by John Brisson | Mar 10, 2021 | Digestive Health, Probiotics, Supplement Recommendations
I recommend few probiotic supplements for people to use to help fix their gut, and Smidge is one that I recommend. For example, I am one of the few dissenting opinions regarding recommending HSO “probiotic” supplements. I do not recommend HSO “probiotic”...
by John Brisson | May 30, 2019 | Awareness and Advocacy, Digestive Health, Prebiotics, Probiotics, Supplement Recommendations
I frequently discover new probiotic supplements that have a lot of slick marketing and hype associated with them. Often probiotic supplements that require a lot of marketing tend to be ones that I do not recommend. However, lately, I have been receiving many inquiries...
by John Brisson | Apr 24, 2019 | Digestive Health, Probiotics, Vitamin C
I have read pseudoscience, incorrect advice from social media posts, and speculation lately that synthetic L-ascorbic acid, not natural sourced vitamin C harms your probiotic microbiome. Where did all this speculation orginate? My research has concluded that it...
by John Brisson | May 1, 2018 | Digestive Health, Probiotics, Supplement Recommendations
Probiotics should not be taken every day for digestive illnesses or overall health. If you need to supplement with probiotics on a daily basis to help with your digestive woes, then you have an underlying issue that probiotics are masking. Probiotics can also become...
by John Brisson | Mar 24, 2018 | Digestive Health, Probiotics
The kombucha craze has hit the mainstream and beyond. Every grocery store I shop has a kombucha section in the produce aisle, with many different brands. I walked into my local Vitamin Shoppe the other day and saw that they had added an organic kombucha tap. The store...
by Jason Hooper | Dec 15, 2017 | Diet, Digestive Health, News and Studies, Probiotics
The University of Ohio hosts a research team led by Dr. Lisa Christian with the purpose of investigating stress and health in pregnancy. Recently, the team studied 77 toddlers ranging from 18 – 27 months old.[1] The parents filled out a temperament survey, and stool...
