Bravo Probiotic

[cara615]

Has anyone every heard or tried this? i think you order it from Italy and its a 3 day process to make it. Very Very expensive but its supposed to do the same thing as a fecal implant. Essentially repopulating the gut with healthy bacteria.

 

Thoughts?

[Mayzoo]

Here is a post I made on another forum about this product:

 

I would definitely recommend anyone interested in this, but cannot afford it, to try milk kefir made from home (a fermented milk product). I spent 4.00 on the milk kefir grains and they are good indefinitely unless I kill them through poor upkeep (rather hard to do). The grains also multiply, so you can sell them or give them away to others interested in starting this. Then, all you have to spend is the money on whatever medium you wish to culture them in. I use whole pasteurized store bought milk. Kefir takes about 15 minutes of my time a day to make (24-48 hours for the culturing to be done), and it keeps quite a while. You use both the kefir made and the whey byproduct. You can culture kefir grains in whatever medium you wish. Diary milk, organic raw milk, almond milk, cream, colostrum (such as http://www.amazon.com/Symbiotics-Colostrum-Plus-Powder-21-Ounce/dp/B000BREOR2), etc.....

Here is a general guideline of what bacteria and yeast are often found in most milk kefir cultures:

Bacteria

Lactobacillus acidophilus

Lactobacillus brevis

Lactobacillus casei

Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus

Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp. delbrueckii

Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp. lactis

Lactobacillus helveticus

Lactobacillus kefiranofaciens subsp. kefiranofaciens

Lactobacillus kefiri

Lactobacillus paracasei subsp. paracasei

Lactobacillus plantarum

Lactobacillus rhamnosus

Lactobacillus sake

Lactococcus lactis subsp. cremoris

Lactococcus lactis subsp. lactis

Lactococcus lactis

Leuconostoc mesenteroides subsp. cremoris

Leuconostoc mesenteroides subsp. dextranicum

Leuconostoc mesenteroides subsp. mesenteroides

Streptococcus thermophilus



Yeasts

Chamaerops humilis

Kazachstania unispora

Kazachstania exigua

Kazachstania exigua

Kluyveromyces siamensis

Kluyveromyces lactis

Kluyveromyces marxianus

Pseudomonas

Pseudomonas fluorescens

Pseudomonas putida

Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Saccharomyces martiniae

Saccharomyces unisporus

http://www.culturesforhealth.com/differ ... gurt-kefir

Edited February 2, 2014 by mayzoo

[rowingmom]

Nice list. Thanks mayzoo! I have often thought of making kefir from grains, but went the fermented vegetable route instead as that seemed easier. Have you had better luck gut-wise with kefir made with grains as opposed to store-bought or kefir made with starter?

 

I tried to look up the probiotic ingredients in Bravo, but didn't have much luck. They mentioned lactobacillius sp on their website, and then of course the bacterial/yeast species found in the kefir to which lacto starter is added.

[cara615]

Would this be an issue if we are dairy free?