Align Archive
CVS Shelf Survey for Probiotics and Soluble Fiber
0 Comments Published by tummyblogger October 9th, 2008 in fiber, Probiotics, IBS, Align, Benefiber (tm), Digestive Advantage - IBSA brief survey of the shelves at the local CVS store — Pharmacy and over-the-counter and variety stuff, for those who don’t shop there — reveals two newer items of interest to people with Irritable Bowel Syndrome.
First, there is now a CVS Probiotic — which is what they call it — in the Laxatives, […]
Costco Has Cheaper Align ™ Online — Or Do They?
2 Comments Published by tummyblogger August 27th, 2008 in Probiotics, IBS therapy, Align, Online sourcesThanks to Darlene, who wrote in a comment that she had found Align on the Costco website, for $24.99. The hitch is that they require you to purchase two packages at once. They also tack on a 5% surcharge for non-members. Then the shipping charge for standard shipping is 8.50. Here’s the total:
2 @ 24.99 […]
IBS, Probiotics, and Dannon Yogurts DanActive, Activia, and Activia Lite ™
19 Comments Published by tummyblogger January 25th, 2008 in Probiotics, Align, NSI Probiotics, Digesting Information, Dannon Activia Yogurt, Digestive Advantage - IBS, SustenexSummary
Quick summary of the For My Tummy position:
Probiotics in pills or capsules that protect against stomach acid, GOOD.
Probiotics in food, exposed to digestive juices all the way to the gut, BAD.
Types of Probiotics
That is to say that probiotics such as Digestive Advantage-IBS ™ and Align ™, both reviewed on this blog, are helpful forms […]
Digestive Advantage-IBS Samples Report
1 Comment Published by tummyblogger November 9th, 2007 in Probiotics, IBS Triggers, Align, Dannon Activia Yogurt, Digestive Advantage - IBSBackground
As I’ve mentioned before, I received free samples of Digestive Advantage-IBS (DA-IBS) ™ from Ganeden Biotech. The understanding with them was that I would write weekly reviews, in similar fashion to those I’ve written while sampling Align. They would not, and Procter & Gamble, who makes Align, did not, have any say over what I […]
Wow! Four Weeks of Digestive Advantage-IBS ™
6 Comments Published by tummyblogger October 19th, 2007 in Probiotics, Align, NSI Probiotics, Digestive Advantage - IBSReviewing Digestive Advantage-IBS and Align
After approximately ten weeks of using Align ™ probiotic caplets, and filing my objective reports of the experience, I thought it was a pretty good product with some real problems in pricing and supply. {See my Align reviews}
Four weeks ago this past Monday, I started Digestive Advantage-IBS ™ (DA) […]
Digestive Advantage: The First Week
0 Comments Published by tummyblogger September 27th, 2007 in Probiotics, IBS, Align, Digestive Advantage - IBSAn Eventful Week
The first week of Ganeden’s Digestive Advantage-IBS (DA-IBS) has been eventful, including the frantic repair of this web site, so this post is a bit late in coming.
On one day, I wound up at the end of the day with a classic upset stomach. From something I ate? I’m not sure. I didn’t […]
Window Shopping for IBS Products–Now Available
2 Comments Published by tummyblogger September 25th, 2007 in Breakfast, fiber, Chocolate, Revival Soy, Probiotics, Food for IBS, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, IBS food, Align, Soy Products, Soy Amazing, Online sources, BestLifeInternational, Digestive Advantage - IBS, IBS DietFor some time there has been a Page Title — in the upper right hand corner of the header menu — called “Window Shopping.” If you clicked on it, you would see a browser window that goes directly to the Best Life International website, and their “Soy Amazing” ™ Meal Replacement shake.
That was it. […]
Align for Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) Review: Weeks 7 and 8
4 Comments Published by tummyblogger September 6th, 2007 in Probiotics, IBS, IBS therapy, IBS Triggers, Align, Heather's Organic Acacia Tummy Fiber (tm), Adjuncts, Digestive Advantage - IBSAgony of August–NOT
I finished the month of August without my annual bout of extreme IBS, either D or C, and credit the combination of IBS diet and the fact that I was taking the probiotic Align ™ for this amazing difference from the past “agony of August.”
Then, in the beginning of September, I had […]
Digestive Advantage - IBS Suggestion
5 Comments Published by tummyblogger September 1st, 2007 in Probiotics, IBS, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, IBS-C, IBS-D, Align, Digestive Advantage - IBS, Digestive Advantage - Constipation, IBS SymptomsThis recent post about IBS probiotic Align has a comment from David at Ganeden Biotech, makers of Digestive Advantage ™IBS. They would like me to repeat the review process that I did with Align, using their product for IBS. Their product is widely available in stores, and has one good clinical test of its efficacy.
I am going to respond and thank them. I will have to suggest that
IBS Probiotic Align - This Is Not Good
26 Comments Published by tummyblogger August 27th, 2007 in Probiotics, general, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, AlignLast week, on Wednesday August 22, 2007, I opened the 7-day pack of Align ™ for my last two weeks of reviewing the patented probiotic product. On that day I also ordered the next month of Align ™ from their web site. The day of the week was Wednesday. While I have a note of the order and the date and the confirmation code, I do not remember what
Sixth Week of Taking Align ™ for IBS
0 Comments Published by tummyblogger August 23rd, 2007 in Probiotics, IBS, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, IBS therapy, AlignMissing the Pill
This week would have been a very boring, more-of-the-same, post about Align. ™ It would have been, except that on Friday I forgot to take the day’s tablet of Align. It was my second week of taking Align using the 7-day blister packs that come in the new packaging.
Because I had, during this second week, gotten the days on the blister pack properly aligned (I couldn’t resist)
Taking Align for Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) Week 5
5 Comments Published by tummyblogger August 16th, 2007 in Probiotics, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, IBS therapy, AlignFifth Week–Packaging Issues
I’m into the second four-week sample of Align, the probiotic from Procter & Gamble that has a patented new strain of the “good bacteria.” The big news is that I can’t cope with the “days of the week” blister packaging! I just grabbed one and tore it open at the regular time in my day. It was a Wednesday, and I grabbed a Sunday or a Friday, so