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I just heard today that all of those probiotics, that are supposed to be "revolutionary" for our digestive system, that are being added to such things as yogurts and bread may be bad for those of us that suffer from migraines. Apparently the probiotics can be triggers for many people. I had never heard of this before. Has anybody else known about this?
This sure changes my thoughts on what types of foods that I will buy. I was eating those yogurts with the probiotics almost daily! I have just come out of a really long migraine spell and I wonder if those probiotics I had been consuming in my yogurt might be partially responsible acting as triggers.
This sure changes my thoughts on what types of foods that I will buy. I was eating those yogurts with the probiotics almost daily! I have just come out of a really long migraine spell and I wonder if those probiotics I had been consuming in my yogurt might be partially responsible acting as triggers.
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I do know for sure that they work for me as they prevent those nasty yeast infections from rearing their ugly heads. I purchase mine in enteric coated capsules that absorb into the lower intestines.
A good quality one can be found at a health food store and there are dairy free ones available for people who trigger migraines from dairy. I had never heard of a person getting a migraine from supplementing with them previous to this post.
HOWEVER, I DO take ENTERIC COATED Probiotics (usually Nature's Way Enteric Coated Primodophilus) when I am on antibiotics, or was exposed to GI illnesses. I have NEVER had it trigger a breakthrough migraine, but I ONLY use the good stufff, none of that stuff in food, which CANNOT be used by your body, and is destroyed by your stomach anyway.
If one is to use Pro-biotics, they need to be taken ALONE meaning just the powder or pills on an EMPTY STOMACH with nothing to eat for 3 hours before and 2 hour after, OR use the Enteric Coated, which has a seal on it, which will NOT open until it is in the Alkaline area of your SMALL intestine, where it does the most good.
Also, only take ONE probiotic strain at a time. Those "mixed" probiotics, using several strains of the good bacteria at one time, (say Bifidus and Acidophilus in one pill) are believed to be almost useless, as the bacteria may fight each other for ability to colonize in your intestine and neither will form a colony. It's best to take ONE strain at a time, and to take it in an enteric form.
I am glad you are feeling better now, but my guess is that it was one of the dairy proteins (which are very allergenic and are CONCENTRATED in yogurt. Yogurt is NOT a "magical food" by any means. It's just old cow milk, with some NON absorbable bacteria added to it., because of the acid nature of both Dairy itself AND your stomach when you eat it.)
I'm thrilled to find ski13's response. I came across this post because I've been trying to find a mention somewhere on the web about people having migraines triggered by Probiotics. Everytime I take GastroHealth probiotic tablets, I trigger a migraine. If there is anyont else who suffers this, I would also be interested to here, since this is the only place I've found it on the net so far. Very odd trigger!
It is possible for almost anything to be a trigger, so if something triggers you, obviously it isn't good for you.
You may want to look at the fillers in the probiotics you are taking IF only ONE brand of probiotics causes a migraine in you. If more than one brand does, and they have DIFFERENT fillers, than you can guess it is the active ingredient.
Also, there are more than a dozen "Probiotics" from Acidophilus to Bifidus to the ones the yogurt companies just made up (B. Regularis. It is NOT a real "probiotic" as per studies done in independent labs.) Could ALL of the probiotics be a trigger? Highly unlikely, because you body makes plenty of your own. Your body is filled with Acidophilus and Bifidus and other Probiotics, however, there are many things in our enviroment which can kill these in your gut (Antibiotics, medications, certain foods, like...dairy) and some people attempt to replace the colonies that are neccesary to good digestion and immune function by supplementing.
I would suggest a yeast free, dairy free, "Vitamin" free enteric coated Acidophilus, with little or NO fillers and see if that works for you. My guess would be the fillers are the culprit, BUT if you have gotten migraines from several different brands, (and the GOOD ones have to be refrigerated, usually, I know of only ONE brand which is shelf stable) then stay away from them.
Good luck.
Found out I am very gluten sensitive VERY dairy senstive. just my 2 cents ;) I do feel a bit better in terms of headaches since i started this diet around 2 weeks ago. I was tld it could take up to a couple of months to rid gluten out of system.