Well, it looks like even WebMD knows that probiotics can help treat Irritable Bowel Syndrome, or IBD. Just recently, WebMD talked about how nearly 1 million people in America have Irritable Bowel Syndrome, and that if you are one of those people, than taking probiotics could help you out greatly.  If you don’t know if you could have IBD, here are some of the symptoms. Abdominal pain, diarrhea, weight loss, and rectal bleeding.

The article talked about how there was a study that shows how bacillus polyfermenticus was found to lessen the symptoms that I listed above and even encourage the growth of new blood vessels.

You can read the rest of the WebMD article here

Saccharomyces boulardii (s.bouldardii for short) is not a bacteria, but since it shares a lot of the same properties of as other good bacteria, it is often lumped in and sold as a probiotic.

If you’re trying to get rid of any form of diarrhea, s.bouldardii is definitely the way to go.

This form of yeast that was first isolated in mangosteen and other tropical fruits has been throughly proven to shorten your bouts with diarrhea.

S.bouldardii has stood the test of time when it comes to testing and scrutiny. Interestingly enough, we don’t exactly know how it works, only that it works, very, very well.

Also, saccharomyces bouldardii is safe enough to use on children and is in fact often recommended for use in children as young as three.

A typical dose of s.bouldardii is 250mg once or twice a day for five days. After that, your diarrhea problem is usually cleared up.

It’s not much of a preventative measure, but it doesn’t hurt to take it when you first start using probiotics.

Also, it’s not really found naturally except in some tropical fruits such as lychee and mangosteen.

Unfortunately, this means that s.bouldardii can be hard to find naturally if you prefer to take it that way.

One more thing, like most probiotics, make sure that when you make your purchase, it has at least 100 million CFU’s (preferably 1 billion), or there is a very high chance that

Lactobacillus casei (or l.casei for short) is one strain of bacteria you want to make sure is in your probiotic supplement.

This strain of bacteria lives in your mouth and gastrointestinal tract, much like many other bacteria.

L.casei will help boost your immunity and aids in digestion. Besides the (last strain I talked about [link]), this strain is also commonly found in probiotics, and if your probiotic does not have it, you might want to think twice about taking it.

Like most other probiotics, you want to make sure you are taking at least 100 million CFU’s of it at the bare minimum.

Due to the harsh environment of your stomach, many of the bacteria will die before they have enough time to take hold in your gut.

By taking at least 100 million CFU’s, you can ensure that enough bacteria will survive and make it to your gut to fight the bad guys.

Personally, I’d look for a supplement with at least 1 billion CFU’s.

Just in case you don’t like supplements, you can also find l.casei in yogurt, milk, and some fermented products.