This stuff is terrible, I can't fart on cue anymore!

My roomates seem to enjoy me taking it though....

Are you BTW lactose intolerant? I wonder what does it do for such intolerance?

I wonder if GUT Health is something you can quit on weekends...for those special, sentimental times to be revisitied with friends.

I don't believe so.

I do consume alot of fiber throughout the day though (usually 6+ cups of oatmeal, then of course theres veggies and flaxmeal...) along with a generous amount of protein. I generally get about 1 1/2 c of mootopia milk (which might have lactase in there, not too sure) after workout and then the same amount before bed.

I was taking acidophilus before GUT health and I had VERY bad gas. It was rather embarrasing...

Also, D sade, it appears as though for the most part its men who have these "digestive problems" (whatever they may be) as opposed to women, why is that? or am I just completely out of the loop and women have it just as bad?

Have you ever hung out with Jinx?

I have not really noticed that it is only men...perhaps women are just better at anticipating, and moving to the powder room at the correct time. Either that, or synchronizing their gaseous emissions with YOURS, thereby piggybacking and blaming you.

Very cunning, women...very cunning.

The strange thing is that I can now fart on command due to gut health. Perhaps my stomach was handing my high-protein diet just fine (I had no usual gas for any period of time), but now since taking Gut Health I find myself rather gassy throughout the day. Perhaps I now have an over-production of flora?

How many days has it been?

Today is day 5 and I noticed the increase at day 3. It could also be the "loading phase" that is causing this, so since I've now reduced to one pill a day, we'll see how the ol' GI tract is. I certainly don't want to be as gassy as Jinx.

This is to be expected as your intestinal flora shifts in composition. You should notice the gas abating very soon.

Im about 9 days into taking GUT health.....Ive had very bad stomach problems my whole adult life (possibly IBS or something of the like).....while it hasnt compleltely cured everything it has stopped the feeling of needing to have a bowel movement 20 minutes after every meal. Going to the bathroom 6-7 times a day is rather annoying.

Good stuff.

I really cannot express enough my happiness and pride that we were able to find something that actually HELPS people feel better.

im really lookin forward to trying this in comparison against some other "top name" (and high dollar) products ive been on. DSade, can you get back to me re: my PM when you get a chance.

Replied.

Scott...you going to the Arnold?

Is there any benefit in taking two per day for an extended time given the cost? More may not be better, but to improve what normally causes me great distress would be worth spending more than $13.50 every 25 days or so.

Obviously it's impossible to quantify how many bacteria we get from diet/lifestyle, the true populations of each species already inhabiting the gut, and how many would be optimal for each person. There is research with subjects taking in (at least) 900 billion organisms (of a different species) for one year with no side effects (except improvements in their disease), where ours is 1 billion. Go for it, see what happens.

i did notice more benefit in the beginning.....ill probaly throw in another order next week....what do you guys think 2 or 3 a day? 3 really overkill?

I think that you, being a bigger guy with a larger than normal food/protein intake, could absolutely get away with 2 per day. I think 3 would be something you would have to experiment with.

Jason

3 should be no problem. Have you ever done digestive enzymes or other probiotic strains? Are you consuming sufficient soluble fiber daily?

i have tried other digestive enzymes, activated charcoal, ginger, peppermint oil etc...no other probiotics....plenty of soluble and insoluble fiber everyday.

As an update, there has been a reduction in gas but my god does it stink. It's as if the digestive enzymes are giving me protein farts.

For me I could tell I needed to go. But I couldn't. Then I'd get the most foul gas ever. Now that I have stopped I am back to normal.

Now that you stopped taking it? How long did you take it?

Dito, you know it's an oral supplement, right?

I stopped taking it on Sunday. I was on it for about 5 days.

I wasn't aware kimbo.

5 days in is when you are almost done clearing out the bad bacteria and giving the new strains a chance to finally dominate. Things settle down nicely after that. I would recommend going back on it.

