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Role of Lactobacillus Reuteri in Human Health and Diseases

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Re: Role of Lactobacillus Reuteri in Human Health and Diseases

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Post by reuteriq »

jimbru wrote: post #2

For anyone interested in L. Reuteri, you can buy it in the U.S. as Gerber probiotic drops ( https://medical.gerber.com/products/supplements/soothe-colic... ). Marketed for babies but obviously works on adults too. Last I checked Gerber had an exclusive license on U.S. distribution of this bacterium—there’s a Swedish company, BioGaia, that IIRC is the original patent holder.

Is it possible to introduce this to the body without buying it specifically? Or put another way, how did people get L. Reuteri without pharmaceutical/supplement companies growing it in labs?

Re: Role of Lactobacillus Reuteri in Human Health and Diseases

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Post by Natsu »

chasebank wrote: post #7
password4321 wrote: post #5

Discussed further in the top comment and others 3 days ago: Childhood antibiotics as a risk factor for Crohn's disease: Cohort study https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32037105 > Simply stated, it changed my life. It emits a substance called Reuterin which inhibits the growth of other more harmful bacterial species.

I've been in deep research after reading that comment. Thought it was interesting this story popped up today. Coincidence or astroturf? Been dealing with gastro issues for 4+ years now. I'll report back after I take the stuff for a month.

We're trying it too since there's just not a lot you can do for IBS.

Re: Role of Lactobacillus Reuteri in Human Health and Diseases

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Post by TedDoesntTalk »

parhamn wrote: post #3
jimbru wrote: post #2

For anyone interested in L. Reuteri, you can buy it in the U.S. as Gerber probiotic drops ( https://medical.gerber.com/products/supplements/soothe-colic... ). Marketed for babies but obviously works on adults too. Last I checked Gerber had an exclusive license on U.S. distribution of this bacterium—there’s a Swedish company, BioGaia, that IIRC is the original patent holder.

Thanks, I came to ask this. It seems like the probiotic market is largely a hit or miss. Reviews online are filled with people claiming their purchases failed milk culturing tests (I don't know if testing as such even works), claims that these bacteria can't survive on warehouse shelves, etc.

That’s why Visbiome ships in insulated packaging with ice packs. There’s even a color indicator that turns red if the contents exceed a temperature during shipping (and refunds are granted if this indicator is red when it receive the product). You then store in the freezer. Unfortunately, the product does not contain L. Reuteri.

Re: Role of Lactobacillus Reuteri in Human Health and Diseases

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Post by TedDoesntTalk »

reuteriq wrote: post #11
jimbru wrote: post #2

For anyone interested in L. Reuteri, you can buy it in the U.S. as Gerber probiotic drops ( https://medical.gerber.com/products/supplements/soothe-colic... ). Marketed for babies but obviously works on adults too. Last I checked Gerber had an exclusive license on U.S. distribution of this bacterium—there’s a Swedish company, BioGaia, that IIRC is the original patent holder.

Is it possible to introduce this to the body without buying it specifically? Or put another way, how did people get L. Reuteri without pharmaceutical/supplement companies growing it in labs?

The article says breast milk is one source. Don’t wean your babies to formula too early!

You can buy breast milk from lactating mothers on Craigslist. Good luck.

Re: Role of Lactobacillus Reuteri in Human Health and Diseases

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Post by stephen_g »

ls15 wrote: post #9
chasebank wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I've been in deep research after reading that comment. Thought it was interesting this story popped up today. Coincidence or astroturf? Been dealing with gastro issues for 4+ years now. I'll report back after I take the stuff for a month.

Isn't the general advice to ingest a large variety of lactobacilli, as opposed to large quantities of just one bacillus? When I made kefir in my kitchen, I read that the cultures can contain up to 80 different genetics. Whenever I research lactobacilli, the term diversity comes up.

Diversity does seem to be a good thing, but that said, some of the reported properties of this particular strain seem especially interesting.

