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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 aaaaaaaaata »

TedDoesntTalk wrote: post #80
parhamn wrote: post #77

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Have you used it? Are you satisfied?

Yes I use it regularly. But I don’t have IBS, Crohns, or any other GI disorder. I use it to periodically populate my gut. So to answer “am I satisfied” is difficult. I don’t notice a difference with or without it, because none of us are consciously aware of our gut micro biome. I could say “well I haven’t been sick in years”, but who knows what else contributes to that.

> none of us are consciously aware of our gut micro biome

The chronically ill are. I know people who feel when they don't have their Danone.

Re: Role of Lactobacillus Reuteri in Human Health and Diseases

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Post by stefantalpalaru »

folli wrote: post #65
stefantalpalaru wrote: post #44

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> Breast milk is inherently sterile There is nothing sterile in the human body. Not even the brain.

You've put more confidence in your statement than the scientific consensus allows. A brain microbiome is hotly debated, no concrete proof (yet?). I personally also have a hard time believing in a healthy bacterial blood microbiota, but it's also proposed.

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Re: Role of Lactobacillus Reuteri in Human Health and Diseases

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Post by xtracto »

scns wrote: post #90
xtracto wrote: post #70

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I´ve been making my non-dairy yoghurt (I'm allergic to Casein) for some time. One recommendation I always emphasize is that the first batch of yogurt you make with probiotics direct from the capsules will be "just ok". You should reuse some of the yogurt from the previous batch as a "starter" for a new batch. Once you do this for 3 or 4 times, the consistency of the yogurt improves considerably.

Whatdo you use instead of milk?

I use a combination of things: Sometimes liquified almonds (thick almond milk?) sometimes Cashews, sometimes oats. The best results I've had is with a combination of those three.

Re: Role of Lactobacillus Reuteri in Human Health and Diseases

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Post by michael1999 »

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?

They know someone who knows someone who swears their cousin had the best kefir, or a proper “Tibetan mushroom” complex. Supplement companies aren’t the devil.

Re: Role of Lactobacillus Reuteri in Human Health and Diseases

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Post by harvie »

I've been googling for user experiences with supplements containing Lactobacillus Reuteri and i've found weirdly disturbing forums where people were reporting 50% increase in testicular size, hair growth and testosterone level after few weeks of usage. It felt like someone is trying to sell these supplements to teenagers with low self esteem by creating fake reviews or something... Some of these were on reddit.

What the hell?

Re: Role of Lactobacillus Reuteri in Human Health and Diseases

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Post by flobosg »

bawolff wrote: post #86
sohkamyung wrote: post #40

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It's Binomial nomenclature [1]. The name should also be in italics, but not sure how that would be enabled in HN headlines. > In modern usage, the first letter of the generic name is always capitalized in writing, while that of the specific epithet is not, even when derived from a proper noun such as the name of a person or place. Similarly, both parts are italicized in normal text (or underlined in handwriting). [1]…

That's kind of irrelavent though. Its capitalized because its in a title like any other word that would not normally be capitalized.

It is not irrelevant. Check out the capitalization of the article’s title in its website.

Re: Role of Lactobacillus Reuteri in Human Health and Diseases

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Post by oigursh »

fasteo wrote: post #45
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.

That's correct for BioGaia. In Europe, it is rather easy to buy. "BioGaia Gastrus" contains 2 strains of L. Reuteri (DSM 17938 and ATCC PTA 6475) I crush the tablets to make yogurt following Dr. Davis recipe in SuperGut [1] [1] https://www.amazon.com/Super-Gut-Four-Week-Reprogram-Microbi...

I have questions, please.

How long have you been eating the yoghurt? Do you use any other tablets/pills/etc to make it? Why make the yoghurt instead of just eating the pills? What do you think it's done for you?

Re: Role of Lactobacillus Reuteri in Human Health and Diseases

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Post by bawolff »

flobosg wrote: post #96
bawolff wrote: post #86

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That's kind of irrelavent though. Its capitalized because its in a title like any other word that would not normally be capitalized.

It is not irrelevant. Check out the capitalization of the article’s title in its website.

Interesting. You're right, it is not capitalized in the original article. Although i still think the passage you are quoting is talking about normal text and not title case.

Which is kind of confusing to me as when i tried to look it up in style guides, they seem to indicate that all nouns should be capitalized in a title, e.g. https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines/capitaliza...

Re: Role of Lactobacillus Reuteri in Human Health and Diseases

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Post by mikenew »

harvie wrote: post #95

I've been googling for user experiences with supplements containing Lactobacillus Reuteri and i've found weirdly disturbing forums where people were reporting 50% increase in testicular size, hair growth and testosterone level after few weeks of usage. It felt like someone is trying to sell these supplements to teenagers with low self esteem by creating fake reviews or something... Some of these were on reddit. What…

After having the same WTF reaction I came across this mouse study: Probiotic Microbes Sustain Youthful Serum Testosterone Levels and Testicular Size in Aging Mice. Sounds like the L. reuteri supplement made a pretty dramatic difference in preventing hypogonadism as the mice aged. Quite a jump from that to "2 weeks to make your balls bigger", but still, it's pretty interesting.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3879365/

Re: Role of Lactobacillus Reuteri in Human Health and Diseases

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Post by fasteo »

oigursh wrote: post #97
fasteo wrote: post #45

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That's correct for BioGaia. In Europe, it is rather easy to buy. "BioGaia Gastrus" contains 2 strains of L. Reuteri (DSM 17938 and ATCC PTA 6475) I crush the tablets to make yogurt following Dr. Davis recipe in SuperGut [1] [1] https://www.amazon.com/Super-Gut-Four-Week-Reprogram-Microbi...

I have questions, please. How long have you been eating the yoghurt? Do you use any other tablets/pills/etc to make it? Why make the yoghurt instead of just eating the pills? What do you think it's done for you?

>>> How long have you been eating the yoghurt? About 3-4 months now

>>> Do you use any other tablets/pills/etc to make it? No, but there are other recipes in the book than combine different bacteria

>>> Why make the yoghurt instead of just eating the pills? To increase bacterial count; often like x1000 (from millios to billions)

>>> What do you think it's done for you? I did not take it for any particular reason, so I was not expecting much. Most definetively, improved mood after 3 weeks.

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