Thorne Research – Bio-Gest – Blend of Digestive Enzymes to Aid Digestion – 180 Capsules Thorne Research

★★★★★ After trying a variety of things to try to address some chronic gastrointestinal problems (which went from bad-if-I-wasn't-careful to straight-up awful, earlier this year), I found that this is the one that keeps my from having any of the worst symptoms I'd been having for a while. (Basically, the worst things you see on a list of symptoms for "poor motility.")I take at least 1 of these pretty much any time I have anything with protein (including things like a cup of yogurt), and 2 with larger meals. A few times, I've taken a third when an extra-large meal made my stomach start to feel rumbly, and it's stopped those symptoms in their tracks. (With lesser post-meal symptoms, some apple cider vinegar in water tends to do the trick.)I suspect that my problem (the one relevant to these pills, anyhow) is hypochloridia, possibly brought on by years of taking Prevacid and the like, after repeated (and apparently opposite-from-reality) diagnoses of chronic heartburn being caused by acid reflux. (Even after I stopped taking those, I took Tums pretty frequently for years.) Anyhow, now I'm approaching the problem from a different perspective, and the results are encouraging.I don't take these if I'm going to have coffee with a meal (ie. breakfast), as the two together make my feel ~really~ acidic, and I generally don't have symptoms with breakfast anyhow (as I nearly always have a big cup of coffee with breakfast, and lots of liquid after a meal used to be my way to reduce symptoms from lunch, although it wasn't nearly as successful as these pills).So, between being somewhat careful with my diet, taking lactase pills with dairy, having apple cider vinegar (in water) a few times a day, eating more fermented stuff (pickles, kombucha, kefir, yogurt), taking these pills with lunch/dinner, and the treatment I did for SIBO a month or two back (the Dysbiocide + FC-Cidal pair), I'm getting dangerously close to being symptom free. That'll be nice, if I reach that point. Really, really nice.

★★★★★ I use this product for both myself and my dog who has pancreatic issues. I could not find the Mercola Pet Enzymes (out of stock for months), so I tried this and it worked for her. Thorne Research is a very reliable company and I have always used their formulas when I can find them.

★★★★★ I had my gallbladder removed in 2010 and have struggled with fat malabsorption ever since. I've tried a variety of digestive enzymes since, including Pure Encapsulations GB support. I like this best of all, as my body really seems to need the extra Betaine HCl. I noticed a little bit of heartburn using these at first, but it has completely gone away (and so has my hormonally related reflux). These have really helped to reduce my IBS symptoms due to not digesting fats well.