Posts by beadmama

4-hydroxyphenylacetic 0.0 - 50 .0 80.56 H Increased 4-hydroxyphenylacetic acid, a tyrosine product of GI bacteria, is associated with bacterial overgrowth and small bowel disease (Chalmers et al, Clin Chem 25:1791,1979)....

On Changingseasons massive thread there has been talk of honey, yeast and bacteria overgrowth. My dds OAT came back with high candida levels and lower bowel bacteria overgrowth. Would honey feed the candida or be problematic for the...

In the last few days DD has decided that she no longer needs to pee and holds it for 6 - 7 hours at a time. I know she needs to go but will not let me take her. I ask her every hour or so and she always says no. We just put her in...

Yeah I agree on not making a big deal out of it then it becomes a game. I guess we will continue doing what we are doing and hope this one ends soon.

Dd is at that fun age where she discovered she can spit. I can't leave a cup with her without her spitting water everywhere. Tonight when she was done eating she started to play with her food and started to spit food out all over her...

I have been working on my leaky gut with supps and diet for the last month and our combined (22mo) yeast problem for the last two weeks or so. We still have a long way to go but there have been subtle improvements. Dd has been sleeping a...

Quote: Originally Posted by mamafish9 My DS is only 2.5, and I'm using about 1/5 of the "full dose" of the high strength probiotic I'm giving him, which sounds similar to Intensive. I'd say it likely depends...

Would the Intensive be to much for a 22mo? It just seems that all of the probiotics we have tried have not had to much effect except one we tried that ended up being grown on dairy and she had a reaction. I can open the caps and get it...

I have been wondering about raw honey and the benefits vs detriment in regards to yeast overgrowth. I want to try giving Dd honey with the kitten capsules but once again am a little worried about feeding the bad guys but if it helps the...

Quote: Originally Posted by mamafish9 As for sugar... my read is that all gut bacteria thrive on sugar, good and bad. Strong probiotics often have sugar type stuff in them (FOS, etc) to promote probiotic growth. So I...