Life Extension Bifido GI Balance, probiotics, Bifidobacterium longum BB536® (2 Billion CFU), Support Healthy Gut & Digestive Health, Gluten-Free, Non-GMO, Vegetarian, 60 Capsules

I like this brand and strain, it's live and did successfully make a tangy fermented dairy product. I don't believe this strain should be fermented for 36 hrs but more around 20-24 hrs. Can Google and find good references for temperature and time.

Life Extension is a brand I trust and I decided to purchase their Bifido GI Balance after a GI MAP test recommended I take more bifido based probiotics. So naturally, I searched Amazon to see what was offered. I always tend to gravitate towards this brand because I have yet to be disappointed by their quality products.

This bacterial strain consistently fermented milk, indicating that it is viable and capable of functioning as a probiotic when consumed. In contrast, other strains I tested were not viable and failed to support fermentation. This experience highlights that dead probiotic cultures are frequently sold, making it important to verify viability. I appreciate that this product performed as expected.

Works as stated

If you're having digestive issues, that stuff in yogurt might be all you need, but if not, use this. After having a super dose of antibiotics a years ago, my colon has given me nothing but trouble and its worse now than it started out being. The yogurt stuff helped but not enough. Acidopholis, I think it is. Does not help really much, though I've no doubt that making sure you have some is beneficial. But this type of culture. Yes. For the first time in years, I can eat potatoes without being sent to the toilet repeatedly later. I'd kill to be able to eat onions, cabbage, basically any type of vegetable at all. But not trying them all at once. I am sure now that I can eat my favorite dried beans (not from a can), and potatoes. Probably also carrots and will be trying sweet potatoes next. Those would truly all send me to the.. well you know. Much as I love onions and garlic, they will be some of the last ones I try out. I mean it was so bad that even onion powder would do it.Now, I can at least have frozen foods that have green onions and garlic in them safely. But I dont eat either those things nor canned foods much anyway. Too much sodium plus they don't taste really great.

I rarely leave reviews, but I want to help people who may have experienced what felt like an MS attack as I did. My calf muscles were seized up, severe pain and my legs were weak, I couldn't walk very far...it came on suddenly after being hit with two days of extreme tiredness and 10 days after taking amoxicillin for a dental abscess. The emergency room, doctors, and a million blood tests and no one could help me. My legs were crippled and I was constantly dizzy. Just by chance this probiotic arrived in the mail and I took ONE capsule at bedtime .. 4 hours later I had extreme pain in my gut, gas (as though it killed something in my gut), and I could walk again! I was 80% better! This problem with my legs had gone on for 8 days, but it may have gone for years if I hadn't taken this strain of probiotic. For the dizziness, I was able to cure it within an hour with Tick Recovery and Biofilm by Samsara. I suspect what I have is lyme disease but also the potential beginning of ALS or MS, which I believe this probiotic saved my life by stopping the process! I also found it important to eat no gluten, a vegan keto diet (NO SUGAR), fermented foods, and I take Lactobacillus fermentum ME3, which does something also very important based on my observations, this probiotic is able to stop the minor cramps in my legs. When I added in raw aged red miso, it also killed something bad in my gut and I got even better. What I have would maybe be told I have is fibromyalgia/lyme disease but all of these disease are caused by infections, so the key would be to kill the infection, especially in the gut. If you have leaky gut, these things are getting into your brain. When I take Biofibrin and Monolaurian, my ears start ringing because it's killing the things in my brain which should not be there. My dad died of lewy body dementia, he probably also had infections in the brain, but medical doctors can't help any one with these diseases, you need to help yourself.

I’m generally skeptical of probiotics. I’ve taken so many, eaten hoards of fermented food, and why they seems to offer a little benefit it the short term, the effects were pretty minimal and short lived. Sure they may add a little bit of healthy bacteria to your gut, but a few billion cells are a drop in the bucket compared to the tens of trillions of cells of your microbiome.Well the introduction of this strain to my gut must have caused a significant shift in the balance of bugs in my belly because I’ve experienced some significant changes since taking it. I originally sought out this strain because I read a study indicating that it could help reduce anxiety. I’ve felt a significant reduction of anxiety and increase of confidence since I started taking it. I also felt a huge increase in my appetite, which for me is a great thing. I’ve had a poor appetite for years. I would forget to eat and when I finally did, I had to force myself at times. I was underweight and I suspect a bit malnourished. Within a week of taking this strain, my appetite has been insatiable. I’ve put on weight and I’ve been feeling more energetic and strong. I’ve also noticed a huge increase of libido. I’m a 36yo, fit, non-smoker and previously suffered from erectile dysfunction with no obvious cause. Also within a week of taking this stuff I experienced a dramatic shift in my desire and performance!I suspect some degree of gut dysbiosis was causing dysfunction of my HPA axis (my Dr said this isn’t a known phenomenon in medicine, but stranger things have happened).I take at least three capsules in the morning before breakfast, after 16 hours of fasting with a solid serving a psyllium husk. After I finish my second bottle I’ll stop taking them to see how long the effects last. Hopefully this bacteria stick around as permanent residents of my gut.