Gut Health Revolution: Unraveling Probiotics

So when I want you to look for probiotics for your body one , it depends upon what is going on , and two I want you to do , look for 10 probiotics , minimum strains in your body and at least five to 10 billion CFUs .

Now the ones that I take actually are higher amounts . I've taken one for critical care , around 8 billion CFUs , and the other one is an immune platinum and that's been 90 . It's really what's in there . And

then for then for children , anywhere between five to 10 , and that one can range about six to 10 strains . And then there are some very specific um probiotics out there ,

like um acromantia to help curbing weight loss , and that's more um stowed in the um stowed in the colon , and I'll talk more about that at another time . But also , you know , probiotics are beneficial micro

micro-organisms and you'll hear a lot about why they're used because most of the time , individuals over time , or just even from birth till you know , individuals over time , or just even from birth till you know , people eat and grow and such that their little gut health has decreased and has caused a dysbiosis .

And dysbiosis means a dysregulation of the good and bad flora within the body . So , and it's in those , either in the wrong place or it is not being utilized correctly . I

just took actually one right now and , um , your digestive health is a factor and you'll hear a lot about how your gut is your second immune system and when we do not have the proper amounts of microorganisms balanced , your body is in a good place . So I'm going to go over some of the major microorganisms in the gut , and there are hundreds of them .

So I mean I and it's kind of an infancy in a sense , when it comes to the research on how the benefits , even though if you read back um , hippocrates would say you know what you put into your body and you know you are what you eat is really your medicine , and that is really fact .

The problem is is , over time , you know changes in our , in our food systems , changes in our stressors , changes in lifestyle , things um , have factored out and how things are processed and made . And then our bodies have , you know , evolved um and has changed our microbiome throughout . And you know there's good and bad to that right Um .

But when you hear someone say they have like a dysbiosis that has to do with an irregularity of balance of microbiomes , good and bad . And then if you hear that word leaky gut or intestinal permeability , is that those junctions within the GI tract have , you know , they separate slightly .

But when they really separate then all kind of like the floodgates open and you've got all the gunk kind of going through . So imagine , like a sewer , your pipes are fine and but say there's a small crack .

Small crack you might be able to cover , but over time if you have a degradedness of those pipes , eventually they'll open in the floodgates , literally open in all that junk or that sewer could possibly go into your home or could back up into your , into your bathroom , into your house , what have you ?

So think of it like you don't have the right walls , that's your leaky yacht on , and if you don't have the right um formula or um products to like balance out the system , your body will then kind of feel good and icky and eventually we'll we'll just be blocked up .

So let's talk about , when I say 10 , um , probiotics in your system , um , let's first talk about different ones . Okay , so first ones that most people know about . It's called lactobacillus .

There's a big thing where you know there's different companies that are like oh , this is the best brand and I'm doing this for you and you know , not all of them are made equal , but understanding what they are for probiotics is helpful and I'm just giving you an overview and where the research comes in recently . So let's first talk about lactobacillus .

So lactobacillus is a lactic acid bacteria . It's most common species are acidophilus and you'll see a couple of them . They'll be like they only have one or two strains . Like when someone says , oh , I've got a probiotic and it's only got one or two strains , got to tell you that's not going to be enough , but hey , it's something .

So what is acidophilus and why are most people usually taking that one ? It aids in lactose digestion and the gut flora and it supports the immune system . First , I'll tell you majority of probiotics are supporting the immune system .

Even if they sound like a bad probiotic , they're supporting the immune system , depending upon the location of where they are and when those bad bacteria supposedly go into the wrong part of your GI system , then that's when it's a problem .

So , acidophilus why this one's so common and why it's used so much is because a lot of people have a lactose intolerance and it's good for digestion . So then the next one it's called is lactobacillus rhamnosus . This helps with preventing diarrhea and the gut lining a little bit of weight loss .

