instruction: i am looking for a good probiotic I have read conflicting results online and do not know which ones are a rip off or legitimate it seems for one to be affective it needs to survive the trip to your intestines and too many make that claim without knowing if it is true can you recommend one that gastroenterologist recommend that do not cost a fortune thank you so much in advance medical history I am healthy with no gastro problems that I know of only medication I am on is zyeartec
output: hello I welcome you to icliniq well it is very hard to define which probiotic is the best to one since microbiota pooled microorganisms in your gut is completely different from the other person and for one to know what range of microbiota is present in your gut you have to get it tested by giving a fresh stool sample and ask for stool mapping for microbiota once you have report in hand anybody can tell which good bacteria are short and should be replaced and which bad bacteria are present to be removed actually there is no specific regimen of probiotics developed to empirically replace with probiotics studies has largely seen bifidobacterium bifidum bifidobacterium breve streptococcus thermophilus bifidobacterium longue subs longue and other lactibacillus species such lactobacillus rhamnosus lactococcus lactis lactobacillus casei lactobacillus paracasei lactobacillus plantarum and longue all work well but there is no single capsule that can fit all you have to take a probiotics which can anticipate and fulfil your need the one which I commonly prescribe is ecotec twice daily beside good diets including fruits green vegetables and yougurt avoid use of antibiotics as possible as can the probiotic use comes after a good healthy diets and avoidance of antibiotics commonly used for common infection of gut and flu I hope this will help good day follow up if need to discuss more about different diets and life style modifications required to keep your gut healthy