Bio-Kult Everyday - 120 Capsules

I came across these when researching things to help my IBS. They have the specific bacteria like Bifdobacterium biffidum and Bulgaricus which are said to work so well with gut problems. The suggested dose is 3 a day, one after each main meal. They’re easy to take but since I was on the Gaps diet to start with for 8 months, then the Fodmaps which is specially for IBS, I wasn’t sure if it was the dietary restrictions or the capsules that caused the 90% improvement. However, I ran out of them a few weeks ago a, and we were snowed in for 4 days. I was still eating the same food but I didn’t feel as well. I had painful abdominal a wind, nausea etc though less than before following the diets. The day after starting my new supply, I felt better, and the day after that, I felt much better. So I’m making sure I always have a spare pack in the house in case I run out. Apparently these are recommended by the Monash University ( Melbourne, Australia) who have done a huge number of scientific Tests in negative triggers for IBS - they clearly realise a good digestion is essential, and a bad one is not healthy, and, as a result came up with the idea of Fodmaps( basically sugars in foods that don’t digest easily and so ferment in the gut causing pain, wind, diarrhoea, constipation etc). So they come with a good backing. If you’re not good at taking capsules, you can empty it into a drink, so it says in the packet. They suggest you take them also if you’re going to a different continent for a trip; if you’ve been on antibiotics and generally to support gut health. The packets come in 14/ 30 etc and 130 which I think is the best value. I feel better and with lots more energy and good humour since I’ve combined both restrictive diets and these miracle capsules. I highly recommend them for anyone with less than optimum digestion, even if they’ve not had a colonoscopy and diagnosis. And of course cutting gluten and lactose and sugary foods helps a lot too.

Easy to take, effective small capsules. Can be kept at room temperature up to 25°C.

Here’s a polished review you could use or adapt: ⸻ I’ve been taking Bio-Kult Everyday Capsules for a while now, and as a 56-year-old woman going through menopause, I can honestly say they’ve made a noticeable difference to my daily wellbeing. During menopause my digestion became much more unpredictable—bloating, discomfort, and just feeling “off” some days—but since adding these capsules to my routine, things have felt far more balanced. What I particularly like is that they’re gentle yet effective. I didn’t experience any harsh side effects, and over time my gut has felt calmer and more regular. I’ve also noticed improvements in overall comfort, which has been a huge help during a stage of life when your body is already going through so many changes. The capsules are easy to take, and I appreciate that they contain multiple strains of beneficial bacteria, which makes me feel confident that I’m supporting my gut health properly. For menopausal women especially—when hormones can impact digestion, immunity, and energy—this supplement has been a really supportive addition. Overall, I’d highly recommend Bio-Kult Everyday Capsules to other women in their 50s or going through menopause who are looking for a simple way to support their gut health and feel more like themselves again. It’s a small daily habit that’s made a big difference for me.

I was sold this brand by meeting a rep and I'm pleased with some of their background research. However, like most probiotics, it's hard to prove benefits conclusively one way or the other so you just have to try it and see if it works for you. I have bought it again despite a disppointing study that showed zero survival of Biokult in a model of the digestive system. The only winnners of that study were brands too expensive for me as someone who uses it for general health maintenance. If I had disabling IBS or another more serious complaint, or I was a millionaire, I'd try those other brands. Biokult is I think a reasonable compromise between price, convenience and quality for a person with my incentives for buying them. I don't get ill very often, so they might be helping with immune defence, but like many complimentary therapies, it's hard to say conclusively what the benefit it. I drink too much alcohol so I think I need to regularly replenish my flora. I notice my stools are more loose if I have been drinking and don't have biokult. that's as good proof as a healthy person who takes it as a prophylactic is going to get I think. There are obvious limitations to the method used in the aforementioned study, several of which we raised by BioKult, who said it was an unfair comparison. The messages I took home from it was that capsule probiotics are best taken on an empty stomach, before meals. So I try to get one down me before breakfast now. Another good tip, which I already practiced but was confirmed by the recent study, is that it's not a bad idea to eat some live bacteria as well as a capsule, so a live yogurt or probiotic drink. A leading brand of the latter perfromed surprisingly well in the survival stakes.

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Amazing. I had lost a lot of weight on mounjaro then came off it. And my digestive system went into shock. My usually mild acid reflux got so painful I almost called 999 one night and I didnt go the toilet for like a week. Or longer. I was drinkimg water, ate minimum 30g of fibre a day some days up to 45g but I was just swollen and bunged up. I had.... AWEFUL gas my gut was just done in. Been on these, taking 3 a day, for 5 days now and I am getting regular again. Hardly bloat much now, gas mostly gone and even the acid reflux has calmed down a bit. So if you started or just came of a GLP1 and having digestive issues, I really cannot recommend this enough!!!

One of the best probiotics on the market, which I have used for years, but now its getting stupidy expensive, so its out pricing itself. You can achieve similar results using saurkraut and other natural probiotic foods. I won't be wasting money on these now. Yes using saurkraut, kimchi and other fermented foods is more hassle, but it has the same effect and its natural. Find what works for you.

