ZHOU S. Boulardii Probiotics - Saccharomyces Boulardii Supplement for Gut Health, Mens and Womens Daily Digestive Health Support, 8 Billion CFUs for Healthy Microbiome - 60 Veggie Capsules

I read a really good book by Dr. Alberto Villoldo entitled Grow a New Body. It's a blend of spiritual teachings (he is a shaman) and nutritional advice for healing/recovery and general well being once you are well. Not surprisingly, now that so many people are learning about the pitfalls of excessive carbohydrates in the diet, he used some principles of a ketogenic diet with intermittent fasting (combined with spirituality) to come back from a death sentence. Parasites, from all his years of studying in dense jungles) had spread to his brain and were killing him. He also had inefficient digestive system brought on by yeast overgrowth. I am a skeptic when it comes to most nutritional advice but one thing he said rang true for me. He said that you can eat all the yogurt you want and take all of the probiotics and prebiotics you want. It will never destroy the candida overgrowth because the candida will kill it before it even has a chance to form colonies of good bacteria in the gut. He also said that the only strain of probiotic strong enough to displace candida WITHOUT terrible side effects is S. Boulardii. By depriving candida of sugar using a ketogenic diet and ingesting "reactivated" S. Boulardii, you can displace the candida. Notice that I use the word "displace" and not "kill" because when you kill candida in your system, it gives off all kinds of toxins and makes you feel like crap. S. Boulardii, according to this author, is the only probiotic that has the ability to make colonies of candida leave your system while still living. It just displaces them and since they are being starved of sugar while you are on a ketogenic diet, they have nowhere to go so they leave through your bowels while still alive. Regarding the "reactivation" of the S. Boulardii, he suggested that because it becomes less potent during packaging and shipping, that you make a fruit slurry and empty a couple of capsules of into it and let it sit in your oven with only the oven light on for a couple of days until it looks fizzy. You will be able to tell when it's ready because it won't taste sweet anymore. The S. Boulardii will have eaten away the sugar during the fermentation process. Then, you store this mixture in the fridge and take a tablespoon a day for about a week or 2.It worked for me. I have had yeast issues off and on for years. It started with antibiotics being overprescribed to me for an acne condition I had in my teens and twenties and went downhill from there. My weak immunity led to more illnesses and more antibiotics and an even more compromised natural immunity.S. Boulardii is something I will keep on hand the rest of my life. I don't take it every day. I plan to do the one to two week regimen several times a year to support healthy colonization. I must confess that I did not follow Dr. Villoldo's complete regimen but then again, I didn't have the severity of illness that he had, but his tips for how to use the S. Boulardii to rid your body of yeast overgrowth without severe side effects was a definite take away for me. I did embrace ketogenic dieting with intermittent fast, but I prefer a cyclical ketogenic lifestyle to staying in permanent ketosis. That works better for me and is something I can stick to. The only side effect I had was bloating while the S.Boulardii did its job and reestablished itself in my intestinal tract. I had no other digestive issues.

I have been taking the probiotic Zhou Nutrition supplement S. Boulardii for around a week now. I've had digestive issues for as long as I can remember and seldom am I confident that a new supplement will help me. What my current protocol I have be doing along with the S. Boulardii probiotic is 5-10 grams of L-Glutamine powder in water first thing in the morning, and 5 grams of L-Glutamine powder before my first meal if I have skipped breakfast. I will take 1 capsule of the Zhou Nutrition S. Boulardii probiotic before my first meal, which usually lunch. I will also ingest a dietary enzyme after each meal. I am consuming a low carb/ketogenic diet with no grains or sugars and I try to not consume beverages like coffee that may be difficult on my digestion. Plenty of water.I can't say that I noticed anything bad while taking these probiotics. No negative side effects.The positives seemed to be there. I did notice an improvement in digestion, meaning I had a noticeable reduction in gas and movements became more regular and more normalized, I’m feeling a lot better. I find that the price point is great and I definitely would give this a thumbs up and I would definitely recommend to my family, friends and clients if they are looking for a great probiotic.

So happy to add this to my everyday vitamin regiment since all Zhou’s products work so well and help my very healthy lifestyle. This was a godsend since I suffer from an autoimmune disease my digestion is always troublesome and have problems with many things including gluten. I was still having issues with my other probiotic. My stomach flattened and decreased my discomfort within one day of taking it and getting better each day. It has been a week and a lot of my digestive issues subsided. So glad this worked for me as I use many of the products. The price is also much less than I was paying before!! Thank you Zhou!!

I got this for my cats with diarrhea. It did not work for my senior cat who turned out to be very sick with something we didn't have a chance to diagnose. It did seem to help my kittens when they had soft stool from a new diet.

Really great probiotics. I take one capsule a day and it seems to do the job well. I have a stomach ulcer that I haven’t had to use Prilosec meds in several months.

Unbelievable! In just 2 days my digestive tract calmed down. I was struggling with bloating, cramping, gas and diarrhea on a regular basis it seem to be getting worse. I figured it was dietary like most things are. But I thought I would give this a try see if it would help. Within 2 days my whole digestive system calm down I started having regular bowel movements, without cramping and bloating and by the third day no more gas and everything was back to normal. Not only did this work but it was so fast. It is really amazing. I will definitely buy again. Thanks Zhou, you've outdone yourself again!

UPDATE: GREAT CUSTOMER SERVICE -- CHANGED FROM ONE TO THREE STARS FOR NOWI contacted Customer Service using the phone number on their bottle, as instructed in their response to my one-star comment below. They were very responsive and said they will be sending me a replacement bottle and to THROW AWAY the one that had the bad smell and taste, that it SHOULD NOT be like that. I notice that some Reviewers said they used it anyway. I would not.I will review the product again once I receive my replacement, and hopefully change to 5 STARS.ORIGINAL COMMENT:One of my capsules was totally empty.I have tried 2 capsules and the taste and smell is like rancid cooking oil.Should I return them?

My tummy is terribly weak. If food is not handled carefully, I'd run for the bathroom.Dairy? Run for the bathroom.Lactose free pills don't even work anymore.Carbonated drinks? Run for the bathroom.You get the idea.I tried OTC probiotics, sadly they're not working as I'd like them to.I've bought plenty of products from this brand before, mostly thyroid support and vitamin D3. Another bottle of probiotic, I'd give it a try.The probiotic did change my feces color within the first 2 weeks and it felt like it gave my stomach a much needed protection coat.My tummy doesn't get upset easily anymore. I can drink lactose free milk with ease now. Just wow.I'm not afraid to try out different cuisines. I'll definitely buy more for the next quarters.Recommended for sensitive tummy, or lactose intolerant people.