Advances in Probiotics

Fructose intolerance is now known to be due to the upsurge in activity of particular bacteria in the intestine which rapidly metabolise fructose and produce toxins that produce the symptoms. There are some questions over inulin which is a branched-chain molecule made up of fructose molecules. Does inulin, which should, by rights, be more slowly metabolised than single units of fructose, produce the same effects as fructose. Also, if inulin is consumed with a probiotic which utilises fructose and inulin, does it offset that effect by suppressing the bad bacteria? Any comments?

A woman who was successfully treated for Helicobacter pylori (the stomach ulcer bug) with antibiotics, reported that she suffered bloating (a common side-effect of antibiotic treatment). She states that she effectively controls it by taking Entralive.