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🗓️ 5 February 2024
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Tune in for an installment of my gut health Q&A, where I answer your questions about all things gut health.
This installment is a probiotic edition, where I’ll touch on probiotic foods, dosing, side effects, and talk about whether the hype around Akkermansia is warranted.
Be sure to tune in!
And if you have any questions you would like answered in a future installment, let me know in the comments!
How Often to Take Probiotics and Other Probiotic Basics: https://drruscio.com/how-often-to-take-probiotics/
The Best Probiotic Protocol? The “Triple Therapy” Approach: https://drruscio.com/triple-therapy-probiotic-protocol/
A Review of Probiotic Research (2023): https://drruscio.com/probiotics-research-updates-2023/
SIBO, Probiotics, and Your Gut Health: A Long-Term Strategy: https://drruscio.com/sibo-probiotics/
00:00 Intro
01:27 Is Akkermansia hype warranted?
11:24 What are the best probiotics for IBS?
18:20 How long should I take probiotics?
22:00 Can probiotic foods be enough?
26:06 What if probiotics make symptoms worse?
29:04 Probiotics with histamine intolerance?
33:21 Are lacto-bifido probiotics actually bad for SIBO?
Akkermansia muciniphila secretes a glucagon-like peptide-1-inducing protein that improves glucose homeostasis and ameliorates metabolic disease in mice: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33820962/
The role of Akkermansia muciniphila in IBD: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36685588/
Strategies to promote abundance of Akkermansia muciniphila, an emerging probiotics in the gut, evidence from dietary intervention studies: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30416539/
Regulation of gut microbiome by ketogenic diet in neurodegenerative diseases: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36313018/
Triggering Akkermansia with dietary polyphenols: A new weapon to combat the metabolic syndrome? : https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4856456/
Akkermansia muciniphila abundance is lower in severe obesity, but its increased level after bariatric surgery is not associated with metabolic health improvement: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31265324/
Decreased Abundance of Akkermansia muciniphila Leads to the Impairment of Insulin Secretion and Glucose Homeostasis in Lean Type 2 Diabetes: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34085773/
Outcome-Specific Efficacy of Different Probiotic Strains and Mixtures in IBS: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37686889/
The Efficacy and Safety of Single-Strain Probiotic Formulations Containing Bifidobacterium lactis or Bacillus coagulans in Adult Patients with IBS: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37510953/
A combination of rifaximin and neomycin is most effective in treating IBS patients with methane on lactulose breath test: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19996983/
Probiotics for Preventing and Treating SIBO: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28267052/
The effect of multistrain probiotics on functional constipation in the elderly: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35927504/
Probiotic supplementation improved cognitive function in cognitively impaired and healthy older adults: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36529793/
Lacto-fermented sauerkraut improves symptoms in IBS patients independent of product pasteurisation - a pilot study: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30256365/
Fermented Foods: Definitions and Characteristics, Impact on the Gut Microbiota and Effects on Gastrointestinal Health and Disease: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31387262/
Effects of kefir or milk supplementation on zonulin in overweight subjects: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32171508/
Fermented dairy foods consumption and depressive symptoms: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36745637/
Role of Probiotics in Patients with Allergic Rhinitis: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36405454/ ,
Effect and safety of probiotics for treating urticaria: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37221968/
The Effectiveness of Probiotics in Treating Food and Cow's Milk Allergies among Pediatric Age Groups: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37496406/
Effect of a Preparation of Four Probiotics on Symptoms of Patients with IBS: Association with Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29508268/
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0:30.6 | The following discussion is for educational purposes only and is not intended to diagnose or |
0:36.0 | treat any disease. Please do not apply any of this information |
0:39.6 | without first speaking with your doctor. Now, let's head to the show. Hey everyone, welcome back. Today, |
0:46.1 | let's answer a number of questions on probiotics, including what the best probiotics are for gut health. |
0:53.8 | Answer a question on this new probiotic you're seeing Make the Rounds in the Media, Acrimancia, |
1:00.0 | discuss probiotic side effects, and also a couple misconceptions regarding probiotics, |
1:06.0 | including histamine intolerance and SIBO. |
1:10.0 | Now, the reason why this discussion on probiotics is so important. |
1:14.8 | In my view, beyond diet and lifestyle, a foundational aspect of improving your gut health involves |
1:22.9 | the use of probiotics. Why? They're very well studied. They're safe and effective, and they have what's |
1:30.0 | known as pleiotrophic benefits, meaning you'll oftentimes see benefits not only in the gut, |
1:36.9 | but in other areas like the immune system and the brain, perhaps even the skin and the joints. |
1:42.1 | Being careful not to represent probiotics as a panacea, |
1:47.0 | but certainly something we should be paying attention to and if you're not feeling well, |
1:52.1 | integrating into your health care plan. So let's kick off the first question regarding |
1:58.4 | what might the best probiotic be from Noah, specifically inquiring about |
2:03.8 | acrimancia, and his question is as follows. What are your thoughts on taking acrimancia |
2:10.1 | mucanophilia? Is the hype warranted? Notable figures like Dr. Mark Hyman are saying it's a big |
2:17.2 | component of their gut health recovery. |
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