I'll try it. One cap a day from here on out. But I can't handle anymore days where I am all plugged with the nasty gas. I kept waking up at night thinking I shat myself.

Is there any benefit to taking more than 1 a day? That's all I've been using.

That sort of "wet gas" feeling? Yeah, I had that too, but that's been gone and today, 10 days in, my gas has been just fine on the oder front.

Now I wait to swell up to Dsade thickness.

Yes, sometimes. Someties just dry nasty clingy ones.

Im not sure how many days in i am but things are starting to really get better.......Dsade how many days off from taking it could i go and still reap the benefits without a hitch....im not going to order till friday because of payday and i want to order a large amount of numerous things from NP but i will run out before monday or so...

Pro...sorry for the delay, I have been slammed with Convention stuff. How did you end up feeling?

A three day break...didnt really seem to affect me much as far as stomach symptoms worsening or anything of the like...although mentally i felt better when i started back.

I recently took a break, and bloated like a waterbuffalo. Definitely feel MUCH better taking this regularly.


I am curiious if there are any International Business Travelers out there willing to do a test on their next trip?

bump?

i'm not in international business but i'm about to finish up my 2nd bottle of GUT health and i'm going to stay off for a month or so and report back any differences. right now I feel great in terms of intestinal health (at least I think so). I haven't had any gas really, this coming from someone who was notorious for constantly clearing out rooms. I usually eat over 3 cups of oatmeal a day on top of (not literally) eggs cooked in the microwave with cheese and ketchup and hot sauce, whey, cottage cheese, flax meal, and about 3 cups of broccoli.

I'll report back to note any changes...

Dear god, man....with a diet like that I feel bad for your neighbors up the street as well.

Looking forward to hearing your long term feedback. Warning....I skipped a week a few weeks ago and felt absolutely horrible and bloated. It took another 3 day loading period until I normalized again after restarting the GUT health, and now I make sure I never go anywhere without it.

Definitely a long term staple for me here...biased or not.

DSade, i'll be testing this product out on someone with fairly bad IBS. I can't log on behalf of someone else, but will try to keep updates somehow.

noticed the same thing with the NOW brand probiotic. the one with powder that literally looks like dirst!

been on it for over a month though and it hasnt subsided. wife complains on the same thing and she has been on for only a week or so.

should i reduce dosage? (currently morning and before bed)

guess what i just did!

Ok, I can now attest of the same...I have been taking digestive enzymes with my major meals to avoid problems. When taking GH I have major gas problems when I take enzymes...but if I don't take them I can now say I safely eat without bloating or urgency.

The Betaine HCL from Nutra has knocked the majority of my gas out. I still take NOW Probiotic powder whenever I can, but I am pretty lazy with it (should use it 3x day).

today is my 3rd day without the GUT health and my diet has been extremely crappy about 30% of the time these past 3 days and I'm still generally good with regards to farting, etc. I'm also a little sick but hopefully that will be gone soon. I'll update again towards the end of the week or if/when I start to feel gross..

ok its been a week, not much to report... There has been an increase in "fecal matter" as of the past few days, and the texture i guess? (i didnt feel it with my hands) has changed since I was on GUT health. There has also been a few moments after cottage cheese and peanut butter where I feel farts coming and sometimes they do.

i'll update again if/when things change

I'd like to hear further detail on the changes in texture or consistency of excrement.

ok the farting returned today and I have a feeling it might be here for quite some time...

So will you be returning to the wonderful world of GUT health, a converted believer?

yeah but, well, I'm not sure I would've put it as colorfully as you did..

I've been following the dosage recommendations, I'm on day 8 today. I have yet to notice anything remarkable...

I've been taking it normally with food and my other vitamins (NOW ADAM, E, C, fish oil, P-5-P, taurine). Any problems with this protocol? Would an empty stomach be better? Any of these other supps somehow inhibit the colonization? Would lots of spicy food present a problem? I asked my microbiology professor about nutritional support for probiotics this morning and he didn't have much to say (not surprising).