I took part in a research study recently for a prebiotic sugar found in breast milk that increases bifido bacteria. I just wanted to update you that altho it was a double blind trial, i could tell i was taking the real thing the first month (100% sure) because my gut felt soooo happy! Also the placebo was maltodextrin which she said was innocous but i felt shit on it and missed some near the end - i googled it and its an artificial sugar and one study linked it to IBD - as most emuslfiers/sweeteners are - they all damage the gut biome.
[We have poisoned by supermarket and then they wonder why we have IBS?? That is my opinion!!]
"The links to the prebiotic studies are below.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi...
Human milk oligosaccharide supplementation in irritable bowel syndrome patients: A parallel, randomized, double‐blind, placebo‐controlled study - Iribarren - 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Supplementation with a mix of 2’-O-fucosyllactose and Lacto-N-neotetraose (2’FL/LNnT) in IBS patients was well tolerated and increased bifidobacteria abundance. Supplementation with 2’FL/LNnT can res...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/335...
The prebiotics are called human milk oligosaccharides and are currently only being sold for infants, but a new product should be on the shelves in the next few months from a company called Novonesis. Nestle and DSM will also likely follow with similar products."
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