Health Product Reviews

(Check out the Top Probiotics of 2017 here!) Probiotic Pearls Overall Rating:         2.5/5 Probiotic Pearls Max Potency probiotics are an accessible, affordable alternative to higher rated probiotics that may be more expensive or harder to find. What to expect from the strains Lactobacillus and bifidobacterium are both excellent strains for regulating bowel movements, and can … Read more

Bio-K Overall Rating:          2.8/5  Bio-K Plus Probiotic Supplement Capsules are the capsule form of Bio-K’s probiotic blend, which is more typically packaged in yogurts, kefirs, or other food-like supplements. They include three strains of lactobacillus in enteric-coated capsules, and have whopping 50 billion CFU in each. What to expect from the … Read more

(Check out the Top Probiotics of 2017 here!) Garden of Life Overall Rating:          3.5/5 RAW Probiotics for Women are an excellent example of the typical probiotic supplement that can be found among Garden of Life’s products. With a higher-than-average CFU count and an “Arrive Alive” guarantee, they look like they could be a good supplement. … Read more

(Check out the Top Probiotics of 2023 here!) Nucific Bio-X4 Overall Rating:          2.8/5 Nucific Bio-X4 is primarily marketed as a weight loss product. As a general rule, our researchers prefer probiotics that are pure, and not mixed with other ingredients or supplements. However, we were willing to look at the probiotic blend simply based on … Read more

(Check out the Top Probiotics of 2017 here!) Klaire Labs Vital 10 Overall Rating:         3.5/5 Klaire Labs Vital 10 brings an impressively wide spectrum of probiotics to the table by including several strains of lactobacillus, bifidobacterium, and one streptococcus strain. They have “more than 5 billion CFU,” so it would be easy to take two … Read more

(Check out the Top Probiotics of 2017 here!) Schiff Digestive Advantage Overall Rating:          2.5/5 Schiff Digestive Advantage Daily Probiotic is a simple capsule of 2 billion cells of live Bacillus coagluans designed to target lower bowel dysfunction. It claims better survivability than yogurt and non-specified “leading probiotics.” What to expect from the strains These bacillus … Read more

(Check out the Top Probiotics of 2021 here!) Spring Valley Overall Rating:          3.0/5 While not the most thorough or potent probiotic supplement on the market, we had to give Spring Valley an acceptable rating for their best-of-the-basics supplement. Including several strains of lactobacillus and bifidobacterium, the minimum strains needed to see … Read more

Doctor’s Best Overall Rating:          2.8/5 Doctor’s Best Best Probiotic offers an affordable, simplified alternative to the higher-rated brands reviewed. Including 3 strains of lactobacillus and 3 substrains of bifidobacterium, they provide basic probiotic needs for the typical human intestine. What to expect from the strains Best Probiotic contains bifidobacterium and lactobacillus, both of which are … Read more

(Check out the Top Probiotics of 2017 here!) Puritan’s Pride Overall Rating:          3.2/5 This probiotic supplement by Puritan’s Pride covers a fair amount of ground and manages to keep its price low enough to be easily affordable for those who don’t want to spend too much on digestive health. It’s especially suited for small immune … Read more

(Check out the Top Probiotics of 2017 here!) Member’s Mark Overall Rating:          3.0/5 Member’s Mark Probiotic plus Prebiotic comes in convenient packets that are designed to dissolve in the mouth directly. The strains included in this probiotic supplement — Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG and Bifidobacterium longum BB536 — are two of the rare strains that may … Read more