I've made a lot of progress with my health over the last 2 weeks. I've been doing quite a few things so it's difficult to pin down what exactly brought about the improvements. Here's a list of the things I've been doing:
1) I am eating Babybel cheese (the original red, full fat variety). I was taking Thorne Vitamin K2 MK4 a month ago and perhaps that's why I can now tolerate cheese without getting bone spurs in my fingers or perhaps a probiotic shifted my gut bacteria and increased vitamin K production by my resident gut bacteria.
2) Probiotic 1 - B. Lactis BB12. I use an American brand called Align Daily Immune Support which I think may have now been discontinued.
3) Probiotic 2 - L. Rhamnosus GG (also known as LGG). I use a Polish product called "4 Lacti", it's in the form of liquid drops.
4) Probiotic 3 - L Acidophilus Unknown Strain. I use a product called "Lindens Pro Billion Daily".
5) I am eating dried Goji Berries. I use a product called Linwoods whole sun-dried goji berries.
6) I am now eating other forms of cheese, apparently they boost short chain fatty acids in the gut, which is good for inflammation. I don't do so well with cheeses that are grown with mould such as Brie, Camembert and Blue cheese but they may be beneficial still.
7) I'm also now eating a lot of white basmati rice.
The improvement I've had is that I can tolerate eating a lot more foods now without having scary symptoms appear.
With the probiotics, I tend to tolerate the BB12 better than the LGG or Acidophilus. After taking the Acidophilus, I woke up the next day coughing up a large amount of phlegm like I was suffering from a heavy flu. I've had this reaction previously with a B. Longum probiotic called BB536, I think it's a positive reaction, possibly my immune system eradicating some yeast like candida or perhaps a chronic Staph Aureus infection.
Even the BB12 produced symptoms initially. The first day I took it, I had a hard time getting to sleep that night, I had heart palpitations and just felt restless. Now, I don't have any issues with it. The Lactobacillus Rhamnosus GG gave me some abnormal body odour, possibly like my body was purging some toxins and I had some spots appear on my skin a couple days later.
I like the combination of B. Lactis, L. Acidophilus and L. Rhamnosus (Rhamnosus needs to be the GG strain). I've bought some new products like "Solgar Advanced Multi-Billion Dophilus" which is a complex that contains 3 powerful probiotic strains i.e. BB12, LA-5 and LGG. I've also bought some probiotics from a company called Optibac that contain combinations of B. Lactis and L. Acidophilus, they are called "Everyday Extra Strength" and "Everyday Max".
I've given up taking any supplements aside from the probiotics and seem to be better off. So, varied food and probiotics are working for me lately.