And then there's another one called acromansia , but that one's in the colon and we'll talk further about that when I talk about weight loss . Um , that's another probiotic used for that . The next one is called lactobacillus . So these ones that I'm going over right now are lactobacillus and then they have a secondary name , so lactobacillus rutaria .

So this one has to do with inflammation . It promotes oral health and improves skin integrity . So this is kind of if you notice in your body your gums are a little bleeding or just kind of gunky or you're starting to get more plaque , your microbiome is off in that sector . So you would use a little bit more of that ruteri kind of blend .

You would look for probiotic blends for oral care . So when you're looking for probiotics you're looking for where there is a discomfort , dysbiosis , an irregularity in your system that probably needs to be changed .

Most of the time a good majority , not every company , but there are some good quality companies out there that are at least giving you a decent range of probiotics that you can at least kind of trust .

So then there's one called lactosilice planetarum and this one's for , like , irritable bowel syndrome and more again on the gut barrier and lactobacillus casei , which improves digestion , infection , inflammation . I will also say my caveat with probiotics , you know you could benefit always by good fiber hydration .

You know the basic stuff with lifestyle medicine is hydration , sleep , reducing your stress , you know , keeping a good amount of fiber in your diet . And these will all come in conjunction to helping with the microbiome , in conjunction to helping with the microbiome .

And then when I look at like a bottle so this one bottle that I have in my hand , it's critical care it says 80 billion CFUs . And if I start looking down at the different lactobacilluses , this one does have plantarium , this one does have plantarium . This one does have um the Ramanus . This one does have the um acidophilus .

It also has um infantis um , but that's for bacillus . It also has um the casea , and casea is for the digestion Um , and then it has a number of other lactobacillus ones , so I'm not going over every single one because there's so many , but I'm just giving you a really good quick overview of that one .

So then in this cultured one that I have here , it also has biobacterium . Now , sorry , my sayings or my pronunciations are not great , I'm just going over that . So biobacteria are beneficial for the gut , founding in like when you're from infant birth .

So when children are given probiotics , like I gave my son probiotics because he had a severe eczema and also sensitivity and also sensitivity . So we were giving him probiotics for children and an omega-3 to help with his gut lining and over time it really helped and we modified what we were feeding him and eventually the inflammation went down .

So this , the bifidobacterium , can usually be given to children . So I have a bottle of a kid's version and in here they do lactobacillus , but they do have an array of bifidobacterium . So the number ones that are usually pretty common are bifidium , which is for immunity , health and digestion . Are bifidium , which is for immunity , health and digestion .

It's biphytobacterium longum , which reduces the gut inflammation . There is Breve , which is aids in digestion and reduces bloating and respiratory health . There is one called Lactis which is for immune support and IBS and diarrhea , and then there's one called infant test .

That's usually what is given to kids and infants for colic so um , by fitter bacteria , infant tests . That is usually given for their gut health . You see , when they're trying to , when they're um . Now that the the main thing is is how much is given and and there's still some research on where that's the right amount .

And especially it comes down to about the little . A little baby is going to have a smaller microbiome and obviously an adult , so the amounts and the dosages are , you know , has to be adjusted with your healthcare provider or um neonatal um specialists . So that is dependent .

But I will say for an , a child , like an infant , you could probably it's usually range between 1 million to um 2.5 infant wise , and then usually it's around 5 million , uh , 5 billion CFUs for children under the age of 10 . And then after the age of 10 , they can go to an adult CFU , around 15 to 30 CFUs , 30 billion CFUs .

This means like the collective CFU of the gut biome . So when I say CFU I'm talking about the colony forming units within , so the bacteria cause . It's , you know , it's micro , micro , um , that's what I mean , cfu , and what's the right dosage is really depending upon the person , the you know what is going on but on .

But initially I would say for children it's like 2.5 to 5 billion . For the average person it's around 10 to 20 billion , depending upon the need , and then obviously , if there's ailments or a major health issue , the higher can go up to about 50 to 80 billion . So when I'm in critical , like I'm in a post-surgery time , I went up to about 50 to 80 billion .

