Probiotics: Are They Really Necessary? | Talking Point | Diet

[@bacflash]

Kudos Steve, putting your body on the line again for educating the rest of us :)

[@Steven.Chia.Singapore]

no problem, this was one of the "easier" ones! ha ha!

[@dongshengdi773]

@@Steven.Chia.Singapore Thanks to science, We will never know , as always. And science has always been so arrogant to even claim we already know everything that is to be known. Even so arrogant to claim we are near the discovery of the Theory of Everything. Hambug !

[@stevethea5250]

@@dongshengdi773 what's the bottom line?

[@petergriffin9902]

@@Steven.Chia.Singapore love these programs. Greetings from California.

[@Starcraftghost]

I’m not sure about the other foods, but, my husband and I have been consuming natto for 2 years now. I know it improved my husband’s health. It is hard to quantify his improvement because it got coupled with less stress when he started working from home. As for me, I definitely can tell the benefit because I was going through a five-year long process to “fix” my periodontal disease. In the 3rd year, I started eating natto and my hygenist could tell that there was significant reduction of bleeding of my gums. Also, I used to get cavities every year. Well due to covid I did not get any cleaning from the periodontist’s office for a year (my husband is high-risk & we decided to put some stuff on hold until we got vaccinated) and I did not see my regular dentist for 2 years to check for cavities. When I finally saw my regular dentist, they did not see any cavities. Natto also contains nattokinase, which is antithrombotic. It is also the highest food source for Vitamin K2, which activates proteins that move calcium away from soft tissues & deposits them to the bones. It is not my favorite food, but, I eat it everyday. I use kimchee to “mask” the natto. Also, I make natto with black soy beans, which actually tastes milder.

[@drbengibson]

I love Kimchi! There is a study where it improved the body's ability to use glucose even though it didn't promote weight loss.

[@hilmir]

i have been taking probiotics (30 billion CFU) for a few years. they help me when i travel, i don't get diarrhea. i absorb food better, and have a peace of mind regarding my gut health, which is also known as the "second brain". i am 40, but i look late 20s. I think this is testament to probiotics, because it is the only supplement i have been taking consistently over the years, apart from Vit C and Omega 3.

[@sonyana7197]

Me too

[@fatimahyassin7425]

Which probiotic do you take ?

[@jackjill8521]

when are u supposed to take them? Before meal or after meal? Morning, afternoon or night time?

[@BudgetStudios]

I love these shows honestly. They are genuinely well edited and highly informative.

[@mindtwister1984]

Kudos to Steve and CNA team for giving us a local perspective to health science. Hope you can do one on water - tap, boiled and bottled and flitered mineral water.

[@Jay-ru2cw]

Thanks for this experiment and science-backed advices from the experts. Looking forward to more of such videos to improve our health!

[@preciousissah7395]

They forget to mentioned fiber diet...in america only 5 percent of Americans eat enough fiber foods and they are focused on vaccines during covid... fiber foods create short chain fatty acids this scfa produce cd8 lymphocytes a cells exactly what we need to fight COVID virus

[@jeanie2171]

You should mix the natto til it gets all white and foamy. I just started trying it this year and I love it!

[@k3nutube]

Love these episodes! 1 thing I'm skeptical of all these newly formed test is after reading through what happened with Theranos. Hope more of these biotech companies be more transparent with their tech and accuracies of their test results

[@randomdigress]

I really like this series, hope it continues on and that there will be a revisit few years down the line when there are more updates

[@zitronentee]

For me, I need them for my gut health. It is very apparent that they can reduce my eczema when consumed together with raw veggies (for fibers and additional enzymes).

[@eugeneho8879]

Love these recent talking point series..helps me to sift the facts from the hype and misinformations...

[@aminettay]

My favorite show, even though I'm not from Asia

[@iwanderaround8764]

Same

[@mikefa5891]

i am surprised nobody had mentioned about kimchee and yogurt as been good probiotics.

