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Now that you don’t sell your own HCl-pepsin, do you have a good brand you recommend? Are you going to bring another one out?

Chris Kresser: One of the reasons we created that in the first place was that most of the commercial brands...

Prebiotics increase beneficial bacteria that are already there. Probiotics don’t, except maybe soil-based organisms like Prescript-Assist. Correct?

Chris Kresser: Yeah, generally most probiotics have not been shown to quantitatively increase the beneficial bacteria in the gut because...

I’ve been looking at the various prenatal recommendations from ADAPT people. Laura likes Prothera, I like Seeking Health, Chris likes Nutrient 950. As I always say, there are pros and cons to all—yes, I do. So I am just struggling with a few questions. Number one, Nutrient 950, with Vitamin K, has 400 milligrams of—sorry, it has 400 IUs of Vitamin E. Isn’t there some controversy with Vitamin E in pregnancy?

Dr. Amy Nett: Yeah, I do have some concern about, you know, tocopherols in pregnancies, so I think even Chris...

Biotin in the Healthy Baby Code, Chris recommends 30 to 65 mcg a day, and in Nutrient 950 with K, it has 800 mcg in the daily servings, Seeking Health, 500 mcg—any thoughts?

Dr. Amy Nett: Yeah, so again, I don’t know why they formulate them this way. Remember, B vitamins are mostly...

What is your take on 400 IU, Vitamin E, which are in good quality prenatals?

Dr. Amy Nett: You’re thinking about the Pure Encapsulations Nutrient 950. So again, Chris doesn’t recommend the Nutrient 950 for...

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