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[-] kromem@lemmy.world 59 points 1 year ago

It really depends on the biotic.

[-] jennwiththesea@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

Yeah. Some microbes you can't live without. Some microbes, you can't live with.

[-] Steeve@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago

Microbes. Can't live with em, can't live without em.

[-] Gestrid@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

And some microbes you can't live without, but you also can't live with too many of them.

[-] cloudless@feddit.uk 52 points 1 year ago

Flammable and inflammable are both easily ignited.

[-] number6@feddit.nl 17 points 1 year ago

Regardless, I stay away from both irregardless.

[-] moistclump@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

They’re called antiautonyms! Or, contranyms.

[-] hansl@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

What a country!

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[-] son_named_bort@lemmy.world 49 points 1 year ago

So are humidifiers and dehumidifiers

[-] dandroid@dandroid.app 27 points 1 year ago

That's why I have both right next to each other.

[-] DanglingFury@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago

The Goldilocks zone of energy consumption

[-] qjkxbmwvz@lemmy.sdf.org 10 points 1 year ago

Electric heater with more steps.

[-] Klear@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Or freezers and heaters.

[-] BastingChemina@slrpnk.net 46 points 1 year ago

It's generally a good idea to take some probiotic after antibiotic treatment.

[-] whyNotSquirrel@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 year ago

yeah, getting some good biotics after killing the bad biotics!

The problem with antibiotics is they kill the goodbiotics too. They just love killin.

[-] propaganja@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

That's why you need prebiotics, duh.

[-] jasondj@ttrpg.network 4 points 1 year ago

Is it though? Don’t most probiotics just get destroyed by stomach acid?

Honestly if your going to take anything following a strong round of antibiotics, it’d be a fecal-matter transfusion, not oral probiotics.

[-] Bondrewd@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

No. The biggest issue is antibiotic causing a decrease in biodiversity, and the new probiotic being unable to populate due to the advantage of the existing bacteria occupying the sacks that make them able to colonize.

Your best bet is a rigorous and never ending probiotic rich diet. I think you are barely even making progress then as well.

[-] jasondj@ttrpg.network 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I couldn’t find much info on it, tbh. I was just going off what my BIL (a Pharm.D) had described to me in passing and took his word for it.

I mean, since I’ve started taking a fiber supplement and making soy milk “yogurt” at home, I’ve been having some of the best gut health of my life.

The yogurt is like the easiest thing ever, too. I just open two probiotic capsules (~25M active cultures) into a quart-sized gum-free soy milk (basically shelf-stable from Trader Joe’s or Westsoy), shake it up good, divvy it into 5x 8floz mason jars…use riser and 8oz water in Instantpot, set to Yogurt, venting, for 14hr.

I take one of those and mix it in with ~60g Trader Joe’s ancient-grain rolled oats and maybe some raisins, let it sit overnight, add some agave/honey/maple syrup…makes a great filling breakfast.

It also helps that I started adderall at the same time and that gave me an insatiable thirst and I started drinking a lot more water.

[-] Bondrewd@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I dont like probiotic "capsules". I dont trust them to actually contain bacteria that will steer my stomach in a good direction in the long term. It is only really good for taking sporadically (stomach flu, bowel movements looking undigested, diarrhea) if that even.

If you have taken adderall, you might easily be conflating certain effects when it comes to digestion. I also feel finer in the stomach when dopamine is pumping inside me. Does not mean its good for the stomach, just that dopamine is good at relieving introception.

[-] jasondj@ttrpg.network 2 points 1 year ago

I’m going solely off the quantity and quality of BMs. I started taking the fiber supplement a few days after the adderall because my psych had suggested that it could cause diarrhea and my quality wasn’t particularly great to begin with.

[-] Notyou@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 year ago

"Don’t most probiotics just get destroyed by stomach acid?"

No. That's why eating probiotic food helps diversify your gut microbiome.

[-] I_Fart_Glitter@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

That's why I occasionally put yogurt in my butt.

[-] eee@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

For best results, take one antibiotic concurrently with every probiotic food/drink!

[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 39 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I am pro some biotics, and anti other biotics. The duality of man.

[-] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago

Especially when you get sick and have to take antibiotics .... I take a few more probiotics to replace all the biotics that got wiped away.

[-] Stoneykins@mander.xyz 35 points 1 year ago

Not from the bacteria's perspective

I just think biotics have a right to choose. Which is why I'm pro-biotic.

I am also a yogurt.

[-] sheogorath@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

Thank you for your service.

[-] Klear@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Username checks out.

[-] intensely_human@lemm.ee 22 points 1 year ago

Like a light switch. Sometimes you want that light on, other times you want it off. Both positions of the switch are features.

[-] profdc9@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago

I like to lock them in a closed container together and let them fight it out.

This is a basic biology class demonstration

[-] ililiililiililiilili@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago
[-] lord_ryvan@ttrpg.network 1 points 1 year ago

You're very sick now, aren't you?

[-] Early_To_Risa@sh.itjust.works 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I haven't really decided where I stand on biotic.

Biotic swing vote

[-] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

It’s like water. Drink the right water or you’ll die. Drink the wrong water and you’ll die.

[-] HowShouldIKnow@lemm.ee 10 points 1 year ago

And then there are prebiotics, but what's a postbiotic?

[-] general_kitten@sopuli.xyz 5 points 1 year ago
[-] hglman@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago
[-] general_kitten@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 year ago

isnt poop still pretty damn biotic tho

[-] hglman@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Little of everything

[-] fubo@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

"Probiotic" mostly refers to substances like yogurt that actually contain live beneficial microbes.

"Antibiotic" mostly refers to substances that are based on the ones produced by one microbe (like a Penicillium mold) to attack a different microbe (like an infectious bacterium).

So, both involve the action of microbes to help you; the difference is that one you want to cultivate in your guts, and the other you want to help fight off other microbes.

[-] Kahlenar@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Not in Mass Effect!

[-] tdawg@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

It's it obvious? Just lovehate the biotics

[-] gorysubparbagel@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Would that make prebiotics neutral since they're on the fence?

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