a consumable product would be logistically quite difficult! Interesting and creative idea though!!
@@DrKaran I was thinking of situations where people in isolation situations (like Dianna from PhysicsGirl) or people with chronic intestinal issues might need that extra help. If you can grab the culture once and continue to reproduce it, then costs should go down, especially when the condition can last years.
Poop yoghurt 😂
I cant get pro/prebiotics naturally. Their natural sources put me in a ton of pain.
Pro/prebiotics have given me the ability to ingest more of its natural sources without discomfort. Ive also been feeling less depressed overall, clearer mentally, and Ive been experiencing less pain on my cycle.
I agree that everyones biome is different, do whats best for you!
I was instructed by a doctor to take probiotics and its been helping. I used to be very healthy but got a kidney infection from a UTI 😬 the antibiotics i took for it have given me tons of acid reflux and random pains now but the probiotics have been helping 👍
I think naturally femented foods are good wont overload you with too much random stuff but has the right amount to give your tummy a turf war
What do you mean by "random stuff"
At this point, I'm willing to try darn near anything to improve my gut health.
Buying suplements is looking for the easy way out. You already know what changes you need to make, so do it! Save money and experience real results and improve self esteem on the way!
Twice I've been on antibiotics, the doctor and pharmacist recommended a certain brand (Culturelle) probiotic - the first time the doctor actually wrote it down , the second time, the pharmacist recommended it due to the antibiotic I was going to be on). I just took them while on the antibiotics and about a week after, to kickstart the process. I don't know what value supplements taken every day would have. I do eat yogurt every day, though - I just really like yogurt - and it's a consistent source of calcium.
That garden analogy makes a lot of sense to me, though. I don't reseed my garden every day - I just keep it watered and in the sun, and feed it occasionally. I selectively replant areas as needed - spacing is important for good healthy plants.
Thanks for science and facts…even the truth that there is much we do not know yet. Already had heard many of these thing by the doctor that discovered probiotics. You had some additional info he did not have the time to add due to tv time constraints. Thank you!
11:16; the lesson I took was to perform skin-to-skin contact with breastfeeding mothers.
Thanks Dr. Karan!
Ayo!!
Dr Karan, you literally have millions of subs. You do not need clickbait titles. It's insulting.
I had an idea that probiotics at worst were harmless. Now after doing more research , I realise they’re not “just harmless”: hence I was wrong abojt probiotics . What’s clickbait about that?
The best food/digestive advice that sums it all up is: eat whole, not processed foods, mostly plants, not too much
This is why I love your channel and you as a doctor you actually show that you research on your own and learn things and are willing to admit when wrong or right and not just flash your medical degree in my face saying don't confuse your research with my medical degree so I trust you
Thank you
It can't be spring if your heart is filled with past failures.
I learned from a doctor podcast that good/bad bacteria imbalance is the cause of common vaginal complaints & can be helped by the good bacteria in plain yogurt cultures since its the same.
Yet corny commercials that sell products to mask the issue win the day.
There is actual very little evidence supporting the use of vaginal probiotics for BV and other female health issues.
He's definitely not an alternative medical type & does good research in most cases. He was an advocate of home mixing a plain yogurt douche. Haven't listened in a while but always corrected with new information.
@@KLondike5 I think you lost everyone at "yoghurt douche", friend. 🤣
@@christopherl2422 That is way less off putting than fecal transplants to treat the gi tract. Science is weird.
@@KLondike5I used a good quality probiotic as a pessary to ease a yeast infection. Freezing yogurt in the fingers of a nitrile glove is simpler and eases the symptoms alongside helping with the rebalancing of the vagina.
I ferment my own kefir. No idea what bacteria are in it, but at least I know they're alive
Same . And it's so simple that I don't know why you'd buy it.
Billions of good bacteria if grown fresh. People who take any opiate derived medication shouldn't take it before bed when your digestion is slow as such medications also slow digestion causing the bacteria to remain in the small intestine longer resulting in unpleasant symptoms.
I love this guy
:) thank you my friend!
I'm surprised how active you are in your comment section. I had to comment seeing you respond to a purely appreciative comment like this. Keep it up :)
I was made aware of this 18 years ago. I remember a group study being done and two big named companies left the study so that they could still continue to promote healthy gutt bacteria on their products.
