Hi, I'm male (40) 15-20% bodyfat and generally great health except for my skin problems: Rosacea, Keratosis, Psoriasis...you name it, I got it.

I do visit a dermatologist but so far with little success, so I also started looking at gut based approaches. I tried a no dairy diet for a month, I tried a Histamine diet for a month, I tried removing bread or white flour, too...all of which had no noticeable effect on my skin. I generally avoid refined foods, but they're not totally banned either.
Gut-wise I feel fine.

Any other ideas on what I could try? Low carb or Keto is the only thing left in my mind. Obviously not with the goal of losing weight, but "resetting my gut" (if that is a thing).

I would assume a few days to a week should be enough or what do you think?

I have been detoxing beta-gluc from my system with calcium d glucarate for the past 5 days and I feel in a bad mood, almost like depression is coming back. Is detoxing making me feel this way?

Hi all, after I consume a meal I get excessive gas. Usually in the morning I have breakfast and use the toilet and I’m good until lunch. When I eat lunch (any type of food) I’ve tried eliminating gluten etc. But I get a bunch of gas after eating. Any tips ?

I tried only 3 grams of L-Glutamine which is supposed to be pure (no other impurities or ingredits shown on the label) and next day had very bad cramps and loose stools that kept for 3 days. I have lots of digestive issues and I thought this would help, but I had such a bad reaction to it.

What alternative do I have?

so as the title suggests im embarking on reseting my gut microbiome last 3 months i was in a pit-hole where i was really struggling mentally and eating a lot of junk (which was aggravating my mental issues even more), now i feel much better and on my feet and i want to improve my gut health and repair all the damage i made but there's too much info online i got overwhelmed can someone please give simple guideline rules to follow and the duration to foster a healthier microbiome thanks in advance!!!

Hello community. So my story is I was put on Cipro for urinary tract infection back in June of this year 2024. I was on it for 6 days. It caused severe symptoms for me that I'm still dealing with including insomnia and gastrointestinal problems. I've already been to the gastroenterologist for an endoscopy and a colonoscopy. My doctor says I have gastritis and inflammation of the lining of the stomach and the duodenum. I've been on Prilosec for about 26 days and it's helped alleviate some of the severe reactions I'm having to eating food. I'm still having issues with pain on the left side of my abdomen and the right side of my abdomen that usually happens if I eat raw salad vegetables. Any kind of roughage causes a flare up. I've been taking probiotics and my vitamins including GABA, magnesium. I try to eat food that has probiotics like Greek yogurt, kefir, legumes, and steamed vegetables. I'm basically doing everything I'm possibly capable of to get my gut back to normal the way it was before the Cipro. The gastroenterologist to pathology and it all came back no infection just a lot of inflammation. Anyways so my question is how long is this going to last is there anything I can do to make my gut heal faster. I have some good days and then some really bad days where my stomach is killing me and my sides are inflamed again 4 months after Cipro!

To make it short, my microbiota is in a bad state.

I've been trying for weeks and weeks to improve it following an intermittent diet rich in fruits and vegetables while supplementing with probiotics but I have the impression that the slightest deviation I make sends me back to square one departure systematically.

It's as if in the balance between my good and bad bacteria each effort was a small bag of 10 grams and each difference a cast iron weight of 10 kilos.

Rather than fighting to rebalance this scale, I said to myself: “And why not destroy everything instead”

What I'm thinking about is doing a castor oil purge combined with colon hydrotherapy to destroy my sick microbiota and build a new one.

A study has shown that irrigation of the colon reduces the mass of the intestinal microbiota by up to 30 times. Maybe this extreme protocol followed by my actual quality diet would cure me.

Hi, are there any high-quality supplements out there for polyphenols? My functional medicine physician recommended the Codeage brand, but I literally cannot find any real-looking reviews of their efficacy, nor can I figure out if the polyphenol composition is microbiome-enhancing or real. Thanks!

So when u eat sugars and carbs, the bad bacterias thrive in your tongue/mouth, right? and it happens to me and creates bad breath as well as white coated tongue. But how come my whole family eats the same diet as i do, and doesn't have bad breath & white coated tongue?

