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Prebiotics increase the beneficial gut bacteria that are already there. Probiotics don’t except maybe the SBOs like Prescript-Assist. Correct?

Laura Schoenfeld: I don’t know if probiotics don’t at all. I know that they’re not as effective as prebiotics for...

You said you usually prefer GOS as a prebiotic because it’s better tolerated by most, but also use FOS as well. For whom or when do you recommend FOS?

Kelsey Marksteiner: With prebiotics and fibers, in general, in terms of their effect on microbiome health, you really do want...

What are some antifungal enzymes?

Laura Schoenfeld: I typically would use is called Candex. Let me send you a link to that. Now, it’s not...

I just listened to your and Laura’s wonderful Ask the RD podcast on probiotics. You mentioned a list you have on all the strains of probiotics and what they specifically are researched and proved to treat. I wondered if you would be happy to share this list with us.

Kelsey Marksteiner: Actually I got that list from my professor in my master’s degree at University of Western States, who...

I went on the Probiotic Advisor website, which I was so excited to hear existed. I was going to pay the subscription for access but did the first-day free trial to check it out, but the only access I got was a search box, and everything I put into the search box didn’t come up with anything very fruitful. I can’t remember exactly what I put in there. Is that the only way you get to explore the information, or was I doing it wrong?

Kelsey Marksteiner: Yeah, it is just a search box. Obviously if you’re searching super-specific and it just simply has not...

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