Probiotics- Brands Recommended?

Here's part of a thread among doctors about their use of probiotics. Favorite brands, etc. Read from bottom up. 

-Bob

The Bacillus Subtilis Story:

 

Excerpt:

 

"For many years afterwards, cultures of Bacillus subtilis were sold worldwide as a medicinal product (sold in the U.S. and Mexico, for example, under the brand name Bacti-Subtil) rapidly becoming the world's leading treatment for dysentery and other intestinal problems. Unfortunately for Americans, this popular bacterial supplement that cures intestinal infections began losing favor in the late 1950's and 1960's, upon the advent of synthetic antibiotics which were heavily touted by the giant pharmaceutical companies as "wonder drugs," even though they cost five times as much as Bacti-Subtil, and took three times longer to accomplish the same results."

 

Read more:

 

http://morrigandunn.blogspot.com/2010/04/bacillus-subtilis-story-when-arabs-ate.html

 

Probiotic containing Bacillus subtilis: Bio-Identical SBO Probiotics Cosortia

 

 

Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2016 1:20:08 AM
Subject: Probiotics- Brands Recommended?

Thought a good conversation on probiotics would be helpful since there are so many on the market today and so many opinions about them.  Do you have a preference and why or why not?