Do they have more of good bacterias naturally than i do? is there something i can do to have more good bacterias? or anything else to prevent white coated tongue & bad breath.

Please help! Thankyou !!

I've had SIBO for awhile as well as some histamine issues. It's been a rough couple of months not sleeping, then I got bacterial vaginosis. I've read that a few lactobacillus strains taken orally can help. I'm concerned that taking these probiotics will worsen SIBO though. Prior to BV I had started taking Megaspore and I believe it is helping with histamine issues. Questions- Will Megaspore cure SIBO? Do you think SIBO will be negatively affected taking these lactobacillus strains to prevent bv occurrence? I just finished taking metronidazole orally for the BV.

Edit: Maybe unfermented kraut would be better in my case?

Om looking at a minion DNA sequencer.

I am sick and would want to over time track my microbiome affordably and I need to do a gene test on myself, my doctor doesn't pay for either of it

Is it a doable project?

Since my last bout of COVID 6 months ago, I have ongoing issues with my gut + skipped heartbeats. Also, low mood, poor sleep, etc.

I recently did a microbiome stooltest (Biomesight) and am currently working with a practioner to get things sorted.

Long story short: COVID (and potentially antibiotics taken 2-3 years ago) have messed up my microbiome. Almost no more Bifido, Lacto and Akkermansia anymore. And overgrowth of Methanogens and Prevotella and Proteobacteria.

One of the things that she prescribed my is to take a mix of probiotics called Biome Relief by Activated Probiotics. It contains the following:

• Lacto Plantarum 299v 10 billion
• Lacto Rhamnosus GG 10 billion
• Bifido Breve BRO3 3 billion

Anyone has any experience with this one? I read some bad experiences here with probiotics in general. People having extreme anxiety, palpitations, etc. So I am a little weary of this, seeing that I already suffer from this in general. The good part is, is that this prescription is 'tailored to my needs' as based on the microbiome results + history, so I suppose I am not adding something that I don't need.

Should I start small? Open the capsule and take 25% of it or so?

Thanks!

Hi. I’m guessing I’ve got some dysbiosis going on.

A few years ago I started getting occasional redness on my face which is often, but not always accompanied with itchiness. I don’t think it’s rosacea. It comes and goes.

It’s taken me a while to work out the cause (or at least one of them), and it appears it’s black pepper. I’ve been absolutely fine with black pepper all my life. I’ve never over-used it but would occasionally add it liberally to certain dishes, without issue.

I’m wondering if I should try and avoid it altogether while I embark upon some kind of gut-healing regime, or keep taking it in tiny doses while also trying to address the dysbiosis? I’ve been on an elimination diet for 3 days (nothing but fresh vegetable juice and miso soup) and on day 4 I deliberately added a couple of twists of black pepper into the miso soup - 9 hours on and the redness was quite visible, and a few hours after the itching began. Both are still ongoing 12 hours later.

I’ve recently begun adding a lot more fermented foods (sauerkraut, organic whole milk yogurt/kefir) and fiber (beans and chia seeds). Last few days I’ve felt pretty sluggish/tired in the afternoons (more so than normal) and way less bowel movements.

I know messing with your gut/micro biome is a sensitive thing, so I’m wondering if I could be too aggressively adding these into my diet? Should I try to slowly ramp up? Is this normal/to be expected or an indicator to switch things up?

Also, before about a week ago I didn’t consume any dairy and now I have been having a fair amount so this could be it. Not sure though since I’m getting high quality non-homogenized from a local farm and it doesn’t upset my stomach at all.

Also also, does consuming coffee/green tea on an empty stomach have adverse effects?

