Very different results from taking prebiotics with or without probiotics in the same meal.

I have chronic diarrhea, for which I take Imodium. FOS & Inulin seem to feed the bacteria that soften my stool.

The recent study submitted saying mushrooms were more powerful (in feeding lactobacillus) than Inulin & FOS helped me to identify the mushrooms in my diet as the cause of similar symptoms.

Usually I take my probiotics (culturelle & reuteri pearls - both containing lactobacillus) first thing in the morning, and my meal with mushrooms was in the evening. I started taking the probiotics with the mushroom meal and the prior stool-softening effect was completely reversed.

Prior to taking a soil bacteria probiotic (Prescript-Assist) those two probiotics helped me (anti-diarrheal) a lot. And taking them in the same meal with the mushrooms seemed to boost their power.

Next I'm going to try taking the prebiotic mix that was given away on this sub in the same meal as my probiotics to see what effect it has.