My SO has been suffering from acid reflux + poor sleep quality for years. He has tried many things along the way: Melatonin/ meditation/ acupuncture point massage/ zero caffeinated drinks and etc. You name it and none seems to improve his wellbeing in general.
He is also taking GAVISCON, managed to control the reflux symptoms, but need to take after every meal and LONG TERM.

After much research, we figured that he should try taking probiotics to improve his gut health and hopefully overall health.

We went to the 'pharmacy street' in one of the busy neighborhoods. Little did we know, there are so many types/ brands and price range, and every pharmacy seems to carry quite a different product range.

We did some homework before going, but we were still dazzled by the range and hardselling salesperson lol.
Some of the things to consider when buying the probiotics:
- cfu (ideally the higher the better)
- storage conditions (buying online may not be ideal because u dunno whether it was exposed under the hot sun before reaching to you)
- bacteria strains (if got special conditions, might want to look for those with specific strains)
- prebiotics (ideally better to have to encourage growth of the good bacteria)

Most of the salesperson are just trying to sell it to you, "this one good", "many ppl bought this", and I doubt a pharmacist would be in a better position to consult, because
- there is no one-size-fits-all when it comes to gut microbiome
- they don't have your lab report
- they won't know what good bacteria is lacking in your gut

What is more these things are not cheap, and it takes time to consume until u experience the effect. I feel that the general public are inadequately informed, but the market for probiotics are RAMPANT!

Looking for more discussion amidst the probiotics trends.
QUESTIONS:
- What probiotics are u taking?
- what reasons making u start taking?
- experience any health improvement so far?

Haha he is very thin and in fact underweight. When he didn't sleep well, he loses weight some more. And his sleep problem is a chronic one, since young a light sleeper and may have been worsen due to his job nature.
We are also thinking about the possibility of H. Pylori, do you know where can we do such check?

Haha he is very thin and in fact underweight. When he didn't sleep well, he loses weight some more. And his sleep problem is a chronic one, since young a light sleeper and may have been worsen due to his job nature.
We are also thinking about the possibility of H. Pylori, do you know where can we do such check?

Ok thanks.
Can scope tell whether there's H. Pylori infection?