My 3-month microbiome experiment: Complete probiotic/prebiotic/postbiotic stack (healthy male, 40s) — baseline + September update planned
ps: i used ai to convert to readable format from my rough notes.
I’m a healthy male in my forties and have decided to run a structured 3-month experiment using what I believe is one of the most comprehensive commercially available microbiome stacks currently available.
This is not medical advice, and I’m not trying to treat any disease. This is simply a personal experiment to see whether a broad microbiome approach can measurably improve metabolic health, gut health, oral health and overall well-being.
Baseline
Healthy male in my forties
Weight: 68.5 kg (151 lb)
Fasting glucose: 97 mg/dL
Hemoglobin A1c: 5.6%
Fasting insulin: 10 µIU/mL
One interesting observation is that my fasting insulin has already improved from 15 µIU/mL to 10 µIU/mL over the past six months while taking my original microbiome stack consisting of Pendulum Glucose Control, Pendulum Gut Fuel, Pendulum Polyphenol Booster and EVOO. Ha1c didn't change, could be due to my sporadic sweet tooth.
Current Gut Probiotic Stack
Pendulum Glucose Control
Species:
Akkermansia muciniphila
Anaerobutyricum hallii
Bifidobacterium infantis
Clostridium beijerinckii
Clostridium butyricum
Seed DS-01 Daily Synbiotic
Species:
Bifidobacterium breve
Bifidobacterium infantis
Bifidobacterium lactis
Bifidobacterium longum
Lactiplantibacillus plantarum
Lacticaseibacillus paracasei
Lacticaseibacillus rhamnosus
Lactobacillus crispatus
Lactobacillus fermentum
Lactobacillus gasseri
Lactococcus lactis
Pediococcus acidilactici
Acidipropionibacterium jensenii
SFI Health Klaire Labs Ther-Biotic Complete (100 Billion CFU)
Species:
Lactobacillus acidophilus
Lacticaseibacillus casei
Lacticaseibacillus paracasei
Lacticaseibacillus rhamnosus
Lactiplantibacillus plantarum
Limosilactobacillus salivarius
Bifidobacterium bifidum
Bifidobacterium breve
Bifidobacterium lactis
Bifidobacterium longum
Streptococcus thermophilus
Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus
Designs for Health Complete Commensal Probiotic
Species:
Lactobacillus acidophilus
Lacticaseibacillus rhamnosus
Lactiplantibacillus plantarum
Lacticaseibacillus paracasei
Bifidobacterium bifidum
Bifidobacterium breve
Bifidobacterium lactis
Bifidobacterium longum
Streptococcus thermophilus
Blueprint Akkermansia (Bryan Johnson)
Contains:
Pasteurized Akkermansia muciniphila
Butyric triglycerides
BioGaia Gastrus
Species:
Limosilactobacillus reuteri DSM 17938
Limosilactobacillus reuteri ATCC PTA 6475
Thorne Saccharomyces boulardii
Species:
Saccharomyces boulardii
Prebiotics
Pendulum Gut Fuel
Contains:
Resistant starch
Chicory root inulin
Acacia fiber
Arabinogalactan
Xylooligosaccharides
Pendulum Polyphenol Booster
Contains:
Pomegranate extract
Grape seed extract
Green tea extract
Postbiotics
(Bryan Johnson, same item as in probiotics) BluePrint Pasteurized Akkermansia muciniphila
Butyric triglycerides
Tributyrin
Oral Probiotics
BioGaia Prodentis
Species:
Limosilactobacillus reuteri DSM 17938
Limosilactobacillus reuteri ATCC PTA 5289
Great Oral Health
Species:
Lactobacillus acidophilus
Limosilactobacillus reuteri
Lacticaseibacillus paracasei
Limosilactobacillus salivarius
Streptococcus thermophilus
Streptococcus salivarius BLIS K12
Streptococcus salivarius BLIS M18
Other:
Psycillium Husks
EVOO
Other vitamins, omega, coq10 etc.
Occasional fermented dill pickles, kefir, yoghurt, kimchi, sauerkrat etc. (once a week)
What I’ll be measuring
Fasting insulin
Hemoglobin A1c
Fasting glucose
Waist circumference
Weight
Overall well-being, 100+ biomarkers
I’ll repeat my blood work/test after approximately three months and will post the complete results—including both objective biomarkers and subjective observations—during the last week of September.
I’d also appreciate feedback from this community. If there are any important commercially available probiotics, next-generation organisms, prebiotics or postbiotics that you think I’m still missing, I’d genuinely like to know.