This remedy works for me.

@A DiabetesTeam Member - probiotics do more to "clean out the pipes".

We do tend to (collect) a few pounds of (not fully digested) food in our small intestine because it kinda "stalls" when trying to "suck all the good" out of it.

Probiotics can kick start that process and keep it running smoother.

I never spent a great deal of time reading up on probiotics (like I do with supplements in general) but instead it was my dietitian that suggested them.

There is a whole whack of "strains" of probiotics (all with long latin names). Anyhow, she gave me a list of 6 or 7 of the strains that would (benefit/work well) with "my diet".

As an example, I get about 25% of my total calories from Dairy Products (cream, cheese, yogurt) and there is 2 or 3 probiotic strains that specifically help metabolize the fatty acids in Dairy.

Anyhow, I just took the list to the drug store and started reading the labels on the various Probiotic concoctions from the Vitamin companies. I found a specific brand (Jamieson 10 Billon Cell) that was only missing 1 from my list so figured that was "good enough".

My average fasting numbers did improve minimally (and then leveled out again) - not "super dramatic" but went from a 5.7/103 average to a 5.3/95 average - so "mental victory" when your average goes to "normal" from diabetic even though it was just a "very few" points, but more importantly, I never get indigestion or gas or stomach upset or diarrhea - and I mean "ever" anymore and all of them used to be fairly common.

So "I'm Convinced" that there is benefit to the probiotics even if the impact on blood sugar is minimal or non-existent. Not everything has to be totally focused on Diabetes directly to help us manage it.

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Hey Nan,

It should work the same for Type 1's because it isn't helping produce insulin or reducing the carbs or anything like that, just spreading them over a longer period of time.

So if you eat 30 carbs but spread them over 4 hours they will cause less of a rise then if you uptake them in 2 hours.

All those carb still end up as sugar in your blood, just spread out so they have less of an "immediate/peak" effect.

But since Type 1's rely on (injected) insulin I don't know that would change your dosage whereas a Type 2 would burn off the carbs a little better since (we) are still producing our own insulin and in this case, we will keep it flowing a little longer and make it's job a little easier.

My guess would be that you will still need however many units to deal with the total carb load but you would still prevent a out of range spike that the insulin would have to catch up with if you injected a little (late) or slightly under-dosed ????

I take it, but it was for my stomach problems, the doctor told me when I was super sick a few years ago to take it and probotics. Neat that is helping my blood sugar too!

Thanks so much for your kindness.