Digestive Advantage - IBS 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, […]
Digestive Advantage — IBS ™ Coupon and 8-Day Free Samples
2 Comments Published by tummyblogger August 17th, 2008 in Probiotics, general, Digestive Advantage - IBS, SustenexBackground
For more information on Digestive Advantage ™, see these earlier posts:
Four Weeks Review, and
Summary Review of my DA-IBS trial
Today
When I first learned of the Digestive Advantage TM offers for their IBS product, they seemed difficult to use and to claim. As a result, I didn’t make the offers widely known. Tonight I checked their […]
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-IBS: Second and Third Weeks
3 Comments Published by tummyblogger October 9th, 2007 in Probiotics, Food for IBS, IBS, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Digestive Advantage - IBSreminder: In addition to using the following probiotic, I also follow a diet free of known triggers for IBS (except caffeine in small amounts), exercise, and especially important, take 20 grams/day of Heather’s Organic Acacia Tummy Fiber ™ and another 20-25 grams of fiber/day, most of it soluble fiber. This fiber is “prebiotic”–it supplies a […]
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. […]
Digestive Advantage–IBS: The First Days
0 Comments Published by tummyblogger September 21st, 2007 in Probiotics, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Digestive Advantage - IBS, IBS SymptomsDigestive Advantage-IBS Probiotic
The week I chose to start Digestive Advantage–IBS turned out to be more stressful than I expected. This web site went down, for reasons that are not yet clear. I had meetings two days in a row in different parts of town, and transportation was disrupted by demonstrations. I promised two people copies […]
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