ROTATING PROBIOTICS
- Jessica Devine
- Sep 7, 2024
- 1 min read
Updated: 3 days ago
“If you want to get a continuous beneficial effect from your probiotics, you should change probiotics every three months or with the seasons,” says Paulina Lee, RD, LD of Savvy Stummy.
“If you were to take the same probiotic all year round, it may lose its effectiveness and even lend itself to gut dysbiosis by creating an imbalance of the very diversity you were trying to create.” By heeding her three-month rotating schedule, Lee says you’ll have a better chance to maintain heightened defenses in the gut as well as potentially avoid resistance of the probiotic."
"But if you have a couple of probiotics you like, and alternating is right for you, that's absolutely fine! As for whether it's necessary to rotate or alternate probiotic supplements and brands in order to increase your microbiome's diversity? Well, the jury's still out, but looking at the research to date, we're not convinced."
"Based on anecdotal evidence, some practitioners prefer to rotate probiotics with some patients while others may not. However, one thing is for certain: The needs and timing of probiotic supplementation may vary considerably based on the individual, depending on the types of foods they eat, age, activity levels, immune factors, etc."
(From the lifestylematrix blog.)
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