On Friday, August 28, 2015 at 12:38:55 PM UTC-10, los Golondrinas wrote:
> On 8/28/2015 4:34 PM, dsi1 wrote:
> > 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.
>
>
> I guess you're doing all the low carb, meats and veggies dietary
> regimen, yes?

That would be okie-dokie with me but I don't know how to eat like that. Yesterday I had tonkatsu with curry rice. Boy, that was a nice pork cutlet. I'm guessing it was a formed product but it was great stuff. Normally, I have that with tonkatsu sauce but curry rice is a nice change.

http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/curry...EeSwKGCtCBnWIA