[@weekangpoh772]

Steve, do you feel any different after the 2-week experiment? Would be really curious to know! :)

[@agsh5]

yah I was hoping to hear the subjective results. but I guess if objectively, it didn't show improvement in the 'brain health', he probably didn't feel the difference in mood or sleep hah

[@Steven.Chia.Singapore]

for most of us who are of average health, you can't feel the difference. Current tests are showing that it has the potential to help those with certain illnesses

[@GraceDollesin]

I’m afraid to take anymore supplements. This girl, a guest in the show called “The Dr.s”, ended up with a liver transplant because of the supplements she was taking. I’m just going to up my vegetables intake. I blanched it and purée and drink my purée vegetables instead of eating it. I threw away all my supplements. I just eat in moderation and intermittent fast everyday sixteen hours in between. It made me lost 40 pounds and my system reset. My blood pressure went back to normal, my anxiety went away, my eye floaters gone, my varicose veins size of a raisins got smaller and I sleep deep at night. Good luck to all of us , we are always looking to prolong our lives and live healthy. There is nothing wrong with that. BLESS UP!

[@estelamaristrinidad464]

Oh.I'm glad I read this! I'm taking prebiotics supplements.

[@christinaleow895]

May I know what you eat in a day? Did you include exercise?

[@GraceDollesin]

⁠@@christinaleow895hi! Sorry for my late reply. I do walk for one hour everyday. That is my form of exercise. I’m turning 59 this year and by the Grace of God , I don’t take any pills. Not a single wrinkle yet .😊 I purée three stalk of vegetables and drink it with Celtic salt (just a pinch), I eat Natto, drink warm water with a clove of garlic. I eat rice, yams, eddoes, eggs, organic kefir, nuts, fish , butter, chicken and beef. Small portions nothing fancy. Asparagus apparently is anti cancer. ❤❤❤

[@stacyreyes9576]

I just got out of the hospital from having double kidney infection, diverticulitis and sepsis. I'm now on iv antibiotics and on probiotics. Thank you for this

[@joeGuizan]

Find some good colloidal silver and drink two tablespoon daily for two weeks. Half a teaspoon of baking soda in water daily for a week.🎉🎉🎉 All the best.🎉🎉🎉

[@aseretanya]

Please watch Dr. Berg on youtube. I saved my life with his knowledge and information. He has over 2 million followers from all over the world. At least give it a try, you'll learn so much if youre ready to change your health and lifestyle. Good luck to you and hope you feel better.

[@helenasavels4509]

oh my God that sounds horrible! hope you get well soon, keep consuming probiotics! saw a video,of a woman her diverticulitis went away after consuming daily apple cider vinegar with water... best wishes!

[@masterofthewind969]

The probiotics may have been prescribed as the antibiotics could cause diarrhoea by wiping out good bacteria in the gut.

[@noproblematallmate]

After the fermented foods are cooked with heat, the probiotics are gone. So kind of confused with the recommendations by the expert.

[@maboo736]

Probiotics are not the same and not all strains have good survivability getting to the intestinal tract. Studies are done comparing different products and found that very few actually meet the mark. (Yakult is not one of them) Suggestion: Steven should get a Serotonin test by an endocrinologist or neuroscientist. Of course, need to first perform viability study to make sure those particular probiotics are active. Certain studies do show that Serotonin levels do have significant increase after intake. But Serotonin is a neurotransmitter that cannot cross the blood brain barrier. (Unlike probiotics which can have so many different types, Serotonin is just one compound 5-HTP.) But its precursors can. Maybe he can also do a brain imaging scan.

[@julivee7273]

yakult is advertised heavily. yakult not compatible with my gut. so I switched to the Bangladeshi brand. and it is okay.

[@gjsoriano1]

Serotonin may not have improved because he is not happy with what he was actually eating.

[@wh6055]

I like how after you got Steven to consume all sorts of trash in earlier episodes and now we get to check how rekt his gut is.

[@glennTUG]

Another educating watch, Steve! Always a pleasure and learning experience on these talking points done by you and your team.

[@Steven.Chia.Singapore]

thank you!

[@ang4103]

@Steven Chia I would like to ask how could the public submit the questions to the talking point, on the next topic to discuss.

