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Probiotics After WLS

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Danny Paul    761

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I used to take Probiotics before surgery. I stopped after surgery figuring my stomach was smaller and I wouldn't get any benefit from them. Anyone here taking probiotics after WLS?

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SIPS in Seattle    345

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I used to take probiotics before surgery. I stopped after surgery figuring my stomach was smaller and I wouldn't get any benefit from them. Anyone here taking probiotics after WLS?


I took them before and stopped after surgery too. My surgeon however told me to start taking them again to help with staying regular which is such a pain after surgery.


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carolynjackson    171

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Which ones do u take? I never took them before but my doctor suggested trying them as I have a lot of gas since gastric sleeve surgery . I had surgery 6 months 5.

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DaleCruse    756

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I take them. Anything that's good for gut health gets a thumbs up from me.

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20 hours ago, Danny Paul said:

I used to take Probiotics before surgery. I stopped after surgery figuring my stomach was smaller and I wouldn't get any benefit from them. Anyone here taking probiotics after WLS?

Took them before and taking them after. They do help with regularity due to regulating your gut bacteria, etc. also, I read an article of a test done on people who had WLS and probiotics. Some had the actual probiotic and the other had a placebo. The probiotic group had a 70% better weight loss than the placebo group. Worth taking it, for benefits all around.

This isn’t the study I saw before but it’s a nice article about the benefits.

https://www.peachtreebariatrics.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/PSB-Probiotics.pdf

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Danny Paul    761

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A big Mahalo for all of your suggestions and comments. I restarted my probiotics.

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Smooter    19

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I never took them before surgery but my NUT and Doc recommended probiotics for regularity. So far so good.


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