On 8/28/2015 12:12 PM, Michel Boucher wrote:
> dsi1 > wrote in
> :
>
>> I've never heard of probiotics protecting folks from food
>> poisoning.
>
> Probiotics (with prebiotics) will restore the natural balance
> in your digestive system should it get out of whack. Almost three
> years ago at Christmas, I fell ill with the flu (although I had had
> the shot) and was visited by the ghost of loose bowels. Other
> flu symptoms did not manifest (fever, headaches, cough, sore
> throat...) but anything related to digestion DID. I like to say
> I had a half-flu.
>
> Toujours est-il that I did not eat save a small piece of bread on
> day 2 and barely drank (excepting ginger ale) for four days. I
> spent 20 hours a day sleeping and four hours awake watching a
> Merlin marathon on Space TV. At the end of four days (during which
> time the lastest granddaughter was born), there was nothing in my
> stomach.
>
> After the disease had abated, I started first of all by taking
> probiotics which I quickly reinforced with prebiotics. Gradually,
> over the period of a week, my appetite returned and I found I
> could tolerate foods that had previously bothered me like onions.
>

Sounds like you was almost dead! Welcome back to the living. My guts
have always been fine, except I'm now trying out Victoza, for type 2
diabetes, which seems to be affecting my guts in a not so friendly way.
I kind of feel like a lab rat but this stuff might be all worth it if
it's effective - and if it doesn't kill me.