NOW Foods Supplements, Gr8-Dophilus™with 8 Strains & 4 Billion Potency, Shelf Stable, 60 Veg Capsules

I've used these probiotics for almost a year now and I'm very happy with them.Although I don't take them as often as I used to (as I tend to get my probiotics from other natural sources) this is definitely great. I've never had digestion issues (as I eat very clean) and rarely ever get sick (and when I do it's a 2-day cold usually), but this product is amazing. I had recommended it to a friend with horrible digestion and she is so happy she tried it. She rarely ever gets stomach pains anymore (she also eats very clean, but had poor digestion due to medication she had to take in the past).There's not much to say; make sure to look at the CFU's of the product and the different strains. Also look into what they each do if you're interested. That's what I did. I still buy this product routinely and although I don't use it every day anymore, I do use it once every two.I started looking into probiotics in general after having had gone through almost one year use of Doxycycline for facial acne. Although the antibiotics definitely did help calm my breakouts down a lot, they were only being destructive in the long term (not to mention the possibility of antibiotic resistance, yikes). This was a bit over two years ago, when I decided to turn my health around completely and start exercising daily, eating right, and really taking care of myself. I thought it was a bit strange that my doctor (who was a nice fellow nevertheless) put me on medication for so long, especially for something that really isn't all that serious (I was 16 at the time so what did I know. I'm 19 now, and still learning a lot, but I definitely don't recommend using medication for something that isn't life-threatening or serious) Not to mention that prolonged use of antibiotics is extremely detrimental to your health (and I'm lucky I've suffered no noticeable side effect like my friend who's digestive system was affected). I did however want to recolonize my gut with healthy bacteria that had been killed off due to many rounds of antibiotics. Although my acne started to come back (as it most usually does after treatment with antibiotics) I found it gradually started to fade and my breakouts became less frequent once I cut most dairy out and started supplementing with probiotics. Now I'm a health nut and haven't had any processed food in over a year as well as making sure that the food I eat is wholesome and not full of fillers like most of the Western Diet is (so I guess I went from one extreme to the other), but this really did work for me.I definitely recommend trying out different strains however to colonize your gut, but do your research and be very weary.All in all, I love this product and would definitely recommend it to others. One effect I did notice (since I never really had poor digestion) is that my immune system has been so much better since using this. I never got sick in the first place but I had bad seasonal allergies. Now I can walk through a forest of pollen and not feel the slightest bit of an effect. There has been research that probiotics do help with immune responses, so I attribute that to this product.

These work very well.... highly recommend

I convinced a friend to try to this product instead of an overpriced probiotic that her naturalist doctor has been selling her for years. She swore that the other product was the only one that prevented yeast infections for her. She's now permanently switched to Gr8dophilus, saying that it's made her more regular, and also fends off vaginal yeast infections.I haven't had a yeast infection since I began taking this product several years ago. My immune system is now far stronger than it was prior to using this, and my gut feels healthier. I occasionally switch to other probiotics for variety, but this has worked best for me.I appreciate that this product only has probiotic ingredients. I read that one should avoid probiotics with added vitamins, minerals, and enzymes, as they may diminish the efficacy of the product.

Bought this as an alternative to a higher priced pro-biotic. I am on the first stage of the GAPS diet (with a few asides), but I eat for one 24 hour period and fast while taking NOW GR8 for the next 24 hour period. I am taking 10 GR8's by the pair stretched out over the day that I do not eat. I have been on varying extreme diets for about the last three years trying to find relief from a tough case of ADD that typical ADD medicines only gave me short term relief from. This new regimen of initial stage GAPS diet one day and an alternating day of fasting with 10 GR8's has kicked me into a new phase where I don't lose clarity when I eat. How much credit I can give to the GR8's I do not know, but they are part of a regimen that is working for me and is giving me better results than Concerta or Vyvance ever did. I am big on NOW foods and give this probiotic a 5 star rating for my digestive health needs. The price is doable. I get my probiotics on my eating days with 24 hour home-made yogurt. "I can see clearly now the 'fog' is gone".

I’m good with this as a pill but I use them to make yogurt. I break it open, add to milk, and follow a safe recipe. Works very well.

A few months ago there was a stomach virus going around and what do ya know my whole family got it. Everyone got sick and vomited at least 10 times a day for like a straight week. Well everyone... but my brother and I. Guess what we were doing that they werent? ...Yea u got it we were taking these pills once or twice a day on a regular basis. We werent completely symptom free but we werent feeling sick like everyone else either. In fact we werent feeling nowhere near as sick as everyone else. Except for the weird feeling in my stomach there was nothing else out of the ordinary. And this is no exaggeration, if i was reading this i wouldnt believe it myself but hey TRY IT.It takes about 10 days before one can notice the effect of these things. But once youve been taking them for at least 10 days, you will handle all kinds of food way better, you will have 1 minute bathroom breaks. It just helps you feel great.

I bought this to use as a starter for soy milk yogurt. It worked like a dream. I just poured a quart of (aseptically sealed) soy milk into a clean glass quart jar, added probiotics from 5 capsules, gave it a little stir, put it in my oven with the oven light on, and the next morning woke up to some great tasting yogurt.Easy peasy.

I bought the Now Foods Gr * Dophilus because they're enteric coated and no refrigeration is needed. I like Now Foods brands because they offer quality vitamins at a good price. This probiotic has a good ratio of all the types beneficial probiotics. I take this for good digestive health and it seems to work well.