Michael Harrop
Active member
Report from 2017:
I have chronic diarrhea, for which I take Imodium. FOS & Inulin seem to feed the bacteria that soften my stool & cause other detrimental effects.
A recent study saying mushrooms were more powerful (in feeding lactobacillus) than Inulin & FOS helped me to identify the mushrooms in my diet as the cause of similar symptoms:
The preliminary study of prebiotic potential of Polish wild mushroom polysaccharides: the stimulation effect on Lactobacillus strains growth (2017)
I usually take my probiotic (Culturelle - containing lactobacillus) first thing in the morning, and my meal with mushrooms was in the evening. I started taking the probiotics with the mushroom meal and the prior stool-softening effect was completely reversed and other detrimental effects were absent.
Prior to taking a soil bacteria probiotic (Prescript-Assist) culturelle helped me (anti-diarrheal) a lot. And taking it in the same meal with the mushrooms seems to boost its power.
Next, I'm going to try taking a prebiotic mix in the same meal as my probiotics to see what effect it has (EDIT: didn't work, feeds different bacteria).
I noticed this same effect with jicama as well, which is another prebiotic food.
I also tried raw mushrooms vs cooked, and white vs brown, and there seems to be a difference.
I have chronic diarrhea, for which I take Imodium. FOS & Inulin seem to feed the bacteria that soften my stool & cause other detrimental effects.
A recent study saying mushrooms were more powerful (in feeding lactobacillus) than Inulin & FOS helped me to identify the mushrooms in my diet as the cause of similar symptoms:
The preliminary study of prebiotic potential of Polish wild mushroom polysaccharides: the stimulation effect on Lactobacillus strains growth (2017)
I usually take my probiotic (Culturelle - containing lactobacillus) first thing in the morning, and my meal with mushrooms was in the evening. I started taking the probiotics with the mushroom meal and the prior stool-softening effect was completely reversed and other detrimental effects were absent.
Prior to taking a soil bacteria probiotic (Prescript-Assist) culturelle helped me (anti-diarrheal) a lot. And taking it in the same meal with the mushrooms seems to boost its power.
Next, I'm going to try taking a prebiotic mix in the same meal as my probiotics to see what effect it has (EDIT: didn't work, feeds different bacteria).
I noticed this same effect with jicama as well, which is another prebiotic food.
I also tried raw mushrooms vs cooked, and white vs brown, and there seems to be a difference.