Comment by xenonite
11 days ago
Interesting to read, thank you very much. Are you still eating ketogenic? The bacillus subtilis seems to metabolize glucose, so are yours still alive? And did you try other probiotica beforehand? I am having HIT and eating a mostly carnivore diet with mostly fresh/unfermented meat.
I no longer do keto no. I also started keto after I had gotten better already from the probiotics but not much. I'm not sure where you read about that subtilis can only live off of glucose. I'm having a hard time finding primary sources that actually talk about this but handily Google's "AI mode" also "answered" my search query and it does state it primarily thrives on glucose and sugars but can also break down and live off of proteins and fats.
FWIW, as I understand it, many probiotics aren't going to colonize on their own and "stick around" for a prolonged period of time when you stop taking them, even under good circumstances but you can't quote me on that so to speak. And in the past we would've gotten many of them through one way or another through our diet as well, just not through a probiotic but naturally.
I tried multiple probiotics. Both blends of multiple types as well as things like "Saccharomyces Boulardii"-only preparation. I don't recall all the exact ones I tried though.