Probiotics ~ BEWARE

Good Morning to All! 😉

A couple of years ago my cousin forwarded an article to me from a website that, (truly) for the most-part, my interest wasn’t piqued enough to read anything but the article he indicated for me to read. Too bad for me! 🙁

When I joined TDC and genuinely wanted to lose the excess weight I had accumulated over six years, after quitting smoking, I decided to do some research regarding just what the ‘hail’ caused weight gain in so many of us. Well, I am sure most of us have learned/heard about our good ol’ — Metabolism! 🙁

And to add to the confusion of our quest to lose these unwanted pounds we ask ourselves everyday — what’s good for me and what isn’t? — dear God in Heaven — there is so much (too much) information to sort-out. We also ask ourselves the questions: “What do I believe?” And ‘most’ important: “WHO do I believe?”

Recently, when I’m researching products, first of all I ask myself: (ċui bono) Meaning: For whose benefit/profit? From there I go ‘here’ and then ‘there’ and then back again, until I feel I have enough information to make a reasonable and rational decision regarding — who’s telling the truth! (sigh)

Now, how may here (at least in the US) have never heard of Dr. Oz? I would venture to wager: Zero! It was on his show I first heard of: Probiotics. Sales for probiotics have literally spawned many nutritional producing entities to market their own probiotic product. But — (sigh) alas — not all probiotic products are created equal. For some of you who are contemplating taking a probiotic, may I say this? The worst thing you/me can do is to “buy” into something under the influence of that horrible disease: Total Ignorance. Guilty! Guilty! (sigh)

I have an app on my desktop for: http://www.dictionary.com/ and if you go to that website and enter — probiotic — you not only get the definition, you get: “Probiotics – Warning, by Consumers Guides” Click on that link and you will find the information available most interesting and valuable. 🙂

Today, (chronologically speaking) there is HUGE brouhaha over vitamin supplements. ‘Obviously’ the BIG pharma-companies DO NOT want us buying them — for obvious reasons. There is a famous doctor who is going to be on Dr. Oz’s program tonight (Feb 10) discussing the vitamin controversy, if you’re interested, here is a link from which you may find your area’s timeframe and station: http://www.doctoroz.com/find-station — just enter you Zip Code and voilà, happy watching. 😛

Please be careful in believing everything you read. Yes! That includes what I have just told you! To borrow a clichéd statement from those who advocate: Location. Location. Location. I say this: Research. Research. Research. 🙂

Have a great day, y’all! 😛

Janie