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General Category => Questions and Answers => Topic started by: loubyloo on 25 November 2016, 10:40:18 am

Title: Douching and gut flora/probiotics [was: Actimel]
Post by: loubyloo on 25 November 2016, 10:40:18 am

If you anal douche 2/3 times a week, is it advisable to drink Actimel or something similar, as I've heard that douching can upset the natural bacteria in the gut and it needs replacing.

Title: Re: Douching and gut flora/probiotics [was: Actimel]
Post by: Fabulassie on 25 November 2016, 11:06:04 am

Quote from: loubyloo on 25 November 2016, 10:40:18 am

If you anal douche 2/3 times a week, is it advisable to drink Actimel or something similar, as I've heard that douching can upset the natural bacteria in the gut and it needs replacing.

Anal douches don't reach the gut. They squirt a bit of water up probably no more than eight inches up.  The lower intestine is five feet long. Any microbes necessary in that last few inches will be replaced when the next poo comes passing through.

Title: Re: Douching and gut flora/probiotics [was: Actimel]
Post by: loubyloo on 25 November 2016, 11:08:08 am

Thank you x

Title: Re: Douching and gut flora/probiotics [was: Actimel]
Post by: wishlist on 25 November 2016, 12:25:27 pm

I had a colonic other week and was advised to take a prebiotic but douching wouldnt upset the balance :)

Title: Re: Douching and gut flora/probiotics [was: Actimel]
Post by: sourgrapes on 25 November 2016, 12:58:21 pm

Enemas and colonics only affect the colon, not the small intestine where digestion takes place, but prebiotics and probiotics are a good idea anyway (or so they say)