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Hey, everyone.

Before we get into the body of today's show, I wanted to talk about the best probiotics to use

and how to find your ideal intake of fiber and prebiotics.

Regarding the best probiotics to use, in chapter 15 of my book, Healthy Gut, Healthy,

You, Yes, it's finally here. We review what probiotics have been shown effective or ineffective

for various conditions like IBS, IBD, celiac, diabetes, weight loss, mood, fatigue,

according to the clinical studies, not speculation, not mechanism, what the actual clinical

data says. When you look at the evidence for probiotics from a big picture perspective, you clearly

see two conclusions emerge. One, you see what conditions probiotics can and cannot help with.

And two, you see four general classes of probiotics,

and this then allows you to be able to try a probiotic from each one of the four classes

instead of randomly experimenting with the hundreds of probiotic products that are available.

It's also important to mention maybe as a side note that most probiotics do not colonize you,

and they also act as antibacterial agents, meaning they can kill off other bacteria and fungus.

So there's definitely some information in the book I cover that turns some of what we think about probiotics on its head a little bit in terms of some think that probiotics colonize you.

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