Better Health Thread

[finicky]

Heads up on probiotics!

I took them for a while despite having my suspicions aroused when I saw shelves and shelves of them at a 'Chemist Warehouse' shop. Thought, "How can this be right? Has the look if another 'quick fix' commercially driven fad."

Also questioned the replacement of one's distinctly individual and subtle 'ecosystem' of gut microflora with some brute product off the shelf.

Not withstanding this I probably would have supplemented with probiotics (along with stuffing my face with prebiotic whole foods) if I were to be compelled to take a course of antibiotics.

This video has changed my mind 180° on that intention.

 

[Knobby22]

Heads up on probiotics!

I took them for a while despite having my suspicions aroused when I saw shelves and shelves of them at a 'Chemist Warehouse' shop. Thought, "How can this be right? Has the look if another 'quick fix' commercially driven fad."

Also questioned the replacement of one's distinctly individual and subtle 'ecosystem' of gut microflora with some brute product off the shelf.

Not withstanding this I probably would have supplemented with probiotics (along with stuffing my face with prebiotic whole foods) if I were to be compelled to take a course of antibiotics.

This video has changed my mind 180° on that intention.

100% agree.
Commercial probiotics, in fact commercial multi vitamins. Not natural. Better to eat foods that have been fermented e.g. sauerkraut.

Sauerkraut - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

Many health benefits have been claimed for sauerkraut:

It is a high source of vitamins K and (if uncooked) C;[30] the fermentation process increases the bioavailability of nutrients rendering sauerkraut even more nutritious than the original cabbage.[31] It is also low in food energy and high in calcium and magnesium, and it is a very good source of dietary fiber, folate, iron, potassium, copper and manganese.[30]
If unpasteurized and uncooked, sauerkraut also contains live lactobacilli and beneficial microbes and is rich in enzymes. Fiber and probiotics improve digestion and promote the growth of healthy bowel flora, protecting against many diseases of the digestive tract.[31][32]
During the American Civil War, the physician John Jay Terrell (1829–1922)[33] was able to successfully reduce the death rate from disease among prisoners of war; he attributed this to feeding his patients raw sauerkraut.[34]
Sauerkraut and its juice is a time-honored folk remedy for canker sores. The treatment is to rinse the mouth with sauerkraut juice for about 30 seconds several times a day, or place a wad of sauerkraut against the affected area for a minute or so before chewing and swallowing the sauerkraut.[35]
In 2002, the Journal of Agriculture and Food Chemistry reported that Finnish researchers found the isothiocyanates produced in sauerkraut fermentation inhibit the growth of cancer cells in test tube and animal studies.[36] A Polish study in 2010 concluded that "induction of the key detoxifying enzymes by cabbage juices, particularly sauerkraut, may be responsible for their chemopreventive activity demonstrated by epidemiological studies and in animal models".[37][38][39][40][41][42][43][44]

 

[finicky]

Been taking Taurine for about 6 months. An amino acid that occurs naturally in the body but level declines with age. Powder form easy to take, it's tasteless and dissolves easily. Can take it in coffee if you want.
Also recommend Rimon on Youtube.

 

[finicky]

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[finicky]

Gloooom
Baby boomers living as long but sick as fk compared to our immedite forebears.