Can I consume fermented foods with Phage Complete?

Maybe, if you don’t have histamine intolerance (HIT/MCAD/MCAS).

However, Phage Complete amplifies the amount of beneficial bacteria throughout the colon from 10x to 100x. Most probiotics that you consume normally aren’t even measurable in the stool (several people in the Facebook group have proven this to themselves using uBiome stool testing). However, with Phage Complete the probiotics are amplified throughout the colon, providing benefits to the entire colon, this does not occur with other products.

This is a great thing! However, if you start off with a huge amount of beneficial bacteria (CFUs) then amplify that, it can get to be too much. It isn’t dangerous, in fact it will help push out unwanted bacteria, but you may get a lot more CO2 gas than usual. This gas can cause bloating and, basically, shredded, stools. Might cause some embarrassing flatulence as well.

For this reason I recommend consuming no more than 4 ounces of fermented food per day. If this amount causes you too much gas, try consuming less, or consume 2 ounces, twice per day. If you don’t get a lot of gas / bloating you can consume more. Again, this assumes you do not have histamine intolerance, if you do have one of these conditions do not consume fermented foods. It will do no harm to quit fermented foods all together if you need to. Phage Complete provides the probiotic strains that help your gut the most, and perhaps the best prebiotic on the market (phages). More probiotic bacteria simply is not necessary.

I also recommend avoiding yogurt as it is high in both histamine and d-lactate producing strains. In addition the l.acidophilus in yogurt can deconjucate bile acid. This deconjugated bile acid can cause pain and inflammation of the intestine (gastritis and enteritis).