Probiotic Recommendations

[M’LissStudent]

My daughter has stress+viral illness induced leaky gut and I would like to put her on a good prebiotic formula – only there are hundreds of probiotics on the market. Ideally the probiotic would target the microbiome disruption caused by the adenovirus. I found an abstract, “Adenovirus infection is associated with altered microbial communities in a non-human primate” that stated that the researchers found pathogens such as Neisseria increased after the microbiome was disrupted.
This might be too complicated a question for this forum, but even a “this worked for me” probiotic recommendation would be appreciated because it’s probably going to take weeks to get an appointment with a functional medicine practice.

FYI, what we are currently doing:
~ Bone broth soups for breakfast (homemade broth from organic chicken or grass fed beef) and always with some type of meat and vegetables.
~ Low carbohydrate / sugar diet (even too much fruit causes my daughter’s blood sugar to crash).
~ Afternoon snacks: ie. nuts, almond flour crackers, goat cheese, hummus, carrots sticks.
~ Nutritionally complex meals to keep blood sugars stable.
~ Recently started Doc’s Digestive Pre-biotic Powder (seems to be helping).
~ Mallow tea (cold infusion) but not consistently because my daughter keeps traveling.
~ Tummy Tea every night to keep the middle of night nausea at bay.

On my To-Do List:
~ I read that zinc can be helpful so I’m going to purchase a zinc supplement.
~ Should purchase Doc’s Leaky Gut tincture or powder.
~ Just found someone selling raw goat milk and I’m going to start making kefir and yogurt.

Any other input would be appreciated.

[Dr. Patrick JonesHomestead Instructor]

The Nutritive and Prebiotic formulas are a good idea as is the Leaky gut protocol.

In addition to that, eating real food from a real garden is a great source of probiotics.

Fermented foods are good as well. Joanne Seal has a great fermenting website: Fermenting In Utah

As to commercial probiotics, I’d just count the number of bug species and get the one that has the most.

Don't use herbs or combine herbs with medications or use them during lactation or pregnancy without talking with your healthcare provider.

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