[@amberwong8944]

I like it when Steven does the healthy challenges!

[@Steven.Chia.Singapore]

i like it too!

[@cameliabordes]

Actually the doctor said you already have plenty of Microbiome right.. so what you need is not to eat more probiotics but to feed the ones you already have... so they can thrive and multiply on their own... and what you need to eat is a diverse food that they like.. which is all kinds of fresh fruits , vegetables, legumes and seeds..

[@reijiriffic]

Lol at natto. I was force fed natto every breakfast as a kid when i was young. Hated it. 10 years later i suddenly started craving for it after seeing it in the menu of a restaurant and have been a fan ever since.

[@jasonbig1353]

Kefir is probably one of the best probiotics

[@drbengibson]

One reason that it wasn't as popular for a while was when you went into pubmed to find studies, all it included was a case report of someone who got ill after drinking some unhealthy kombucha. Now there are a lot more studies demonstrating its benefits.

[@wann9333]

Hi Steve, I'm interested to know which probiotic supplement that you took. I would like to try some. Thanks.

[@YourChannelOnYouTube]

TIP TO EATING NATTO FOR BEGINNERS! Natto smells like urine . So I keep it in the fridge and eat it cold so not to smell it too much and I cat eat it normally.

[@eebengchong]

Thanks for this video. Curious , why 2 weeks only? Most “studies” are usually for 6-12 weeks for longer. Probiotics are not drugs & are found in many foods we consume as well.

[@CT-zm2sf]

Agreed. Also, one shouldn't heat any probiotic food or drinks, as it would kill the beneficial microbes.

[@NK_Khoo-Malaysian]

​@@CT-zm2sfthe stomach fluid is acidic, I wonder probiotic can survive under low ph?

[@CT-zm2sf]

@@NK_Khoo-Malaysian in research, labs will usually identify strains that are bile- and acid- tolerant. Otherwise there will not be any commercialisation value to the final product. Shall there be a need, there are some encapsulation technologies that can protect the product (ie. drug) before reaching the gut. Hence some pills are meant to be swallowed whole instead of chewing.

[@CT-zm2sf]

Adding on, many probiotic strains are not available in your regular kimchi or fermented food. Different strain exhibit various properties, L. plantarum helps with managing IBS symptoms, L rhamnosus GG normalises the gut flora and may reduce diarrhoea, while Bifidobacterium longum and breve might be linked to reduced obesity. These are just some examples. In fact, some doctors prescribe probiotics clinically alongside with treatment to improve recovery. So, having kimchi and other fermented food regularly too help maintain a healthy bowel, but they are not an all-rounder bacteria that does wonders.

[@NK_Khoo-Malaysian]

@@CT-zm2sf I shall eat raw tempeh instead of fried it.

[@WaiYeeLeong-td5mv]

I love these type of programs that CNA is producing. And thank you to Steve for using himself as a guinea pig :). I feel that it is not really necessarily for a healthy person to take probiotic supplements, just consume a balanced diet. But for someone who has taken antibiotics for an illness, it would be beneficial to take probiotics supplements for a period to put back the good gut bacteria

[@lozoft9]

As a South Indian, I'm somewhat skeptical of the claim that idli has live active cultures, considering that it's burning hot when it comes out of the steamer! Don't know how gut microbes would survive the heat, as I've always been told that cooking kills bacteria.

[@betsykroll6583]

"Healthy things taste so bad" so right there Steve 😂

[@noproblematallmate]

Chicken reared with probiotics doesn't mean the meat has probiotics... It just means the chicken doesn't need as much antibiotics while growing which is usually given to prevent them from falling sick.

[@SpecJack15]

That's much better than antibiotic-fed chicken. Trace antibiotics in meat contribute to increased risk of antibiotic resistance in people.

[@curiocity6473]

Execally wat I tot. How can the chicken have probiotic after all tht cooking😂

[@robertvong]

Steve is doing well. Only his brain, heart, and gut are messed up 😂

[@lbsb7074]

thank you vm! love to watch ur videos, very educational. helps alot! keep it up brother and you are funny too. cheers!

