This is the first prebiotic I've used, so I really can't compare it to others, However, I've experienced no negative issues with it whatsoever, and I've definitely seen some very positive benefits after incorporating this product with daily consumption of probiotic foods such as homemade sauerkraut and yogurt.<br /><br />The constant fatigue and brain fog I'd suffered from for as long as I can remember were gone in just two days and I feel years younger, with way more energy, much greater clarity of mind, and quite a bit of fat loss as well. Although in my late 40s, I've had occasional to frequent zits since my teens, and they've ceased and my splotchy face looks much clearer. My constant sugar cravings disappeared completely, and as a result I've seized the opportunity to eliminate desserts and candies (except for dark chocolate and locally produced honey) from my diet altogether and don't miss them! I wake up easier in the morning, definitely feel more rested, and getting up and around is much easier than it used to be.<br /><br />You can't argue with the results, and I will be re-ordering this product, while continuing its use along with dailly probiotic food consumption.

I am in my 70's and have difficulty losing weight = with this prebiotic and my probiotic I am able to lose about a pound a week - no other changes.

I have been to countless doctors to treat my heartburn and stomach/bowel issues. I’ve been diagnosed with various issues and prescribed meds along the way. Nothing, I mean nothing, has ever worked. I have had various procedures to see what’s the cause and dropped thousands of dollars on various homeopathic treatments. I felt like this was just how I was going to live the rest of my life. I mean it’s been over 8 years, so why would that ever change?! Then I started to really get desperate. I searched online for hours for a cure I hadn’t tried before. I found something new to me “pre” biotics. I’ve heard of “pro” but what was this? I did some digging. Read a bunch of reviews and found myself on this page of Amazon. I thought maybe I could give this brand a try. It’s been almost a month and I’m so happy, yet mad at myself that it took this long to find relief. Within a day I started to feel anew. My bathroom issues are about a once a week ordeal and not all day every day so I attribute that to my “cheat day” with my diet. I feel a sense of hope now. I knew my condition was bad but man, I feel like living again! I cannot recommend this product enough! I take it with a probiotic and a multi vitamin and my quality of life has done a 180! Please try this before giving up hope!

I started seeing positive results from taking this supplement within about a week. After trying countless probiotics and other strategies to help improve my gut, I finally found something that actually works! My digestion in general has improved markedly.<br /><br />MY BACKGROUND:<br />I've had a variety of digestive issues for decades, and though I've tried many probiotics, I've always had only either temporary or less than optimal results. I've always wondered why I've had to take tons of probiotics just to maintain a semi-normal digestion pattern and I think I figured out why: my gut environment has not been hospitable to the good bacteria that I'm ingesting -- i.e., the probiotics that I've been taking simply don't stick around. This is because I've had (I believe) an unhealthy presence of bad bacteria (probably due to stress and a somewhat weak digestive system) which has made it difficult for the good bacteria to optimally establish in my system.<br /><br />HOW THIS PRODUCT WORKS:<br />This is a prebiotic meaning it is a product meant to create a better gut environment in which good bacteria (that promote better digestion) can establish themselves and flourish. There many different types of prebiotics, but this one deals with (a relatively new?) science that uses bateriophages. Bacteriophages are viruses that attach themselves to the cell wall of certain bad bacteria and disable them. The bacteriophages in this product (particular strains of myoviridae and siphoviridae) then release the nutrients in the bad bacteria in your gut, which feeds the good bacteria. In short, they help your good bacteria by eliminating its competition (the bad bacteria) and promoting an environment in which they can grow.<br /><br />SAFE?<br />It appears safe to me. Bacteriophages in general are actually extremely plentiful in the world -- in soil, sea water, and intestines of animals. Bacteriophages have been used since at least the early 20th century to combat certain bacterial infections. It appears that more research has begun recently to more precisely determine the role bacteriophages have in human health (there aren't many studies currently, but scientific interest in this area appears to be growing). As to why it may be something our bodies actually need supplementation of, perhaps it has something to do with our food production process -- how we treat our soil and water and process our food -- that eliminates much or all of the beneficial bacteriophages that we would otherwise naturally consume. I'm not sure if this is true, it's just a theory of mine. Either way, I'm going to continue taking this supplement.<br /><br />UPDATE (June 2020): You may also want to look at Dr. Tobias's Deep Immune. It contains the same prebiotics in the same dosage as this product, but it also contains 4 billion probiotic bacteria. It's a great combination that I've used for years.

I am impressed and thankful for this product. My bowels are normal now and my hair is growing in. For several years, actually, a little over 2 decades, I have had terrible problems with my bowels such as pain, diarrhea, loose stools, etc. I like to call it, &#34;Butt explosions&#34;, because that is what it was like. It would hit everyday, a couple times or more a day and at any time. When it did, I better be near a bathroom! I rarely had a normal BM. My hair has been falling out for probably the same amount of time or longer, but for the past couple years it has gotten so bad, that mostly my scalp was showing instead of hair. So embarrassing and depressing. I even got 2 different biopsies done on my scalp to find out why. They both came back as inflammation being the cause. I do have fibromyalgia, but??? I must explain, in all fairness, that I took these for 1 month, then tried Gutmeister for the next 2 months. Then, to see if it was the Goodgut or the Gutmeister responsible for the bowels or hair, I decided to try the Goodgut for the next 2 months. So I went through another month with the Goodgut and now I started the next bottle of Goodgut, 2 days ago. So far I can say that my bowels are much better with the Goodgut. That I know because it worked within the first week. The Gutmeister worked right away, too, but not as well. As for my hair, I first noticed that, &#34;hey, I'm not seeing so much of my scalp anymore!&#34;, as I finished the 3rd month. So was it the Googut or the Gutmeister or both. So this is why I'm giving it one more month to see if there is a significant change at the end of this bottle or the same or thinning again.. (I only wish I had taken before and after pics.) My sister-in-law just dyed my hair this weekend and she was amazed that my hair texture had changed. She said the strands of hair were thicker and stronger feeling. She ordered some for herself, the next day. Even if it doesn't get thick, just having it mostly cover my shiny scalp, is a total blessing. I told my niece, who is a beautician about my hair and she said that it made sense because she had always suspected that I had leaky gut syndrome. With that you don't get many of your nutrients. When you consider my bowel problems, it's probably true. The strange thing is that I rarely take a probiotic. So it's the prebiotic working on it's own. I've decided to start taking a probiotic regularly now and just received my bottle in the mail today. Maybe taking the probiotic will make it even better.<br />So, with all that said, I will get back to you within a couple months as to which one is better for my hair. And I sure hope this can help others with their bowels and especially with their hair. Maybe it's a fluke, but I doubt it. I had received injections in my scalp of cortisone several times and got the same results, but I think this is a lot safer and less painful and cheaper. I tried different kinds of products that you rub into your scalp every night, including minoxidil, with less results than this. Soooooo......you be the judge. I'm convinced. Good luck. (I am going to copy and paste this and post it on the Gutmeister reviews as well). I hope if anyone else has good results with especially the hair, that they will do a review, too.

I've been warned about taking prebiotics by my health practitioners in that it may feed bad bacteria too. This product claims it does not. I can't vouch for the science behind this product but after years of taking very expensive probiotics alone, I do feel confident that this prebiotic is an excellent compliment. I tend to retain water and look bloated. I haven't been able to control that with any other product. After less than a month of taking this, I have shed a lot of water weight and I finally look the way I want to look. I also lost my craving for starchy foods. I didn't make any other changes to my diet and supplement routine, so I feel confident that this sudden change is attributed to the better health benefits purported by this product.