I think taking a single strain is not something you'd want to do long term, I'd assume it's better just as a short course to try and improve your gut bacteria balance, if you're having problems or have just had antibiotics. With a good balanced diet (prebiotic fibre etc.) I don't think people should really need to constantly be taking probiotic tablets, but kefir and yoghurt seem good generally.

Re: Role of Lactobacillus Reuteri in Human Health and Diseases

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Post by cvg »

jimbru wrote: post #2

For anyone interested in L. Reuteri, you can buy it in the U.S. as Gerber probiotic drops ( https://medical.gerber.com/products/supplements/soothe-colic... ). Marketed for babies but obviously works on adults too. Last I checked Gerber had an exclusive license on U.S. distribution of this bacterium—there’s a Swedish company, BioGaia, that IIRC is the original patent holder.

This probiotic at Costco also has reuteri, “trunature Advanced Digestive Probiotic”. 15$ per 100 caps https://www.costco.com/trunature-advanced-digestive-probioti...

Re: Role of Lactobacillus Reuteri in Human Health and Diseases

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Post by adrianN »

candiddevmike wrote: post #4
jimbru wrote: post #2

For anyone interested in L. Reuteri, you can buy it in the U.S. as Gerber probiotic drops ( https://medical.gerber.com/products/supplements/soothe-colic... ). Marketed for babies but obviously works on adults too. Last I checked Gerber had an exclusive license on U.S. distribution of this bacterium—there’s a Swedish company, BioGaia, that IIRC is the original patent holder.

You mean the ones on Amazon are fake?

The patent is for a particular strain that was used in experiments. I don't know how likely it is that closely related but unpatented strains that you can buy from different companies have a different effect.

Re: Role of Lactobacillus Reuteri in Human Health and Diseases

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Post by jamal-kumar »

chasebank wrote: post #7
password4321 wrote: post #5

Discussed further in the top comment and others 3 days ago: Childhood antibiotics as a risk factor for Crohn's disease: Cohort study https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32037105 > Simply stated, it changed my life. It emits a substance called Reuterin which inhibits the growth of other more harmful bacterial species.

I've been in deep research after reading that comment. Thought it was interesting this story popped up today. Coincidence or astroturf? Been dealing with gastro issues for 4+ years now. I'll report back after I take the stuff for a month.

Hi OP of the comment here. I linked a bunch of studies as well as providing my own anecdotal evidence that this stuff worked well enough that I had IBS symptoms reversed by taking this probiotic. My friends who I have introduced this to really like it, too.

I'm actually super interested in learning how to make yogurt with it now to help people I know who may be suffering out some. I hear that's a really easy way to make it even more bioavailable. Proper respects to the people who brought this up! [1]

It's not astroturf, I dunno why I'd spend like a year on this site mostly talking about tech stuff and then just drop that I've had the most horrible shits of my life cured, that's kind of a really personal thing I'm only sharing here because it was extremely helpful to me - and I only hope it works for others, but that hope is strong enough.

[1] https://www.luvele.com/blogs/recipe-blog/how-to-make-l-reute...

Re: Role of Lactobacillus Reuteri in Human Health and Diseases

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Post by jamal-kumar »

Just reposting my original comment which may have inspired this post a few days ago for the links:

I had really bad IBS from consuming water on a tropical island in Panama one time and suffered for a few years with even my doctor friend telling me "Damn that sucks, not much you can do except manage". Pretty horrible symptoms until I discovered L. Reuteri. [1] I read that it's been a bacteria that was more commonly found in samples until around the 1950s when people started consuming more garbage processed food and was sold. Simply stated, it changed my life. It emits a substance called Reuterin which inhibits the growth of other more harmful bacterial species. [2] I can't speak personally for suffering on the level of Crohn's disease, but there's positive research out there regarding it. [3] [4]

[1] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5917019/

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reuterin

[3] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7270012/

[4] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7468961/

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