[@dweeds]

Missing vitagen and yoghurt

[@kannan3209]

Thanks for the info! Loved it,from now onwards,I will start eating IDLI more 😁

[@marissag6061]

So, what specific lab exams do I need to have my gut microbiome checked?

[@jaceyrebekaleong521]

Actually i know of people who take the probiotics pills! So like he actually has really bad stomach issues ( random stomach pains& like eat foods and then cmi kind) but they have helped him become less prone to these kinda things

[@GlennsFastReviews]

Miso is too high in sodium to be a general recommendation for anyone with heart and other sodium health problems. I'm not sure about natto's sodium content.

[@susanng7298]

Very helpful. Thanks Steven.

[@asiantwist2500]

A mere ACTIME, YAKULT, MATURED CHESE and YOGHURT, help me a lot during Autumn and Winter season to defend my body from sickness like gastritis I.e.

[@colintanmh]

Good serious and well produced. Not boring at all.

[@eelju]

Hi Steve, two weeks is short to determine the effects, especially for long terms evaluation. Suggest to consult the scientific expert to beef up the content and evidence

[@Steven.Chia.Singapore]

agreed! ideally it should be several months

[@kaurmal8791]

I am watching from Canada. Great show.

[@ashleylala4293]

I tried to eat natto once cuz I heard it was good for the skin. It was horrendous, I couldn’t do it. My gf is from Taiwan, she couldn’t even eat more than a few bites either. Just way too stinky. 🙊

[@notjustforme]

The biggest caveat here is that it has been found that the gut bacteria in your poop are completely different from the gut bacteria in other parts of your gut. Dr Paul Mason talks about that. Testing your stool isn't going to tell you how your general gut is doing :) While this appears to be science based, there is no science yet. Only the very early beginnings. We simply have no idea what affect the gut biome really has.

[@Iron-Bridge]

Personally, I find home mad sauerkraut and kefir yoghurt to be beneficial for me. My overall mood and more drive to get stuff done can probably be attributed in some ways to that. Must not forget to feed probiotics with prebiotic food as well ( fibre based i.e vegetables, bananas, oats, cocoa..)

[@sonyana7197]

True. I also consume kefir everyday and experience the difference.

[@wribbit]

Kefir helped me so much after I suffered a pretty severe food poisoning.

[@shan1enti1]

need more video from steve!

[@manojkumarmk5]

Me being a south Indian, can confirm that Idli is the most tastier dish. Today after seeing this video my love towards Idli increased by 10x.

[@kimjongun7297]

2:18 I'm skeptical..sugar is not the enemy?? so many people are suffering from type 2 diabetes nowadays..need replacement for cane sugar instead

[@HalimaJaved837]

Moderate amounts of sugar are not bad for you consuming excessive amounts regularly is what leads to health problems like diabetes

[@Hisherly]

Its for the kombucha to work... Not sugar in general

[@diva555sg]

You can try to stir natto 300 times. I like adding spicy crispy pork floss. Mexican chilli. Korean pineapple bbq sauce. Japaness eel sauce. Teriyaki sauce. 1 egg yolk do mask the strong smell.

[@jayyyyy50505]

Curious question, will cooking the miso soup wont kill the bacteria? I heard probiotic drinks are discouraged to be removed from refrigerators before consuming since it will kill the bacteria

[@sepilokfui]

one of the best probiotic item is wine and can not be talked about 😂 I found one of the best food for overall health is to have a multi leaf salad with tomato and apple + olive oil and balsamic or modena vineger, twice a week and it has been working for me always

[@joonrealistic]

Probiotics are very important for people who are taking antibiotics. Antibiotics can sometimes kill the good bacteria in our gut causing loose stools and another infection that is harder to treat with contact isolation -- Clostridium difficile.

[@jingxianchua]

Gosh! I am loving natto so much that I ferment them at home!

[@Steven.Chia.Singapore]

wow! kudos to you!

