No indication there that it needs to be refrigerated, but that's where Wheatsville had it stashed, in the chilled case with other probiotics. That site seems to have a decent price, there may be other sources cheaper. The arabanogalactan came on my radar as particular good, so I'd suggest researching that. The inulin is probably already in your regular mix of fiber/etc.
Haven't used that as much, lately, because I got my cats stabilized with MegaFood's "MegaFlora", which I hunted down because it contains Lactobacillus Sporogenes, among other excellent species. The Sporogenes has a spore quality that takes it past small intestine into large intestine, so it bypasses earlier battlefields where most probiotics live, earn their wages, and die. The Sporogenes survives to colonize the large intestine, where it can do more good! At least, that's what I recall. This site merely highlights that it bypasses the stomach & reaches the intestines, without mentioning large vs small:
The MegaFlora I definite keep in the fridge, and I'll buy it in autumn/winter months so that shipping doesn't leave it baking on my front porch. There's also usually a site or two that has better deals & free shipping if I buy more than one bottle at a time.
Also, here's one post from that friend in New Orleans who documents tons of his self-experiments as well as articles he receives from other sources. This post talks about niacin helping "seal up" leaky gut: http://alobar.livejournal.com/2931120.html
From what I recall, there are various forms of niacin and I don't recall clearly which are "best" or if they're equally effective. Niacin, niacinimide, etc. There are tons of study citations & multiple articles in that post, so you might find more than I did.
Sorry, brain is very tired, but I wanted to share links with you!
prebiotics
The stuff I got was this product:
http://www.naturesstore.com/product_main.asp?productcode=12601&BrandID=498&Browse=
No indication there that it needs to be refrigerated, but that's where Wheatsville had it stashed, in the chilled case with other probiotics. That site seems to have a decent price, there may be other sources cheaper. The arabanogalactan came on my radar as particular good, so I'd suggest researching that. The inulin is probably already in your regular mix of fiber/etc.
Haven't used that as much, lately, because I got my cats stabilized with MegaFood's "MegaFlora", which I hunted down because it contains Lactobacillus Sporogenes, among other excellent species. The Sporogenes has a spore quality that takes it past small intestine into large intestine, so it bypasses earlier battlefields where most probiotics live, earn their wages, and die. The Sporogenes survives to colonize the large intestine, where it can do more good! At least, that's what I recall. This site merely highlights that it bypasses the stomach & reaches the intestines, without mentioning large vs small:
http://www.lactospore.com/benifit.htm
The MegaFlora I definite keep in the fridge, and I'll buy it in autumn/winter months so that shipping doesn't leave it baking on my front porch. There's also usually a site or two that has better deals & free shipping if I buy more than one bottle at a time.
Also, here's one post from that friend in New Orleans who documents tons of his self-experiments as well as articles he receives from other sources. This post talks about niacin helping "seal up" leaky gut: http://alobar.livejournal.com/2931120.html
From what I recall, there are various forms of niacin and I don't recall clearly which are "best" or if they're equally effective. Niacin, niacinimide, etc. There are tons of study citations & multiple articles in that post, so you might find more than I did.
Sorry, brain is very tired, but I wanted to share links with you!