Probiotics for IC

[Amonges]

Out of curiosity, I read that probiotics aid in the gut and helps with IC. I have been dealing with food sensitivities for the past year now where if I eat certain foods such as chocolate, cranberries, bread, gluten and anything too acidic I start to flare in my symptoms especially with urinary.

Does anybody know which type and brand name of probiotics to use? I know webslave you used probiotics that helped you with your symptoms in the past. Anything recommended. Thank you !

[webslave]

I was not particularly helped by probiotics, unfortunately. But if you've taken extensive courses of antibiotics, they are a good idea (restores the intestinal flora). Your reactivity to acidic/caffeine/gluten foods is fairly typical of IC-spectrum UCPPS patients.

[Amonges]

Hey webslave under the category : diet & allergies and the very 1st topic it says Food tolerances/IBS breakthrough it talks about using different strains of good bacteria. Which brand bottle did you use which helped you ?

[webslave]

Thanks for bringing that to my attention — I need to alter that post. The probiotics did give me a temporary boost in intestinal health, but later I found that I could not use the Yakult and kefir due to a lactose intolerance ... and then the good effects tailed off as my bowels adjusted to the new flora.

At the moment I am finding a big improvement in bowel symptoms by taking quercetin (Quercetin). The improvement has lasted a month so far, so we'll see. No stomach pain, no diarrhea. But because other things have helped before, temporarily, I'm cautious.

[Amonges]

I'm going to stick with the Quercetin then and see what happens. I have been cycling 3 weeks on and 1 week off. Must give time to see effects.