Spore Probiotic, 60 Vegetarian Capsules, 30-Day Supply | 6 Billion CFU with Prebiotics, Helps Gut Health*, Supports Regular Bowel Movement and Diarrhea Relief*, Shelf Stable

Only live spore probiotic I take

I will be updating this every few months. Both my spouse and I have begun taking a Spore Probiotic. I have two brands we are using. I am on the Youtheory Brand. My spouse is on Microbiome Labs MegaSporeBiotic. We are both within normal weight range with 10 lbs to lose each, to put us at Ideal weight within that same normal BMI. 1: One of us is SIBO gut challenged. I had been on PPI on and off, and finally became compliant, to the point that small intestine bacterial overgrowth occurred. What my doctor viewed as successful dosing, in turn served me up a horrid gut imbalance. That, in under a year of Compliance, so watch out if you are on PPI, the signs are bloating and often a flip flop between constipation and diarrhea. It only seems mild until it crosses the line to intolerable. 2: The other of us is pre-diabetic, cholesterol, early kidney challenged. There are studies that note that B Subtilis may influence glucose transporters to benefit those who have challenges, as well as other spores which Influence cholesterol positively. Spore probiotic have a long lifecycle and slowly colonize the GI tract. They have a span of 3-4 weeks, compared to the 4-7 days of traditional probiotics. A traditional probiotic has a low survival rate in arriving, thus, more billions upon billions are required in dosage. Thus the smaller dosage of Spore Probiotics which are 3 billion per capsule, is actually superior to the many more billions of the traditional probiotics. That said, smaller doses over time are the approach I am taking. There are so many studies and for a great reason, all the evidence is pointing to Spore Probiotics being beneficial. Spore probiotics, being hardier and able to survive the voyage through your gut, require a more watchful approach. As many manufactures of Spore Probiotics state, start out slow and work your way up to a larger dose. This makes perfect sense. That of course does not factor in age related issues, health challenges, SIBO, IBS etc. The last thing you want is to experience something (nausea, diarrhea, fatigue, un-wellness) if indeed a different approach could have been taken. So while die-off symptoms can be severe when they hit, working up slowly in dose can negate much of that hardship! That said, I forgot that rule of thumb and did the first week starting out a touch quicker than I should have, before switching over to an every other day regimen halfway through the week. What hit was a touch of not feeling quite well, and taking a break from activities to recover. The other person I simply started at 1 capsule, every third day, as I did not want that person to experience any challenge. That person in turn, did well with the first week. Thus I kept to an every third day schedule for the first two weeks, prior to graduating to every other day for the next two weeks. At this dosage, the first month will not present the outcome of regular use, but it will serve to ease us into this new probiotic without much of the side effects of die off. I will update this in a couple of months.

I give these to my dogs. Dogs have a shorter digestive tract and higher stomach acid content than people, and spore probiotics can survive long enough to actually get to the intestines to be beneficial. I typically open these capsules and sprinkle 1/2 on each of my dogs' breakfasts. One of them has always struggled with GI issues, and these probiotics definitely help him. Combined with ditching highly processed kibble for high quality fresh food has brought him tremendous relief!

I was constipated at first but kept using it. Works well.

I’ve had IBS for more than 25 years and SIBO for much of that. After a particularly bad round of SIBO after years on GLP-1s and a course and a half of Xifaxin that only partially helped, I started reading about soil-based and spore-based probiotics. I have taken almost every probiotic under the sun. While these are definitely stirring my gut up a bit (um, gassiness) and some days taking two feels like too much, I haven’t felt better in years. The extreme pain and intense extremes between IBS-C and IBS-D (particularly the latter) are mostly going away. After living in pain and agony and being afraid to eat for so long, it’s kind of unreal. Probably the most personal review I’ve ever written, but I wanted to leave it out there for any fellow sufferers. And thank Youtheory for the relief, especially without breaking the bank! I am so grateful.

I empty 2 capsules into my evening "smoothie" with psyllium husk. It seems to make a difference in my IBS symptoms. Update 01-15-2020: I have purchased it 3 times already, and it still works. I also doubled the dose recently, i.e. taking 2 in the morning and 2 at night. It became more pricey this way, but considering the huge improvements, it's worth every penny. This probiotic together with the DE111 strain of B. subtilis (e.g. from Dr. Tobias) was a game-changer for my IBS/leaky gut symptoms. Update 02-26-2021: One of my colleagues asked me a year ago, what will you do if the effect wears out... Well, more than a year has passed and this is still working like on the first day. Actually, I decreased the dose back to the suggested 2 capsules per day, which I take in the evening (with one DE111 capsule in the morning), and this keeps my bowels calm. When I forgot to take these for a few days, the IBS symptoms return, so I started to measure them out into a one-week pillbox to prevent any lapse in taking them. Yep, they are sooo essential.

This is real probiotics. But beware of the pale label version with fake cotton candy snake oil. Do NOT buy the powder!!!! It's a fraudulent product and I can prove it. So can you.

I tried this brand because it was cheaper than the brand of spore probiotic I was using. I started having diarrhea so I went back to the other brand. My husband took this also and tolerated it ok, which is why I gave it 3 stars.

This is the second lot of 60 tablets I have had. They seen to be working so will continue to use for at least another lot of 60. I have IBS which has no known cure and if I eat to much I get gas stuck under my food intake and it can be quite painful. Some times I have to vomit to get the gas out of my system but these tablets seem to have reduced the symptoms a bit so will continue so far.

Good combination and product contains the three major probiotics for your gut. These combinations called the advanced formula, which are needed in the gut to multiply over the time. There are lots of probiotics in the markets with billions of beneficial bacteria, but the majority of them will be killed by the acidity of your stomach, only few millions will remain. This advanced formula may work for you. The only thing you need to do is just wait for at least three months to see the effects. I recommend having them with your breakfast.

they are good value and work well