[The following was sent to Paul privately. The author was asked to
post it here so that others could benefit from the discussion on a
good question. To date, after more than 2 weeks, the message has
not appeared in pending, so we are posting it ourselves, without any
of the author's identifying information. **Kitty]

Hi Paul,

I am following and sometimes participating (using a real name
lookalike pseudonym)in s.m.n and s.l-e and value your input,
comments and insights a lot.

["s.m.n and s.l-e" stand for the newsgroups sci.med.nutrition and
sci.life-extension which are accessible with a newsreader or through
http://groups.google.com --Paul]

Thanks for sharing your knowledge with us all.

What I am wondering is: why have you never (to my understanding)
looked at or discussed using probiotics as means to improve immune
system function? I have attached a report that was mentioned in s.l-
e or s.m.n some time ago that I found very insightful. I have other
material -- but it is all in german, I am afraid.

I'd be interested in your thoughts, if you find the time to share
them.

Best regards to you and Kitty from Germany,

xxxx

[Your question re probiotics is a good one. In fact, we do take some probiotics
and in the past I have tried several of them. However, if you have good
digestion then I don't see any great advantage to using them. Currently, I
prefer to spend my money and time on others supplements. Nevertheless, both
Kitty and I do eat live culture yogurt and kefir. There are also 7 different
probiotic cultures in the LEF Herbal Mix which is in our supplement regimen. One
day "soon" I will get around to creating a spreadsheet which lists the complete
ingredients of each supplement that we take. --Paul]