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General Biotics: http://www.generalbiotics.com/ http://www.generalbiotics.com/ Real science behind the strains they choose and I've never seen a probiotic with

by sunsu 11y ago

General Biotics: http://www.generalbiotics.com/ http://www.generalbiotics.com/ Real science behind the strains they choose and I've never seen a probiotic with more of them (115 different bacteria).

exhilaration 11y ago
Their CEO posted some HN comments in the past: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8600201 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8600201 I'm waiting for them to post the results of their study.
graeme 11y ago
I've had those. I think they improved my digestion. I have had IBS-like symptoms for years. For a while it was diarrhea. Then it switched to constipation. I could go to the washroom only with coffee. Starting taking these, suddenly was able to use the washroom normally. No coffee needed, finally quit that. No diarrhea. It's been about three weeks. So I doubt it's a coincidence. In a span of that length I would have had multiple problems in the past. Only alternate cause I can think of is that I was reducing coffee before I took them, but still drinking decaf. However, digestion had been entirely the same during this reduction process. And I was on the pills + coffee for about 10 days, with improved digestion, so I suspect the pills.
agbujsaoy 11y ago
For me (Colitis), they made me worse. I had tried many brands, then settled on GB for like 3 months, I kept records, they made it worse. Within two weeks of stopping my symptoms improved.
- redtuesday 11y ago
  It sounds a little bit disgusting, but have you heard of fecal transplants? I've read that this can help people with clostridium difficle infections if antibiotics don't help (which is kind of 'funny', because patients seem to get clostridum infections after antibiotics therapy...) and research is going on if this can also be used for treatment of colitis and morbus crohn (but I don't know more than that, maybe you can find already published study results about that).
  - agbujsaoy 11y ago
    yes, FT sounds like a good idea if done by pills BTW antibiotics is usually the cause of C. Diff and can be a cause of other bowel diseases

by sunsu 11y ago

General Biotics: http://www.generalbiotics.com/ http://www.generalbiotics.com/ Real science behind the strains they choose and I've never seen a probiotic with more of them (115 different bacteria).

exhilaration 11y ago

Their CEO posted some HN comments in the past: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8600201 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8600201 I'm waiting for them to post the results of their study.

graeme 11y ago

I've had those. I think they improved my digestion. I have had IBS-like symptoms for years. For a while it was diarrhea. Then it switched to constipation. I could go to the washroom only with coffee. Starting taking these, suddenly was able to use the washroom normally. No coffee needed, finally quit that. No diarrhea. It's been about three weeks. So I doubt it's a coincidence. In a span of that length I would have had multiple problems in the past. Only alternate cause I can think of is that I was reducing coffee before I took them, but still drinking decaf. However, digestion had been entirely the same during this reduction process. And I was on the pills + coffee for about 10 days, with improved digestion, so I suspect the pills.

agbujsaoy 11y ago

For me (Colitis), they made me worse. I had tried many brands, then settled on GB for like 3 months, I kept records, they made it worse. Within two weeks of stopping my symptoms improved.

redtuesday 11y ago
It sounds a little bit disgusting, but have you heard of fecal transplants? I've read that this can help people with clostridium difficle infections if antibiotics don't help (which is kind of 'funny', because patients seem to get clostridum infections after antibiotics therapy...) and research is going on if this can also be used for treatment of colitis and morbus crohn (but I don't know more than that, maybe you can find already published study results about that).
- agbujsaoy 11y ago
  yes, FT sounds like a good idea if done by pills BTW antibiotics is usually the cause of C. Diff and can be a cause of other bowel diseases