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Is Your Probiotic Making You Constipated?

I shared this tip in my IG stories and got flooded with DMs so I thought I’d share it here too and further expand on it.⁣⁣⁣⁣First off, know that our gut microbiome is teeming with beneficial and opportunistic microbial species. ⁣⁣⁣⁣Scientists are still learning and discovering new genera, species and strains, including their respective health benefits, so while taking a probiotic seems to be the popular recommendation these days, know that just like diets, there’s no one-size-fits-all probiotic. Different circumstances call for different probiotics.⁣⁣⁣⚠️For instance, those with...

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Your Probiotics Guide 101

First things first. When a new client tells me they take probiotics, it’s the same thing as telling me they eat food. Not very helpful or specific is it? So let’s first learn some basic facts. In nutrition, we broadly categorize food into macro-nutrients: protein, carbs and fats.With probiotics, scientists have also classified them into three categories: genus, species and strains.???????? Genus refers to the family of probiotic – for example, canine.???????? Species refers to the group – i.e. dogs.???????? And strains are the subtypes – i.e. dog breeds.The genus can be...

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