"Gut Shot" - It Works!

[Cort]

[fright]

[/fright]I've been eyeing this stuff for awhile. It's expensive - $7 a bottle but its also concentrated - they recommend a shot or two a day.

This is what they say about it

Farmhouse Culture Gut Shot is a probiotic rich beverage with a bold, savory taste. We make Gut Shot by fermenting organic veggies and then pressing them to release all the vibrant juices brimming with live active cultures. Gut Shot is a convenient way to help keep your gut healthy and well balanced.

I'm in So Cal for a wedding and am exhausted! So I picked up a bottle of gut shot with beets, ginger and sauerkraut.

And it actually works. It's rejuvenating - really quite rejuvenating. I don't get this affect from bottled sauerkraut but I also get it from Farmhouse Cultures "live sauerkraut" which is also very expensive.

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I don't get the effect from sauerkraut that I make for some reason. I wish I could duplicate it - and I don't know why I can't. I've used their sauerkraut as a fermenting agent but it just doesn't do.

The same is true of kefir with one difference. I get a rejuvenating effect from home-made kefir but not from store bought kefir - two very different animals.

 

[Rachel Riggs]

@Cort I have been eyeballing them too!! But they sound like they may taste horrible...

 

[Cort]

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@Cort I have been eyeballing them too!! But they sound like they may taste horrible...

They do, don't they.

I have a high tolerance for nasty tasting stuff but I think the beet is OK. The thing is that you take small sips - so it's not so bad.

 

[Rachel Riggs]

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I'm headed to Whole Foods to get some!!
They do, don't they.

I have a high tolerance for nasty tasting stuff but I think the beet is OK. The thing is that you take small sips - so it's not so bad.

 

[Seven]

Oh My gosh !!!!
As English is my second language , as I read the thread header: I understood (got shot - It worked (as in being shot by a bullet really works).
I was like "painful but if it cures you! " so I entered the thread!
That goes to tell you what kind of shit we are willing to try LOL.

 

[ankaa]

1. I have been drinking Kevita Sparkling Probiotic drink which has some excellent strains: L Plantarum; Bacillus Coagulans; and L Rhamnosus. I like it b/c it's not too sugary, and the Kevita Tonic has even lower sugar...

2. GoodBelly Probiotic Juice Drink is Okay.... too sweet for me, and only one strain, I believe (l plantarum)

3. Trader Joe's Kefir is actually the best kefir that I've found for good strains:

L CASEI
http://probiotics.org/l-casei/
http://nootriment.com/lactobacillus-casei/

L LACTIS
http://worldofenzymes.info/probiotics/lactococcus-lactis/

L ACIDOPHILUS
http://probiotics.org/l-acidohilus-benefits/

** L PLANTARUM - not typically in kefir
http://probiotics.org/l-plantarum/
http://worldofenzymes.info/probiotics/lactobacillus-plantarum/

• reduces intestinal inflammation
• HISTAMINE DEGRADING; reduces viral effects & allergies
• reduces gut wall permeability
• prokinetic agent, promotes weight loss
• PSYCHOBIOTIC - improves ADD/ADHD; restores cognitive function, enhances memory
• increase mucus in the intestines
• oxalate degrading
• lowers tyramine; no effect on histamine

** L RHAMNOSUS
http://probiotics.org/lactobacillus-gg-benefits/

• DOWN-REGULATE HISTAMINE RECEPTORS
• prokinetic agent & reduces diarrhea
• lowers obesity
• anti-inflammatory; lowers CRP
• PSYCHOBIOTIC - GABA; vagal nerve

** B LONGUM - not typically in kefir
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bifidobacterium_longum#Immune_system_regulation

• PSYCHOBIOTIC - reduces stress; vagal nerve
• immune modulator; anti-oxident effect (from hayfever to minimizing flu/cold symptoms to lowering cancer tumor incidence & volume - notably, colorectal cancer)
• anti-inflammatory effect on skin AND also reinforces skin barrier function (improves leaky gut??)
• improves lactose tolerance & improves food allergies
• scavenges free radicals
• lowers serum cholesterol; improves cholesterol usage… unclear to me what exactly the mechanisms -> benefit(s) pathways
• high colonic pH = colon cancer; b longum inhibits colon cancer by producing bile acid and cholesterol metabolites that lower intestinal pH

LEUCONOSTOC CREMORIS

B BREVE

STREPTOCOCCUS DIACETYLACTIS

SACCHAROMYCES FLORENTINUS

L REUTERI
http://probiotics.org/l-reuteri/

B LACTIS
http://probiotics.org/bifidobacterium-lactis/

 

[Cort]

1. I have been drinking Kevita Sparkling Probiotic drink which has some excellent strains: L Plantarum; Bacillus Coagulans; and L Rhamnosus. I like it b/c it's not too sugary, and the Kevita Tonic has even lower sugar...

2. GoodBelly Probiotic Juice Drink is Okay.... too sweet for me, and only one strain, I believe (l plantarum)

3. Trader Joe's Kefir is actually the best kefir that I've found for good strains:

L CASEI
http://probiotics.org/l-casei/
http://nootriment.com/lactobacillus-casei/

L LACTIS
http://worldofenzymes.info/probiotics/lactococcus-lactis/

L ACIDOPHILUS
http://probiotics.org/l-acidohilus-benefits/

** L PLANTARUM - not typically in kefir
http://probiotics.org/l-plantarum/
http://worldofenzymes.info/probiotics/lactobacillus-plantarum/

• reduces intestinal inflammation
• HISTAMINE DEGRADING; reduces viral effects & allergies
• reduces gut wall permeability
• prokinetic agent, promotes weight loss
• PSYCHOBIOTIC - improves ADD/ADHD; restores cognitive function, enhances memory
• increase mucus in the intestines
• oxalate degrading
• lowers tyramine; no effect on histamine

** L RHAMNOSUS
http://probiotics.org/lactobacillus-gg-benefits/

• DOWN-REGULATE HISTAMINE RECEPTORS
• prokinetic agent & reduces diarrhea
• lowers obesity
• anti-inflammatory; lowers CRP
• PSYCHOBIOTIC - GABA; vagal nerve

** B LONGUM - not typically in kefir
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bifidobacterium_longum#Immune_system_regulation

• PSYCHOBIOTIC - reduces stress; vagal nerve
• immune modulator; anti-oxident effect (from hayfever to minimizing flu/cold symptoms to lowering cancer tumor incidence & volume - notably, colorectal cancer)
• anti-inflammatory effect on skin AND also reinforces skin barrier function (improves leaky gut??)
• improves lactose tolerance & improves food allergies
• scavenges free radicals
• lowers serum cholesterol; improves cholesterol usage… unclear to me what exactly the mechanisms -> benefit(s) pathways
• high colonic pH = colon cancer; b longum inhibits colon cancer by producing bile acid and cholesterol metabolites that lower intestinal pH

LEUCONOSTOC CREMORIS

B BREVE

STREPTOCOCCUS DIACETYLACTIS

SACCHAROMYCES FLORENTINUS

L REUTERI
http://probiotics.org/l-reuteri/

B LACTIS
http://probiotics.org/bifidobacterium-lactis/

Just got two bottles of Gut Shot at Costco for $6.99 (woo-woo). Its been months since I tried them - once again - a nice little boost!