Excessive intake of certain probiotics, such as Lactobacillus, can lead to negative effects like brain fog and general malaise. — Whalespan
Excessive intake of certain probiotics, such as Lactobacillus, can lead to negative effects like brain fog and general malaise.
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“As I mentioned many times before I do believe in probiotics, I take probiotics but there are studies that show that if you take lots and lots of certain probiotics like lactobacillus and you really ramp up the levels more it is not a case of more is better. There are things like brain fog that can come from that, brain fog is just this inability to focus. People feel really not well generally. Some of those studies are a little bit controversial but I think it's fair to say that if people really increase the amount of probiotic that they're taking beyond a certain amount then they start feeling foggy in the mind.”
“However, it's also clear that excessive microbiota brought about by excessive intake of probiotics can lead to things like brain fog. There's actually some good studies that point to the fact that certain metabolites of the microbiome, certain chemicals produced in the gut and in the body can actually lead to brain fog states. This is thought to come about through the lactate pathways of the gut that can then impact the brain.”
“high dose probiotics, these very expensive need to be refrigerated things, those actually can create brain fog and other issues there for real severe cases of dysbiosis.”
“But there are studies that show that if you take lots and lots of certain probiotics, like lactobacillus, and you really ramp up the levels more, it is not a case of more is better. There are things like brain fog that can come from that.”