Are you totally confused by probiotics or not sure which one to choose? Want to ensure you are getting the best bang for your buck and that your probiotic is actually doing something? Curious about how to pulse your probiotics based on symptoms and season? Tune in to hear Ali and Becki go down the rabbit hole on strain-specific research and discuss what to look for in a probiotic, best formulas for desired clinical outcomes, and how to tell if a probiotic is good quality.    In this episode, Ali and Becki go into detail on some of the most widely researched probiotic strains, from lactobacillus to bifidobacterium to saccharomyces boulardii and beyond. Learn about promising clinical outcomes from reduction of IBS and IBD pain, regulation of bowels post antibiotic, prevention of candida overgrowth, and yeast infection and UTI treatment. Plus we discuss thoughts on probiotics formulated with prebiotics as well as some of the new spore-based probiotics and share our current favorite cultured foods to get a daily dose of probiotics!   Also in this episode: 12 Week Virtual Ketosis Program - Only $99 through 9/1!  Episode 230: Dysbiosis through Disconnection Episode 198: So You’re On an Antibiotic Episode 174: The Dysbiosis Disease Connection and Ali’s Cleanse Episode 60: Dysbiosis and the Microbiome Episode 68: Supporting Your Immune System Naturally (Deep dive on ear infections & antibiotic use in kids) Episode 87: The Gut Brain Axis Episode 131: Candida and SIBO Deep Dive What is the Microbiome? The Role of Probiotics Probiotics and Immune Health Belkaid Y, Hand TW. 2014. Role of the microbiota in immunity and inflammation. Cell157: 121–141. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2014.03.011  Collins, N., & Belkaid, Y. (2018). Do the Microbiota Influence Vaccines and Protective Immunity to Pathogens? Engaging Our Endogenous Adjuvants. Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in biology, 10(2), a028860. https://doi.org/10.1101/cshperspect.a028860  Kim, C.H. (2018), Immune regulation by microbiome metabolites. Immunology, 154: 220-229. doi:10.1111/imm.12930  Pickard, J. M., Zeng, M. Y., Caruso, R., & Núñez, G. (2017). Gut microbiota: Role in pathogen colonization, immune responses, and inflammatory disease. Immunological reviews, 279(1), 70–89. https://doi.org/10.1111/imr.12567  What to Look for When Choosing a ProbioticID Guarantee Why We Don’t Include Prebiotics in Our ProbioticsPhytofiber Strain Specific ResearchLactobacillus Acidophilus NCFMD’Souza, B., et al. (2015), ‘Randomized controlled trial of probiotics after colonoscopy’. ANZ Journal of Surgery, doi: 10.1111/ans.13225. Engelbrektson, A.L .et al., (2009). ‘Probiotics to minimize the disruption of faecal microbiota in healthy subjects undergoing antibiotic therapy’. Journal of Medical Microbiology, 58:663-670. Engelbrektson, A.L. et al., (2006). ‘Analysis of treatment effects on the microbial ecology of the gastrointestinal tract’. FEMS Microbiol. Ecol. 57:239-250. Faber S.E., (2003), ‘Comparison of probiotics with antibiotics to probiotics alone in treatment of diarrhea predominant IBS (D-IBS), alternating (A-IBS) and constipation (C-IBS) patients’, Gastroenterology, 124(4):A687-A688. Faber, S.M., (2000). ‘Treatment of abnormal gut flora improves symptoms in patients with irritable bowel syndrome’. American Journal of Gastroenterology, 95(9):2533. Forssten, S., et al., (2014). ‘Influence of a probiotic mixture on antibiotic induced microbiota disturbances’. World Journal of Gastroenterology, 20(33):11878-85. Leyer, G.J., et al., (2009). ‘Probiotic Effects on Cold and Influenza-Like Symptom Incidence and Duration in Children’. Pediatrics; 124 (2): 172-179. Restore Baseline Probiotic Targeted Strength Probiotic - use code TARGETPRO18 for 18% off  KidsBiotic How to Take Probiotics With Antibiotics Bifidobacterium lactis Bi-07Gobel et al., (2010). ‘Probiotics to young children with atopic dermatitis: A randomized placebo-controlled trial’. International Journal of Probiotics a