Comments on: Probiotics for Weight Loss & Metabolism

By: Paget

Paget — Tue, 19 Jan 2021 17:34:24 +0000

Hi! I am 67 year old female. I have had Graves Disease and thyroidectomy followed by second goiter and RAI. The RAI at age 28 destroyed my gut. I have worked all my life to repair my gut. I eat a very healthy diet, little sugar, caffeine, or processed foods. For protien I mostly eat chicken, egg yolks, (as I react to egg whites), free range red meat once or twice a week and wild salmon once a week or less, I react to Lamb, pork, and turkey. Also, water packed sardines three times a week. Don’t eat a lot of grains, mostly GF. A few tablespoons of almond butter a week. I eat several cups of pressure cooked vegetables a day. I have sweet potato a few times a week but rarely white potato, as it reacts. I do have dairy. I had a comprehensive blood test done recently and it was “perfect”, to quote my doctor. But, I do have Chronic Fatigue, weak adrenals, and possibly Lyme-it has been diagnosed. I rely on Synthroid and cannot take anything else after trying every hormone combo possible. I apparently Broke my metabolism when I took a two month trial of Preg nen o lone. After coming off I lost a lot of hair and have steadily gained seven pounds a year for four years. I do use a quarter dose of bioidentical female hormones from compounding pharmacy supervised by doctor. I find that I cannot sleep if I do not eat at least 50 grams of animal protein every day. Low calorie and going hungry doesn’t work, cause I do not sleep. Keto doesn’t work because I cannot tolerate all the meat and high fat. Any help would be SO appreciated. I am 5’9” and now weigh 185 on a small frame. I have huge belly. So confused and frustrated. Thank you for readying this. Any ideas would be so appreciated!

By: Macey Emma

Macey Emma — Fri, 01 Jan 2021 13:01:53 +0000

Hey, I love your content it helped me so much!
I need you help, what do you think about Keto Diet?

Thanks for your response! :)

By: kerry

kerry — Thu, 21 Nov 2019 19:00:12 +0000

Of all the benefits of probiotics, I had no clue that weight loss was one of them! I currently take Florajen and it contains L acidophilus, B lactis and B longum. After reading this I might up my probiotic game and buy additional brands that contain other strains.

By: Stacey McGregor

Stacey McGregor — Sun, 13 Oct 2019 22:53:14 +0000

Great article Joe.
Great article.

Probiotics definitely can help you lose weight. A tip: Lactobacillus gasseri shows the most promising effects on weight loss.

By: Jeffrey Florentino

Jeffrey Florentino — Tue, 09 Jul 2019 00:05:14 +0000

In reply to Margaret.

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By: Margaret

Margaret — Sun, 07 Jul 2019 08:10:34 +0000

My grandson is overweight is there a probiotic product that is safe for him to take that could help hi lose weight

By: Mark K

Mark K — Fri, 09 Nov 2018 18:15:53 +0000

What product has all of the weight loss strains in it? I can’t find any.

By: Carolyn

Carolyn — Thu, 13 Jul 2017 16:29:30 +0000

Thank you for this product recommendation!

By: Mike

Mike — Mon, 10 Jul 2017 19:20:07 +0000

The only probiotic I found with most of the weight loss bacteris is Hyperbiotics Better Body capsules. Most others have at least acidophilus which might make you gain weight.

By: Erica

Erica — Sun, 09 Jul 2017 07:44:07 +0000

Awesome article, now where are the probiotics with the recommended strains? Most of the ones linked contain acidophilus, which is not recommended. Somewhere someone must working on this. They’d make a fortune!