[@boonavite3200]

The recommended diet looks so sad it will dampen my mood immediately at the thought of eating them daily

[@jasonbig1353]

There is a book called the clever gut diet I highly recommend it

[@godsamazinggrace5331]

Can you do an episode on hair products? Shampoos with SLS , sles And hair loss as a result

[@4pfcarti792]

I got rlly bad food poisoning back in 2020 and suffered through having a super weak gut from June of like 2020 until Feb 2022 when I discovered probiotics. if you guys got rlly bad food poisoning or IBS probiotics is so good I used to not be able to move or get horrible cramps to where I had to call sick from school and work and then my doctor prescribed me probiotics and I finally feel normal again I don’t even know how I got through 2021

[@rightangletriangle3188]

Great video, it's very educational. I use the reverse osmosis filters at home and the water tastes much better. I'll change out the filters regularly after watching this video.

[@ongboonguan2989]

Excellent video. Thank you and the entire team!

[@cevxj]

I love CNA!

[@Hooneydew]

Bubie loves CNA!

[@ReyoVR]

The improvements, even if there was any, might be caused by the type of food Steve ate (mostly plant-based) in the test, and not the live bacteria actually.

[@JoshninaMmd]

steve make videos of u doing water fasting max to 72 hour. and educate us the benefit and cons & pro

[@antoinesimeon728]

Thank you Steve! I'd like to suggest natto with some soy sauce and organic mustard sauce to quell the foul odor of the beans. Great plain with rice for me😄

[@chekseng80]

Kimchi or sauerkraut are better options as most of the yogurts cant survive past the acidity of the stomach.

[@tysloo81]

i don't understand, why cook the food? that kill the bacteria. Also supplement dont really need to be taken everyday, as long you eat foods divert enough, that should help to maintain the population inside the body because different bacteria like different of nutrients to multiple.

[@terryandrews3186]

Do you mean it's not necessary to cook natto

[@BeautygyaanBG]

@@terryandrews3186 cooking kills probiotics

[@Steven.Chia.Singapore]

@@terryandrews3186 nope...I was trying to hide the taste of it! It comes ready to eat in the packet

[@pingho8287]

natto，a fermented food just like yogurt and kimchi that are farming sites of good bacteria. temperature over 60 degree celcius kills such bacteria. so the purpose and benefits of eating it will be lost. then why suffers for nothing. some people make sandwiches with it together with tomato sause baked beans or mayonnaised tuna paste/cucumber slides or scrambled eggs. similar mouth feel with stronger taste that may help cover up some natto smell. hey, try it out.

[@christine8203]

Fermenting your own food is a good thing to do: sauerkraut is supposed to be very beneficial…the same with milk kefir.

[@stryderhiryu8]

Is tge milk Kefir in the grocery chilled section ok?

[@josephchung19]

natto is great with mustard, when you but natto there should be a sachet of mustard that comes along with it.

[@raysubrata1337]

Actually I want to know why probiotic whether it comes in a tablet or from homemade fermentation is not promoted by traditional chinese medicine practitioner. Any one knows why?

[@liawhaw48]

What I love to do is add nato into white rice with raw egg and some soy sauce. Also spring onion. It’s more creamy and yummy this way.

[@GlennsFastReviews]

12:30 Regular consumption of pickled products like kimchi has been demonstrated to increase the risk of certain gut cancers.

[@matios6013]

What🙄

[@GlennsFastReviews]

2:40 The amount of sugar she added to the tea was stupendously excessive! Her reason for doing it was fallacious because the product (kombucha beverage) was already fully fermented and the scoby was not present in it, so there was NO reason to sweeten it like that (except she likes it that way) and it certainly is NOT good for health.

