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Can you tell me why you shouldnt take probiotics with inulin, FOS, and bifidobacterium?  I havent heard of this but I take a 50billion probiotic from Renew Labs and I swear it makes me break out.  I know my gut flora is not balanced as I had a stool test done and even though I take 50 billion a day, it said I have no lactobacillus.  Very strange

I follow the Specific Carbohydrate Diet, which is designed to balance the gut flora, and these 3 ingredients are not allowed on this diet. Inulin and FOS feed both good and bad bacteria, so if you have an overgrowth of bad bacteria, they will exacerbate it.

Here's some info on bifidus/bifidobacteria and the SCD: http://www.breakingt...detail/bifidus/

Personally, I had one of the worst breakouts of my life from a probiotic that contained bifidobacteria (and it didn't have FOS or inulin). But acidophilus only improves my skin. I use Kirkman's acidophilus.

Have you tried taking probiotics? The reason you break out from all carbs is probably a yeast and/or bacterial overgrowth in your gut, especially since you were on antibiotics in the past. In that case, probiotics should help balance your flora and help you tolerate some carbs. I'd recommend a plain acidophilus supplement. Avoid probiotics with inulin, FOS, and bifidobacterium.

The omega 3-6-9 supplement might be breaking you out. We usually get plenty of omega 6 from our diets and don't need to supplement. And the oils typically used in these types of supplements can cause breakouts for other reasons.They're often rancid, and some of them like flax oil can mess with your hormones. I'd ditch that supp and see if your skin improves. Then add fish oil or cod liver oil for omega 3s, and see if you tolerate that.

How about spearmint tea?

http://www.ncbi.nlm....pubmed/19585478

By the way, flax seeds/oil break me out like crazy (and I am female). I have a lot of food allergies, and eating foods I'm allergic to always causes breakouts, but I had one of the worst breakouts of my life from flax oil.

Vegetable oils like sunflower, safflower, etc. have always broken me out, too. Not sure if it's because of an allergy or because these oils are usually rancid, or both. You should try avoiding anything processed/packaged with ingredients like that. Make your meals from whole/single-ingredient foods.

Have you ever tried the paleo diet (grain-free)? (I don't know if your 'anti-Candida' diet was grain-free, since there are a ton of different diets promoted as anti-Candida diets.)

For PCOS/insulin resistance and acne, it's usually helpful to cut down on carbs and increase protein and fat. If you're not averse to eating meat, you should try adding it back and reducing carbs in general, whether or not you go grain-free.

Yeah I know. My friend is in the same situation with his health and his doctor told him that there is only a microscopic percentage of people on Earth who have a bad reaction to goat milk. Apparently, I'm one of them. My friend could handle the goat milk just fine.

 

Life is just so awesome and fair. I love it.

I think that doctor is wrong. I read a study on the cross-reactivity between cow's and goat's milk, and I think, if I remember correctly, they found that about 75% of the people allergic to cow's milk were also allergic to goat's. And cow's milk is one of the most common allergens out there, and allergies are pretty darn common these days.

I did tolerate homemade SCD goat's milk yogurt for awhile, several years ago, but it wasn't long before I became allergic to it (I've always been allergic to cow's milk).

Also, I think the yeast in kefir makes it less likely to be tolerated than yogurt.