I recently started taking Bio-Kult Advanced Multi-Strain for Digestive System Capsules. I was hoping for general help with dysbiosis and to rebalance my gut, as I'm 58 and think I drink too much alcohol and this might be damaging my gut flora, and knock-on effect is causing further issues with my ageing and immune system, inflammation, aches/pains, etc. Physically I'm fairly fit, eat good food and have a healthy diet, walk my dogs every day, and do fairly taxing manual labour, I'm the right weight for my height (12.5 stone), but feeling a bit old now. I take a daily vitamin tablet. Day 1: I took 2 capsules with my meal on the first evening I received them to give my body a "good hit" to get me started, and no alcohol! Day 2: Took 2 more with my breakfast (probiotic supplements are best taken in the morning with, or just after, breakfast because the acid in our stomach is at its lowest level in the morning, and this acidity is buffered still further with food in the stomach). Bio-Kult say their probiotics are able to pass through the stomach without the acid destroying them. (They also say their capsules have a 2 year shelf-life and do not require storing in the fridge as required by some "live" probiotics products. Bio-Kult contains milk/soya but below levels that would affect lactose intolerance sufferers). With my evening meal I had another 1 capsule. Day 3: Took 1 capsule with water next morning before my dog walk. 6 tablets in total so far. Walking along in the field I noted I must have had a good nights sleep, because even though I was feeling some aches and pains, I was feeling remarkably refreshed and also had quite a clear head. I often have aches/pains next morning which dissipate during the day, and I've had a foggy brain for what seems like years. But there was something else different which I couldn't put my finger on for quite a while. I felt a bit like I had a summer cold, with a slightly runny nose. And then, bang, it suddenly dawned on me that all my hayfever symptoms had gone!!! For the last 6 weeks almost every day I've had the typical itchy eyes, itchy ears, runny and itchy back of nose/throat and congestion, and although its rare for me to get asthma I have been wheezing a bit. I was dumbfounded. So I wondered if it was just a light pollen day? Checking my phone MET office app, forecast says "HIGH grasses pollen peak season, also spores/weed pollen, nettle & pellitory-of-the-wall MEDIUM today", same as yesterday. So I wondered about placebo effect and resigned myself to the idea I would get back home and then the sneezing, itchiness would come on as normal. It didn't. Often if my hayfever gets too bad I will take Ceterizine Hydrochloride which works best for me without me getting too sleepy, but I won't take it if I can manage without it. The last 4 or 5 days I've not taken any, but my hayfever has constantly been there all day at different levels of severity. What!? Why has my hayfever just suddenly and almost completely disappeared at the peak of the hayfever season? I feel quite normal apart from this slight summer cold. I realised the only possible thing different is the Bio-Kult. So I googled "probiotics hayfever" and found some interesting articles about how probiotics can help the immune system and reduce histamine production in the body; Quote: "Lactobacillus Casei has been shown to reduce the immune response in hay fever and also beneficially alter the balance of pollen-specific antibodies in the blood which can lead to a reduction of symptoms. It also contains Bifidobacterium Longum this probiotic can greatly help the immune system. This probiotic is also involved in reducing the number of antibodies that we produce in relation to pollen allergies." Wow! I had just received my own personal proof that these probiotics are having a very beneficial effect on my body. I don't think I can say that this kind of positive reaction could be the result of a placebo effect? Hayfever can be so uncontrollable and worsen so quickly, especially if you get a sneezing fit, and you have no way to prevent it without antihistamines, or relief using nasal sprays, eye solutions, etc. All day long, I've been waiting for the hayfever to come on. I've been working outside on quite a hot, dry day with a mild breeze. I'm sure I can feel the itchy twinges at the back of my nose, but I'm just not reacting to it. I was certainly hoping for probiotics to be able to help with some of my ailments, but this was a completely out-of-the-blue, unexpected and extremely welcome benefit. One other thing I wanted to mention. When I was reading Amazon reviews for various probiotics products, it seemed that a lot of people gave negative reviews related to ill effects after taking them. I wondered how many of them realise that when you start taking probiotics they often kick-start the immune system into a full body detox, where the good multi-strain bacteria begin to oust any pathogen bacteria, fungal infections, candida and other bad stuff. This is called "die-off" and can result in some nasty symptoms if you're going too fast, e.g. nausea, headaches, diarrhea, bloating, gas. You may need to start with a small dose, and slowly increase over a number of days/weeks. Some people are more sensitive and others may have a lot more nasties in their bodies. If in doubt about your current health and taking probiotics, talk to your GP. Here's some info on it:- "Eager to enjoy the benefits of digestive health, you start taking them and suddenly start feeling worse. Before you throw in the towel and swear-off all probiotics for eternity, you might be experiencing the signs that they’re actually working! You might be having die-off symptoms and just need to ease into it and get the combination correct. More commonly known in the scientific community as the Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction, or the Herx reaction, die-off symptoms can encompass a wide range of adverse reactions to toxins released by the bacteria and/or fungus that are being killed. First described by dermatologists Adolf Jarisch and Karl Herxheimer in the early 1900’s as side effects from taking antibiotics for the treatment of syphilis, die-off reactions can occur if bad bacteria are being killed by the probiotic strains that you’re taking. While we are used to thinking of probiotics as the good bacteria that lives in our favourite yoghurt that confer a host of health benefits, these powerhouse microbes are actually quite effective at killing off their bad neighbours." Google "probiotics die off" to learn more. My guess is that a truly healthy person would not feel any benefit whatsoever from taking probiotics, on the assumption you would have all the right types of bacteria in your gut already. Although I'm reasonably fit and have not experienced any serious die-off symptoms, the hayfever reduction has proved two things to me a) probiotics work, b) my gut-flora was compromised (probably by alcohol, tiredness/stress, and no doubt I could benefit from improving my diet more). I must have been missing at least Lactobacillus Casei and Bifidobacterium Longum, right? I'm not affiliated with Bio-Kult and this is my genuine review. Yes, really only 3 days after I started taking Bio-Kult, and writing this another 5 days later still no hayfever. There may be other benefits that may yet manifest in time, but I feel this is a very good start. Good luck.