So when I'm in critical , like I'm in a post surgery time , I went up to 80 billion to work on my immune system immensely . That is not for the average . Most of the time you can be at a 10 to 50 billion range . I like it to be at least 10 , preferably 20 billion CFUs and that's again colony forming units of the probiotic .

Okay , when you're initially starting probiotics , they will make you poop or try to help you , try to get to unconstipated and basically it's trying to balance out what junk was in there before and clean out all the kind of the gunk there . So you're going to go from constipated to a little runny to then eventually balance .

Think of it like it's cleaning out the junk . So to clean it out it's got to clean out the pipes and if your pipes are dirty they got to be clean . In conjunction with that always is going to be hydration , reducing your stress , movement fiber . You know things of the basics , but we're just going over why probiotics are beneficial .

Now , high doses of probiotics is over 50 billion and very rarely do I tell people to take those unless there's like an illness or there's other health issues going on . You can , um , you can go under 40 and be fine Um . So let's go over the next probiotic , which is um sacro . I'm saying it wrong , don't mind me , but it's basically for Candida .

Um , this one is called sacro , my CCS , so it is a yeast based probiotic . This one is to help with candida , traveler's diarrhea and a variety of kind of um mold in candida type ish issues and it's usually kind of like and it's also very good for someone with like a UTI you might take . They might have um , those needs um women's blend .

There's a women's blend with this in it , in addition to the um bifidobacterium and the lacto . The lacto the second one from that would be the main one that everybody usually knows is Saccharomyces boulardia , so it's a pretty big name that's used for candida and also to treat severe diarrhea or trapped diarrhea . Now , these next ones I'm going to go over .

You're going to think , oh my God , these are bad for you . But they're not necessarily bad . They just have to be in the right part of the GI system . So the GI goes from your mouth all the way down to your anus , okay , and so you need good microbe from that tube all the way out .

So if we don't have good microbiome through it all , that's a problem , right ? So if you don't have the right amount in your mouth all the way down , eventually there's going to be a degraded immune system .

So streptococcus , so it's beneficial in digestion also , but it has to be in the right area and it has to be balanced , and when it's not , you're going to get lactose problems , you're going to get skin issues , you're going to have large amounts of inflammatory issues and infections . But if it's in the right area , it's okay .

Aderococcus , which is a prebiotic and it helps balance your um , your gut flora . You know this is one where there has been research where they say if your kids played in the dirt or you lived on a farm , you would have the right amount of microbiome instead of just being hand washed with hand sanitizers all the time .

Your body actually has a quality amount of dirt to kind of build up that immune system . So this is actually the one that you get from being outside in the dirt and around animals , livestock and pets and stuff and in a way , if you have a small percentage of this , a micro dose and such , in your body , your immune system will build up .

It's when you have excess of it is when it's a problem . The next one that you know you'll hear and people will be like oh my God , e coli , so esoteric coli . You know you'll immediately say this is not the right thing for your body . No , it's not that it's not the right thing , it just has to be in the right location . It should be in your colon .

It should be nowhere else but in your colon , in mostly the distal end of your colon . When it starts creeping up into your small intestines or into your gut or you or you ingest it in your mouth , the upper part of your GI , then that's when you start getting really sick .

Okay , um , when you know your babies and they , you know , they've , you've put it in your eye , your pink eye you put . You know , in places outside of the colon E coli should not live . You know it's not there but it's .

It can cause and be harmful when it's not in the right place , but when it's in the right place it's good for the gut health if that makes sense . So some of these things it's just location and also the amount . If there's not the right balance , a dysbiotic amount , that's a problem .

So good and bad , it's just a matter of location , amounts and how your body is reacting to it and able to kind of process Um . This is one called bacillus um which is spore forming Um . This is used in like harsh environments there Um it helps with digestion , bacillus coligulans , bacillus subtus and bacillus callus .

