(Part 2) Best products from r/Microbiome

The most impressive results in relapse prevention that I know of were accomplished with a SVD (semi-vegetarian diet, i.e. plant-based diet):

>An elemental diet that consisted of about a half the daily energy intake has been shown recently to have a relapse-preventive effect in the Japanese study group: 26.9% relapse rate at 1 year (control free diet, 64.0%) (Table ​(Table66)[39]. Remission rates with the SVD in the present study were far better than those reported previously: 100% (16/16) remission rate at 1 year and 92% at 2 years. To the best of our knowledge, this is the best result in relapse prevention.

These results make perfect sense of course since the microbiome that's associated with the most robust health is one that includes a high amount of prebiotic fibers (and ideally a good variety of them too, see "The Good Gut"). The tricky thing is getting there: in severe cases, fiber is not your friend. At least not at that particular time. Inflammation needs to be taken down with the right combination of medications first and as a complement to changes in diet.

Many people think that having more severe symptoms when one eats fiber means that fiber is a problem in itself, but that is not the case; the inability to consume healthy vegetable/starch fibers is a side-effect of an illness that was initially (partly) developed through a chronic lack of those same fibers. This is why we basically don't see IBD in populations who live on plant-based diets, and why gut permeability seems to play a big role in causing these illnesses. We know now that as gut microbes are starved of prebiotic fibers, they switch to eating the mucus lining that helps keep the gut wall intact and impermeable.

Personally, I have had wonderful results doing this diet and eventually transitioning to a healthy vegan diet. I was able to drop both of my medications a couple years ago and I'm still in remission. I also underwent a lot of stress (long-term relationship ending, the loss of my pets, moving to another city) and thought I might get a flare up, but so far so good.

I've had a mild sore throat for years. I've noticed that it flares in the morning when I eat late. This suggests silent reflux as a cause. I've read that reflux can be caused by inadequate stomach acid (HCL). I also had very long digestion times (5-7 hours). I frequently noticed ammonia on my breath. I started with a hypothesis that I had H. pylori, which creates ammonia and suppresses stomach acid. I read that Zinc Carnosine can knock out H. pylori, so I gave it a shot.

After a month or two I noticed an occasionally upon waking, I had an extra burst of energy in the morning. Instead of feeling like I had a bungee cord connecting my sternum to my pelvis dragging me down, I felt a sense of internal energy after getting out of bed. It was only occasional, but it was very different, so I kept taking the zinc carnosine.

I watched a talk by Jerry Tennant where he says that you need an acid (such as apple cider vinegar[ACV]), iodine, selenium and thiamine to produce HCL. I was already taking ACV, and doing well with zinc, so I added that other supplements.

Another thing Tennant mentioned was taking boron 6 mg before bed to displace flouride. I tried that and notice an immediate reduction in pains that were making it difficult to sleep.

I read somewhere (maybe Ben Lynch) that you cannot convert glutamate to GABA if you are manganese deficient. I tried Mn 10 mg in the morning and really liked the results.

At this point I found Seeking Health Trace Minerals Complex which has everything I was already taking. They also have a version (II) that omits copper, if it is a problem for you.

I also tried ConenTrace tablets, but I didn't really like it.

I don't think I have h. pylori (the tests are always negative), but I'm pretty sure my stomach acid is low. I really like the results I've had taking minerals, which suggests 1) I'm not absorbing them, 2) I'm excreting them or 3) I have toxic metals interfering with my use of nutritional metals. Still figuring this one out.

If you decide to supplement minerals, take at the end of a meal if you're prone to stomach irritation. Consider pulsing every other day or week to see how you feel with and without.

Oh, and all of my standard bloodwork for minerals has been pretty "normal" (in range).

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B076B5X58R/ref=sspa_mw_detail_5?psc=1

yes blood work

Link for anyone who is interested.

https://www.amazon.com/Handbook-Probiotics-Prebiotics-Yuan-Kun/dp/0470135441

I think a main reason Openbiome's FMT only seems temporary is because they're timed release capsules that only open in the large intestine. Ignoring the entire small intestine seems to be problematic.

These are the things that I've gotten the greatest benefits from: Reuteri Pearls, plus culturelle , plus align, plus bimuno.com. And maybe Jarrow's s.boulardii & brewer's yeast.

I got the single pack of this: Trace Minerals Liquid Ionic Boron, 6mg, 2 oz (Pack of 2) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0191XM5WW/ . Someone recommended it to me on another thread—said it way upped the effect of the magnesium.

I only know of the klebsiella pneumonia starvation diet because it's what I need to be on for an autoimmune disease, however, it is supposed to help with a pretty broad range of problems from IBS to crohn's disease, to various autoimmune problems, but it only works in circumstances where the root problem is klebsiella pneumonia, which is not always the case. You have to cut out starch, sugar, and casein protein. This book is the basis for the diet.
https://www.amazon.com/IBS-Low-Starch-Diet-Carol-Sinclair/dp/0091912865

It's worth a try to anyone in my opinion, because if you can stick strictly to the diet for a period of just 5 consecutive days, you can usually tell if its working because your symptoms will have greatly improved. But it's also an extremely strict and hard to stick to diet you cannot cheat on. You cannot eat 1 single gram of starch or it won't work. I've been on it for 18 months and it's helped me get my life back.

Their website: https://www.generalbiotics.com/orders/new/

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Equilibrium-Release-Probiotic-Supplement-Prebiotic/dp/B017L0PT8Y/ref=sr_1_1_a_it?ie=UTF8&qid=1497538569

Amazon

Bulksupplements Pure Beta Glucan (1,3/1,6) Powder

Brain Maker:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00MEMMS9I/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_op.3Cb56WW3WR

Biotics Research FC-Cidal and Biotics Research Dysbiocide are apparently as effective as Rifaximin.

megadose b vitamins.

I take these and they work wonders. https://www.amazon.com/Designs-Health-Twice-Vegetarian-Capsules/dp/B000FGXLVE/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8

Here is the mobile version of your link

Actually... “Eat Dirt: Why Leaky Gut May Be the Root Cause of Your Health Problems and 5 Surprising Steps to Cure It” https://www.amazon.com/dp/0062433679/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_dL6UDb193RNRZ

I am taking this one.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000FGXO0W/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o04_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I try to take it on an empty stomach either first time in the morning and delay breakfast or before I go to bed.