[@thia48]

There are other Indian fermented food besides idly - varieties of thosai, pal appam(these eaten as breakfast or dinner), overnight a bit cooked rice soaked in water+add greenvchilli and onion next morning called palaya soru(staple breakfast for farmers), traditional yogurt, moru, lassi (yogurt taken for lunch) etc

[@chitchat3838]

I love natto..it pains me when you fry it

[@wim1983]

It's very unrealistic how the experiment is being carried out, you take some fermented foods as part of your diet not everything probiotic, your ancestor made those fermented food for some reasons, either to preserve it longer or reduce certain toxin not good for your body, naturally and practically you don't take it for taste and don't need to take it all types but only take a small amount to feed your body some good gut bacteria, and do it gradually with body reaction is being observed over a period of time. Unfortunately, most people are trying fermented food with taste come first, e.g. Kombucha has been made popular and then after a load of sugar fruit juice added afterwards to attract people taste bud, losing the purpose of consuming fermented food, it's kinda a destroying act to what you original intent to achieve, which is, consume natural food to achieve greater health.

[@Iron-Bridge]

Correct. The added sugars confuse the gut and render the probiotics effect useless. Best to take prebiotics ( fibre vegetables or high fibre fruit) and probiotics in their natural sour form for the best results.

[@lamsytuan1]

Correctly!

[@Will-888]

Hi Steven. Have you done wheatgrass and barley grass juice experiments to the human body? Would be very interested to learn more together with thousands of people who ha e been buying these green juices. Thank you💚💚

[@baljitsingh8394]

Very informative 👍🙏❤️🙏

[@lanchesternaanyane]

I’ve recently been thinking about taking probiotics. In our food culture we don’t eat a lot of fermented food and a few years ago developed IBS along with a peanut allergy I’ve never had. This was an informative watch. Will give updates if there’s any good news.

[@kendall7086]

Update

[@UncleAT]

Steve is my idol

[@anetgom6]

I hope one day you can do an episode on intermittent fasting

[@PriscillaTang-nz7lw]

love Steve. hilarious and informative!

[@albertaseow2788]

Can try fresh grated ginger, daikon and chopped spring onions.

[@albertaseow2788]

To natto

[@SamStab007]

When you are taking probiotic supplements make sure they are independently tested to contain the advertised amount or else you are just wasting money. On the other hand some supplements may contain too high concentration of probiotics which is not healthy to your body. More does not mean better.

[@simpleplantita1966]

Nice video. Another option is to use sauerkraut. Cheap and easy to make. Full of pro and prebiotics.

[@ももきもる]

you are not eating the natto correctly....should mix with the sauce and mix it well and the taste is very different

[@kch4900]

where can i do a gut health check? what is it called

[@ilian334]

Very interesting!

[@atky7032]

Hi Steve, mix natto with white rice.

[@doriscastillo2232]

All the way from Republic of Ireland filipino

[@gdew9643]

We needed more info on Kombucha goodness or not, considering how it has become a craze.

[@nsebast]

I have been bloated for about a year and I find that it's because I dont eat enough varities of food. Since eating probiotics, I dont have bloated stomach anymore.

[@mosinanson3215]

I am eating idly daily. ❤ from india.

[@114e3]

i once saw cartons of a fruit-flavoured sweet probiotic drinks left at the backlane of a supermart waiting for someone to bring them in - on a very hot day. You wonder how cold can it be - they will be back in the fridge later but i guess most of the live culture is no more alive.

[@jackjhmc820]

One should focus on level of prebiotics as well... I.e the food the good microbes in guts actually enjoy eating. e.g onions.

[@79chgoh]

Technically coffee is a fermented food as the coffee berry went though a fermentation stage then dried and roasted

[@bestthingsinceslicedrice]

ve been taking probioticst and from my experience there are health benefits but nothing beats eating better healthy food in general. If not backed by proper diet probiotics wont do much

[@richardtan6680]

Natto is an acquired taste and needs to be eaten after defrosting. Do not stir-fry it is going to just kill the good bacteria. One of the best way to start eating natto if you can't stand the taste is to eat it with Nori(Japanese seaweed) & rice.

[@redhotbits]

me and my wife love natto is something wrong with us? we are from europe and only tried it recently

[@pingho8287]

@@redhotbits l guess people who loves cheese tends to be more tolerant/experimental towards foreign fermented food.

[@weilee9410]

Thx you Steve and 'Me'

[@rexgnoib8284]

This is one of my suggested topics! 😄