ok why not just drink kefir then?
Whatever kefir you get, it won't have the correct strain of bacteria in it unless you made it yourself with the L. Reuteri 6475 strain.
I took spirulina (nutrex brand powder) 3g day for months I did not see anything positive for my hairs. But I liked the taste though(in yoghourt) :
It doesn't contain the strain from the study. Different strains of different bacteria have very different effects.
Here is a link from the Dr. in the OP who is one of the main people online promoting the use of LR6475 and it should help clarify about different strains of the same probiotic and how they differ: (new, I can't post links: blog. dot undoctored.com/what-a-difference-strain-can-make/
The batches I made are. They have varied in quality however which is something I came to expect based on prior reading. It seems the more you make it, the better it grows. Just made batch #3 and it is thick and creamy where as batch #1 was half separated whey! (Batch 2 was creamy, but stringy and thin).
(new, I can't post links) supherb.co.il/en/it-works-naturally/probiotics-series/bio-55-lr-intense-probiotics/
here we have 5 billion of L.Rotary , but also more bacterias (i dont know if its good or not).
What do you think, friends?
This supplement does say it contains 5 billion L. Reuteri, but the critical problem here is that it does not say which strain. There are probably thousands of different strains of L. Reuteri.
With regard to ATCC PTA 6475, I think BioGaia actually owns a patent on it. If that is in fact true, it is unlikely you will find it elsewhere at this time.
Good news is, it's easy to buy a box of this stuff, use 10 tablets to make your own yogurt, and culture new batches with a bit of the old yogurt for free. Using perhaps 1 crushed tablet every few batches to insure that both strains in the BioGaia supplement are proliferating in your homemade yogurt. Using the tabs this way would make them last a really long time if you're making say a half gallon or more at a time (I make it by the gallon) and eating a 1/2 cup a day or so as a supplement.
but surely then, the fact that I was on heavy antibiotics about 8 months ago that killed off all my bacterial flora, that should have caused massive hairloss right? how come i didn't notice any difference and nobody noticies heavy male pattern baldness when they take antibiotics?
I read that L. Reuteri is quite susceptible to a) being out competed by other strains in the gut if it exists in low quantities and b) being wiped out by anti-biotics because it has little immunity to them unlike other
I tried making yogurt from this a few months ago which was an epic failure. Incubated twice and the end result was an extremely foul smelling curdled mixture.
The main problem with the tablets is the inclusion of the other strain in there, which has different effects and makes it hard to culture. I believe the other strain has the competitive advantage.
It's really not so hard. Use the prior posted recipe... that's what I did.
The first batch was half whey (used it in my daily health shake), the yogurt was clumpy, but tasty.
The second batch had no separation of whey, few clumps, and was best described as stringy... but tasty.
The third batch was thick, creamy, and tasty!
