Align Digestive Care Probiotic Supplement, 28-Count
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Customer Reviews of Align Digestive Care Probiotic Supplement, 28-Count
Customer Review: Thank god for this product.
Summary: 5 Stars
I can tell you that I dreaded even eating a morsel of food. Literally anything I ate or drank would cause me major problems, from pain, bloating, cramping, gas, and forget about the end of the process. I just absolutely dreaded everything to do with eating and digestion. it was getting hard to work around other people, and dating was really, really difficult.
I've only been taking this for 5 days but it made an instant difference. The box warned me--for the first week expect a slight bloated feeling but it really only lasts for a couple hours. Otherwise, I consider myself "cured!" I feel like a normal human being. I wish I had found this years ago, because my life is already completely different.
UPDATE!
I've been on this a while longer and the results are getting even better. I am eating food that I thought I would never eat again!! I had a big bowl of pasta with tomatoes, capers, and lots of olives, which prior to taking Align, would have put me in the hospital and/or ruined my interpersonal relationships, but I handled it without a single issue. I had sworn off certain foods forever that now I feel free to enjoy! Today I ate spicy fried noodles with tofu, spinach, tomatoes, and black pepper sauce...a possible death sentence before-- and I don't feel a THING.
UPDATE 2:
I recently had to add another product to the mix, because my problems did not 100% go away with Align, even after over a month. Yes, this made me a LOT better. Instead of being disgusting all the time, I was just being disgusting sometimes. So I added Gas-X Prevention, another enzyme supplement, to my routine. Now things are perfect. No problems whatsoever, period. Yay. Win.
Customer Review: Not a panacea but works for me
Summary: 5 Stars
Let me first say that I'm in relatively good health and I don't struggle with the serious GI conditions mentioned here (e.g., IBS, Crohn's). What I do struggle with is keeping my weight down (always fighting that 10-15 pounds) and a weakish immune system (allergies). Due to a variety of factors (diet, stress, travel, etc), I have been struggling with my weight and with my allergies more than ever in the last 6 months. This has been complicated by bloating, distention, and constipation.
I know my body well and I knew that something wasn't quite right. I went to my doc, complaining of my relatively innocuous symptoms. Doctor strongly recommended an anti-inflammation diet (basically, a diet centered on whole foods and healthy oils), better sleep habits, and relaxation techniques. I noticed improvement after about a week and plateaued after about a month. But then, a coast-to-coast trip and all those things that go with travel & stress, basically put me into a position WORSE than when I made behavioral changes ... and added another 5 pounds.
What to do, what to do. I tried Align. The first few days were rough but I didn't give up.
It's been ten days now, and I feel great! My bloating & distention are nearly gone, the excess water weight is gone, and I'm almost back to regular bathroom habits. In addition, I have lost a whopping 9 pounds. I am still following doctor's advice on an anti-inflammatory diet, and seeing these changes has actually helped me and motivated me to continue to do so.
Align is certainly not a panacea, but in concert with healthy lifestyle changes it works for me. I imagine that I will become a loyal user.
Customer Review: Good progress after 3 weeks
Summary: 4 Stars
I have suffered from IBS symptoms (most specifically diarrhea and urgency) for the last 5 years and it has increased in severity since being put on the diabetic medication Fortamet (Fortamet acts on your intestine's ability to absorb the sugar..hence the disruption in bowel function) for blood glucose control. Not wanting to take yet another pill for something, I have been trying to grin and bear the frequent embarrassing bouts of IBS while also supplementing my diet with natural fiber and food such as yogurt. At least once per month I'd have to resort to taking loperimide (anti-diarrhea medication) for bad bouts. Nothing seemed to provide me with relief that didn't cause the other extreme of constipation. Sorry for all the yucky details, but I know it helped me to see others writing with honesty! I also suffered from BM urgency at least 5 days out of the week. I'd be in my office talking to a staff member and would just have to get up and leave to run to the bathroom! Talk about embarrassing. Well, I am on my third week of Align and I have made considerable progress. The urgency has decreased to the point that it occurs maybe 1-3 times a week and is not "as urgent" as it once was. (I can hear the person out before fleeing to the bathroom!). In the last 3 weeks I haven't had to take any OTC meds for diarrhea. I had the Lap Band procedure back in January and this pill is slim enough to easily pass through the smaller stoma as a result of the band. The first week on the meds I had an increase in gas and bloating but nothing extreme or uncomfortable. All in all, I am so happy with this product that I did sign up for auto shipping.Customer Review: Body easily gets dependant on it & forgets to do what it used to do naturally
Summary: 1 Stars
It appeared to help a tiny bit, but once i cut out milk, that's what did the trick 110%. But because I got it at Costco and had a bunch so i decided to continue taking it on an every other day basis 'cuz i figured it's good for me. But then something happend... I was in the process of moving and totally forgot to add it to my vitamin packs for about 2 weeks. At the end of the 2 weeks i realized that i hadn't gone to the bathroom for about 4 or 5 days, ...yet i didn't feel uncomfortable at all. I thought it was unhealthy so i took 1 Docusate Sodium (Colace) pill. It works gently and normally takes 24 hours. Now, please excuse the graphic nature of this: ...It took 2 more days & the amount wasn't even 1 day's worth & very soft. That was it! Less than what a 2 year old does. Without Align my body simply stopped creating poop! So now what?! I don't need Align cuz it turns out that all i ever needed was to stop having milk. Turns out that now i have to "wean" myself off Align so that my body starts creating it's own enzymes (as it has since the day i was born). As you know we all were born being able to poop fairly normally right !? We have the ability until we mess our selves up by eating or taking something that the body wasn't meant to handle. I mean, the body is a pretty amazing thing; just think about what it goes thru for a smoker or for a someone going thru chemo!
Anyway, the bottom line is that taking Align is something that the body easily gets dependant on and next thing you know it forgets to do what it used to do naturally.
I guess you've been warned.
Customer Review: It worked for me
Summary: 5 Stars
I have had a lot of digestion problems all of my life. Decades of useless doctor appointments, severe stomach aches, special diet from doctor. After a few weeks on Align my mystery symptoms of fatigue, stomach pain, gas, constipation/diarrhea, and did I say fatigue went down by about 80%. I'm almost like a normal person, which is awesome because I've always felt so incapable and weak.
I am very cautious about saying something has cured symptoms that seemingly have no connection to a product, but I have been on a special diet from the doctor with high amounts of protein, fiber, etc. for a long time, to deal with the fact that I wasn't getting the iron, protein, and calcium from a normal diet. I was so tired and dizzy all the time. After a few weeks on this product, my decades long dizzyness and fatigue is just about gone. My dizzy spells are completely gone, and I now only get tired when one would think someone would get tired - late afternoon. I used to be tired all the time. ALL the time. I used to feel an overall weakness in my hands, body, slumped posture from the weakness, as if I could barely stand up. That's all gone now.
The only thing that I can figure is that my digestion was so poor that it prevented my body from getting the nutrients from my food,and now that my digestive system is back to the way "nature intended" I'm like a normal person. If you have the same symptoms, if I were you, this is one of those things I would just try and see if it helps you. I'm so glad my doctor gave me a sample of this.