'Resetting' gut flora....

[Miljah]

Has anyone attempted to do this?

By which I mean, deliberately introduce 'good' bacteria/flora into your stomach (thus intestines).

I know many people take pro-biopics daily, but what else might one eat or drink, or avoid, for that matter!

My issue is more 'social'- at any time, randomly, over the past couple of years, my gut makes the most appalling loud noises! Bubbling, sudden deep groans, burbling. It's really embarrassing, to the extent I won't eat in a silent staff room and meetings have me on edge all the time!

No pain or D and V, just these random, stupid groany, rumbly noises!

I am wondering if I improve my gut flora, it might make my digestion quieter?

Anyone?

I drink diluted raw apple cider vinegar and have live yoghurt and kefir to try and help mine. No idea if it makes any difference though (which probably means it doesn't!) , although I do like them so it's not a chore to have them in my diet.

No, I haven’t-but I suffer exactly like this-it’s awful. I have been to the GP about it but they seemed to find it funny so I never went back. I was thinking about trying a wheat-free diet in the new year to see if that helped.

I avoid quiet places and dread meetings.

There is a good podcast on this on 'the doctor's kitchen' episode 4 on fibre (sorry can't link) that you might find interesting. I had major bowel surgery last year and have been trying to eat to help mine.

I read something the other day saying you need to eat 30 different types of plant based foods a week to increase the range of flora. It suggested things like 4 seed mix or bean mixes to easily increase this.

Do you eat a lot of dairy? When I used to, I'd get these sorts of gurgling sounds. I think it was wind! It's really embarrassing though, I agree.

It might be something you eat that your gut struggles to digest?

I don’t really have much dairy-so I don’t think it’s that causing it in me. These are interesting responses though.

Warning - TMI. I read somewhere that tests putting poo from a healthy person into the wonky stomach had proven successful. Think I'd prefer to go the kefir and sauerkraut and pro-biotic route.

Two pro-biotics, lactobacillus and bifidobacterium, produce GABA (gamma-aminobutyric acid), a tranquilising neurotransmitter that can reduce anxiety. - even if your stomach rumbles, it won't bother you

I'm in health care, and I know about a poor person who had intractable C Diff. They gave him a massive dose of antibiotics to kill his gut flora, then a 'poo-bomb', to re-colonise his gut with 'good' bacteria and flora. The bomb was harvested flora/bacteria from a healthy person.

Apparently very successfully!

I think we'll see a lot more of this.

I have found porridge for breakfast and those small milk drinks each day has massively improved my stomach health.

VSL#3 works WONDERS. It’s a very expensive probiotic but has worked better than anything I’ve ever tried.

I had stomach surgery last year and would like to know what to do to improve my gut flora too.
DD brought home a bug from school and it took me 8 weeks to get over it and i am still not right.

Bone broth

Porridge every day helps!

I have found porridge for breakfast and those small milk drinks

Which milk drinks do you have?

Michael Moseley has a couple of helpful books about this, properly researched and with recipes, called the Clever Guts diet.

Years ago I had tummy issues. If I remember I was advised to take a really good probiotic /acidophilus to reset my gut flora.

Probiotics, live yoghurt, kefir, sauerkraut
Reduce unfermented dairy products, reduce processed foods and sugar
Increase green foods and drinking tea (coffee can cause issues in the gut)
Drink lots of water

I don't know if it works however because I have never stuck to it properly so there's not much point unless you are very committed

thanks for suggestions :)