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What about magnesium or vitamin C or coconut oil?

Laura Schoenfeld: Yeah, with a two-year-old, you have to be really careful because obviously they’re not just small adults. They...

What’s the difference between Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Saccharomyces boulardii?

Chris Kresser:  Well, Saccharomyces boulardii is a strain that is closely related to baker’s yeast, which is Saccharomyces cerevisiae. I...

Do you have a preference for specific rectal probiotics in IBD?

Chris Kresser:  Not usually. I’ll have patients experiment with different ones. Soil-based organisms, some of the lactic acid-based probiotics, although...

Is it true you recommend Meriva, a bioavailable form of curcumin, over BCM-95 curcumin now? I’m going through the High Cholesterol Action Plan but didn’t see any changes to the supplement recommendation in the updates section.

Chris Kresser:   I just did a kind of fairly deep dive into the literature on curcumin absorption, and it’s really...

Do you know anything about Restore, a new product for healing tight junctions and leaky gut?

Chris Kresser:  Yeah, this is kind of a popular product right now in the CIRS community that I’m a part...
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