Yakult has helped me with stomach aches, during my middle school days. I don't drink a couple a day, just one helps ease my pain.
Edit: during the times when i get a stomach ache and I don't have the money for yakult, I'll still have my stomach ache throughout the day.
Im ready for the next book. "This book will change your life, again?"
Haha did you enjoy book 1?
@@DrKaran It's great as an audio book, haven't finished it, this book not only helps you to poop, but also teaches you some insights on plumping. With this digestible information I can take care of myself and my sanity whenever my toilet isn't feeling well.
Would love to hear your views on autism and gut microbiome
Very interesting area of research. Deffo need a video on gut + brain
@@DrKaranas in lots of autistics have ibs or other tummy issues. I hate it. I am fed up of being sick from eating food
The return of the Gong Farmer
Better than a dong farmer 🤨
I'm grateful for the Chinese doctor who told me years ago already that probiotics should only be taken if really needed. I really wondered why ppl take them like m&m.
Thank you so much Dr Karan, I'll share this with friends and family
Don't focus on making the right decision, focus on making the decision the right one.
Idk if you’ll see this comment. There was a study some time ago that studied poo transfers between overweight and healthy/underweight individuals. Those that were overweight, took on the transfer and ended up losing significant amounts of weight. It was interesting.
I'm not over weight but don't seem to be able to process any food (I currently know 1 food I can safely eat).
I think I need a transplant from a healthy individual
What's your take on intermittent fasting?
Has benefits for sure. Nothing magic about it as far as the science suggests - just another way to limit calories to help people lose weight
I've been told by my Doctor to make sure I brush my teeth for two minutes twice a day because otherwise bacteria from my mouth will end up in my stomach and the bacteria interferes with my stomach's ability to handle sugars
And what are the odds of those bacteria being destroyed by stomach acid before it reaches your gut? 🤔
Bruh
@@AM-dn1iq common sense says otherwise, the acid in your stomach would have done away with the bacteria before it has any chance of reaching the gut
That bacteria piggybacks onto your food. This is nonsense.
@@lysanamcmillan7972 The mouth literally leads to the gut. Why wouldn't the bacteria interchange? There are studies that show people with irritable bowel syndrome has higher oral bacteria due to gum disease ect.
I believe that a simple and unassuming manner of life is best for everyone, best both for the body and the mind.
Love it! Thank you! Your videos made me save money from Netflix while I eat food I watch your vids instead of posh entertainment that has much less intellectual value... not judging those who enjoy that form of entertainment.
Nice!
Are you Mutahar's dad?
Who?
@@milanc7854 the channel is called some ordinary gamers
@@milanc7854 lol CZcamsr: SomeOrdinaryGamers
Too much if anything is bad ,moderation is the key.
In tje case of commercial probiotics right now, even moderate amounts does next to nothing
Always a pleasure Dr Karan! Love your dedication to delivering the facts, as we currently know them. You’re the exact doc we all want! Fact based, but able to pivot when new information comes available.
Thank you! :)
I work at Hopkins as a pharmacist. We do NOT allow any patient to take probiotics, and we don’t carry anything on formulary for them to use. My understanding is that that decision was made because there’s no good informations that says it’s safe enough or effective enough
Exactly! As I know there is no good evidence of probiotics, thanks for sharing about Hopkins policies about it
Thanks, i’m glad someone is making a video about this
I have IBS, and I haven't found much help from probiotic supplements. My symptoms recently got dramatically worse after two rounds of antibiotics to knock out a nasty, month and a half long sinus issue. I won't go into too much detail, but I was getting very dehydrated from bathroom issues. But I've been slowly introducing more fiber and several probiotic foods in very small amounts at first. Kimchi, kombucha, and yogurt. I was very bloated and gassy for the first few weeks, but my trips to the bathroom started to normalize within a week of starting. Getting my probiotics from food and eating more fiber helps for me. And it's more fun because I love trying new foods.
In veterinary medicine (my profession), studies have shown specific probiotics shorten the duration of acute diarrhoea in shelter environments. There's currently no evidence to support its use in chronic diarrhoea. But i have several patients with lifelong conditions that destabilise when we try weaning off the probiotic.