One is for immune support , one's for gut health and one helps with gut infection associated with antibiotic diarrhea . Now this is excellent for taking after an infection um to help bring back the immune support Um . This will help .

Usually post , or usually when you do take probiotics , you're going to take them about two hours post , like say , if you're going to have an antibiotic and then you're going to have that , you would take it about an hour to two hours after um you take an antibiotic because you want the antibiotic to clear out , but then you want the you bring in a good

probiotic to help bring in the good stuff for the immune support . But you don't want them to fight with each other because the antibiotic in turn is trying to get rid of the junk , so it will get rid of some of the good flora . So in turn , you're bringing back a probiotic to bring in the good flora again .

So that's where the um antibiotics become a little hairy , where people get like oh , I don't want to take antibiotics . If it's needed , it's needed , but you have to . You know it's just the right balance and you know um , so just don't take them together and give it at least an hour to two hour span .

Another one that I'm going to be talking about is called Clostridium Clostridium . Okay , that is a beneficial strain in reference to butyrate gut lining and inflammation . So these are just kind of small amounts of main names of probiotics that are used . Research that's been out recently in 2025 , um , one that kind of came out .

That's kind of awesome is it highlights the role of probiotics intestinal health . This came out by Renze at all and he talks about it's a very new study um the benefits of the gut health in probiotics and how it has um improved immune support , which you know , we know that the problem is is that there's .

You know , the research is still being kind of in its infancy of research . It's been around starting since the seventies and eighties , but the newer , real more of what specific probiotics can be used . How can we use it ? That's kind of the newer stuff . So I'm trying to figure out what nutrients are needed . Is it fermented foods ?

So in this one it was talking about , like the fermented foods , it's saying functional properties of fermented foods and juices . So I think that probiotics are necessary you don't have to necessarily take a pill , but fermented foods and are beneficial to build up in your intestinal health or in your immunity . Now , how do you get them ?

You can get them from food , of course , and you know building that up each and every day is available . Now some individuals need to take these pills . Some individuals , the food is your friend , you know . Think about the rainbow . They call it phytonutrient eating . The more colors that you have in your diets , the better off you are .

So I'm talking about the different types of probiotics . Some are in pill form but others , if you can get it in your foods , that would be always more beneficial . So think soups , think antioxidants groups , think um antioxidants , um phytonutrient and phytochemicals in the body or help reduce the inflammation within the body . How do we use that ?

Why is it so beneficial ? It's the nutrition that will bring the gut biome back to its diversity . It will make it more diverse . So you bring in more phytonutrients , you bring in more fiber , you bring in more quality probiotics . Now people take a supplement when we need to build up immune system a little bit more . Okay , um , things that phytonutrients are .

I are such like um I'll go into another thing more on this and phytonutrients alone . I'll talk about that in another episode . But think like carrots , beta carotene , flavonoids , gluconolates , phoenic acids , terpenes , like ginger , curamin is the phytonacetes and all of that helps with the gut biome .

So that's why that's so important and if you have any questions , reach out to me . I'd be glad to help . And today's episode was on probiotics . I know which . I don't know which one is your favorite . Um , I'm not supporting anyone in particular .

You know I I use a couple , but definitely um men's or women's health couple , but definitely men's or women's health One . I recommend , you know , take one for yourself depending upon your age and , like I said , at least 10 billion CFUs and make sure it has at least 10 strains so that you have variety of probiotics If you are taking them , not just one .

If it's just acidophilus , it's probably not really that adequate . When you're taking yogurt that has probiotics in them , that's excellent , that's totally fine . It only may have one or two , and that's okay . Your body will naturally get and use it to what it needs . But this is when we're actually maybe supplementing , and fermented foods are also helpful .

I'll talk more about the natural ways between the phytonutrients and other things . Hope you have a good rest of your day and make sure you make a mindful way each and every day .