My naturopath put me on a gut detox. I expected some die off. I have had bad die off reactions before. Nothing like this though. I was up all night vomiting and diarrhea until it seemed my entire body was empty. I am so weak today I can barely walk. Does this sound like die off? Or could it be food poisoning? I did eat a piece of questionable cheese yesterday afternoon I spit most of it out but I'm sure I consumed some. Please help. Thank you.

hello! to start off, i don’t have health insurance until october and i am an extreme hypochondriac, so there is a possibility i’m overreacting about this.

a couple weeks ago, i had to take bactrim for a uti. last week, i was bit by my dog (accident) and had to be put on two antibiotics (metronidazole and doxycycline) because i was allergic to all of the other brands the doctor wanted to put me on.

starting a couple days ago, i’ve started having a lot of messy stools multiple times a day. i have no symptoms other than diarrhea but the texture is unlike my usual diarrhea so i’ve gotten myself scared that i have cdiff. but, once again, i have no pain, no fever, nothing that could hint at cdiff other than the diarrhea itself.

i should mention my gut was already messed up before the antibiotics, i always go back and forth between being constipated and having diarrhea. i probably should take my health more seriously in that regard but i’m poor and can’t afford a lot lol.

should i bite the bullet and make an appointment? or can i try some home remedies like probiotic supplements to improve the state of my gut? i’ve been in a consistent state of panic due to this and i could really use some help!

Had COVID a few weeks ago and been dealing with lingering congestion in sinuses and some cough. No fever or aches, more of an annoyance of how long this has gone on. My PCP thinks it may be a secondary infection and put me on a 7 day course of doxycycline (100mg 2x/day) to clear it. He was originally going to give me z-pack but unfortunately there are interactions with other medications I take so that was not an option. I'm going on vacation in a couple of weeks so part of his thinking is wanting to knock this out so I'm feeling good when traveling but also the risk of letting it linger and developing pneumonia.

I have a pretty mild dysbiosis but I am absolutely terrified of making it worse with antibiotics. Any idea how much damage I could do with a week long course?

Looking for examples from people that have used GI Maps from Diagnostic Solutions, Biomesight, Thorne, Tinyhealth or Genova to successfully help fix their gut health and have confirmed with follow up tests.

Hello, is this normal or bad?

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Can bacteria/inflammation spread to other organs overtime? It can starts infection in one area and goes to blood, brain, heart, bones, so on etc? Example: I have breast-implants that have had some issues where biofilm could be present. I also have had worsening periodontal teeth disease plaque issues & most recently gut colon plaque?

Is this all related to the same autoimmune deficiencies & bacterial microbiome issues? Or different sites of infection?

i suffer from a lot of gas and constipation as well as acid reflux i am meant to see a gastro in november to hopefully diagnose me. i currently have strep throat so i am taking amoxicillin 3 times a day for a week and i want to include a probiotic. i have used bio gaia ( BioGaia ProTectis Drops with vit. D3 are a probiotic that contains the proprietary lactic acid bacterium L. reuteri Protectis and Vit.D3 ) last year and it’s worked in settling my stomach. Recently did a round in may of it and gave me a lot of gas…. i am not sure if i should take it again i want a good probiotic to take to help restore the good bacteria that the antibiotic will kill. please help.

Doxycycline wipes approx half of your good bacteria in your gut. If it’s wiped, no amount of prebiotics will help because there’s no bacteria there to grow in the first place.

Is there anyway of acting this bacteria back into your gut? Sure, some of them through probiotics and probiotic foods, like Lactobacillus, but there’s a lot that I can’t find in probiotic supplements and food.

I’m a bit confused over a lot of words tbh but the main thing I can’t seem to find in foods or supplements is

• bacteroidetes

Any help with this would be great. Can I ever replace non existent bacteria in my gut that have been killed by doxycycline?

Since SIBO or Microbiome issues seem to go hand in hand with food intolerances, does anybody know how the IGG food intolerances are usually caused? (IGG intolerances involve the immune system/antibodies )

I understand that a leaky gut plays a part as undigested foods can pass through the gut and enter the blood, however are these bits of food only undigested in the 1st place because they have not been broken down due to a lack of stomach acid/enzymes/gut bacteria etc?

Or are they passing through the leaky gut before the body would have even had a chance to digest the food? In which case, even a person who has enough stomach acid/enzymes but has a leaky gut can end up with undigested foods leaking out.