Microbiomes are fascinating. I'm enjoying watching science develop in real time. Hopefully we'll understand it better within the next few years
Our dog had gut problems and our vet recommended Sauerkraut (we had already tried out other stuff). He said it's either a hit or miss situation, so we tried it out. He finally gained back his weight and after three months of struggling and worrying his poop stabilised and he became painfree. If you plan on feeding Sauerkraut to your dog, please look up online how much is recommended as a portion daily. It also has to be cooked and without alcohol. You can buy it in one piece as well and cook it yourself if you wanna be sure. It will start fermenting pretty quickly though, please go buy a new one then. You can order small packages online as well, you can use those up before they go bad (it will start to stink otherwise as well). Fun fact: If your dog ever happens to swallow sth sharp (e.g. glass or plastic) then you can feed him a big portion of Sauerkraut and his chances of surviving this unharmed just got so much higher. It wraps around the object and transports it outside
Thank you so much for such a clear and easy to follow explanation of this confusing topic. And, for the approximately $30 per month, that l'll be putting back in my pocket to spend on real food. 😊
glad that the sources are in the description.
Great video! I love to see content creators relaying researched info. The time put in to creat such content is appreciated. 👍👍👍
Welcome and thanks for watching!
Very interesting! Thank you. ❤
One doctor said "When you are suffering from diarrhea you shouldn't take probiotics". You can take them afterwards, when you stop floating that toilet non stop.
Now we want the ultimate collab; Dr. Karan and Dr.Pal aka Gutman!
Welcome to the other side, Dr. Karan. I remember when we had a brief dialogue on a previous video on this topic. Thanks for being open-minded. As any product advertised for a particular "issue", as consumers, we have to do our due diligence. I don't drink all kombucha nor do I eat all yoghurt.
Eat a healthy mixed diet, move/exercise and sleep well. Also avoid stress.
That alone will give you a good groundwork for your health.
After major surgery and a few weeks on anti-biotics my doctors told me to start taking a probiotic of any kind, a nurse friend suggested I try a brand of Kefir called 'Good Belly' and man oh man I was addicted to that stuff for almost 2 months and my guts went from sour to happy-happy-happy.
Please elaborate on whether what you’re saying here also applies to fermented foods and why. That is, why are all these problems with probiotics not also applicable to fermented foods?
So, 8 years ago, I kept getting really sick. I would find myself once every couple of weeks immobilized for hours from my gut pain. I saw specialist and had a couple of scopes done and nothing was found. So, I tried eating a pre and probiotic heavy diet. That worked. After a few months, I started returning back to my old diet and no pain or sickness. A couple of years go by and all of a sudden my symptoms start up again so I start up the pre-pro-biotic diet up again for a month. Like before the symptoms stop and I swap back to my old diet. A couple more years later, the same thing. The lesson I learned here is to listen to your body.
This video is so amazing. The level of research and attention to detail. ❤
Thank you!
I think the best way to go about this is to characterize the major gut bacteria present on us humans.
And like arrive at a general consensus on what the average gut microbiome looks like. Kind of a gut bacteria profiling
That way we have some sort of idea on which microbes are present in our gut and in what amounts which will help with research and formulations
There are many articles regarding this if I so remember correctly but I don't know if they are fully being utilized when making these supplements.
Well done! Can’t believe we may be contributing to antibiotic resistance by taking store brand probiotics. Good to know!
When my father was really ill in the months before he died, he was given a massive dose of antibiotics to help his pneumonia during a brief spell in hospital. Following this, the squits nearly finished him off - he was suffering for days. In desperation, I bought a selection of live yoghurts for him. Whether coincidence or not, he recovered in about 36 hours (as best he could for a dying man).
I don't use the supplemental drinks myself- not worth the risk of being ambushed by 'less-nutritive sweeteners' that absolutely will cause me gut problems. :/
When the facts change, I change my opinion: thank you for updating your opinion on this, Dr Karan (I was shocked by your example of the 3 group study). Oh well, it's less of the supplements for me and more of the kimchi, sauerkraut, and lassi - time to dust off my food processor for veggies, too.
Thanks for highlighting fibre: I've long been fascinated with its role in the formation of butyric acid.
A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.
A couple of months ago I was starting to get bowel problems and symptoms of IBS. Could've just been my mind thinking that I have IBS (because it does that for many conditions), but I started to drink kefir, drank more yoghurt, and a couple months later, me healfy