Bowtrol Probiotic Review — My 12 Week Trial + Freebies inside!

December 20th, 2008

Here are the results from my 12 week trial of Bowtrol Pro­bi­otic so you can make the safest, most edu­cated deci­sion for yourself.

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My 12 Week Bowtrol Pro­bi­otic Trial Results

  • Reg­u­lar­ity: Daily (Never before in my life!)
  • Weight: 144 lbs (Lost 10 pounds!)
  • Energy Lev­els: Ener­getic (Pre­vi­ously “Slug­gish”)
  • Sick Days Last Month: 0 (Down from ~2.5 monthly)

Need­less to say, as skep­ti­cal as I was orig­i­nally, I really love Bowtrol Pro­bi­otic and I fore­see myself using it for a long time. In fact, I hon­estly believe that Bowtrol Pro­bi­otic is so effec­tive that its going to become a lead­ing, long-term diges­tive health solu­tion, much like Proac­tive Skin Care for skin health. Actu­ally, now that my 3 month sup­ply is up, I just re-ordered 4 more bot­tles and I got 2 bot­tles free with this spe­cial pro­mo­tion!

If you’re still a bit skep­ti­cal about whether or not Bowtrol Pro­bi­otic is right for you, read on for an in depth look into my expe­ri­ence with it over the past 12 weeks.

My Life­long Strug­gle with Con­sti­pa­tion (Before Bowtrol)

If you’ve been fol­low­ing my blog, you know that my dad, William McKey, trag­i­cally died of colon can­cer in March 2008. Grow­ing up, diges­tive prob­lems were always com­mon in my large Irish fam­ily, but I never thought any­thing of them besides the occa­sional embar­rass­ing sit­u­a­tion until they took my dad. I remem­ber look­ing at my 3 chil­dren upset, con­fused, say­ing good­bye to grampa for the last time and, through my tears, I made a promise to god and myself that I would be around for my kids for a very, very long time. Moreso, like my father, I’ve suf­fered from chronic con­sti­pa­tion for as long as I can remem­ber and I didn’t want to live in pain and dis­com­fort like my father had for years, so I took it upon myself to get edu­cated about diges­tive health.

Over the fol­low­ing year, I tried every­thing. I began read­ing lots of books, talk­ing to “healthy peo­ple,” vis­it­ing health food stores, etc. I tried all kinds of sup­ple­ments, hocus-pocus snake-oil scams, etc., but noth­ing worked.

I was still con­sti­pated, only able to go to the bath­room 2–4 times a week.

I finally decided to take visit a proper nutri­tion­ist (not cheap!) who rec­om­mended I start eat­ing more foods with pro­bi­otics, such as yogurt and kefir. In ret­ro­spect, I don’t think those foods actu­ally helped my reg­u­lar­ity at all, but I thought they were yummy, which was enough to ignite my inter­est in pro­bi­otic sup­ple­ments. I went to my local, fantsy-pants health food store and asked them what was the best pro­bi­otic sup­ple­ment they had.

I was pleas­antly sur­prised that I no longer got severely con­sti­pated (4 days), but I wasn’t quite reg­u­lar either, so I went search­ing for the best pro­bi­otics. Even­tu­ally, I ran into an old friend who I hadn’t seen in years (Hi Janet!), and I told her about what had hap­pened to my father. To my shock, since I’d last seen her, Janet has sur­vived colon can­cer her­self! As she was telling me her story, she men­tioned a prod­uct that she still takes now that her can­cer treat­ment is over, Bowtrol Pro­bi­otic. She gave it a rav­ing rec­om­men­da­tion and showed me where I could buy it online at a dis­count.

As great as it sounded, I felt ner­vous about buy­ing Bowtrol online, but after check­ing out the web­page and doing some more research, I felt very con­fi­dent about try­ing out Bowtrol Pro­bi­otic. Here’s why–

Why I Chose Bowtrol Probiotic

The prospect of buy­ing sup­ple­ments online made me uncom­fort­able. Prior to Janet’s rec­om­men­da­tion of Bowtrol Pro­bi­otic, I’d sim­ply never done it. Regard­less, Janet’s rec­om­men­da­tion was strong enough for me to go do some extra research. Here’s what I found–

  • Rep­utable Company

The first thing I dis­cov­ered is that Bowtrol Pro­bi­otic is made by the same rep­utable com­pany as the extremely pop­u­lar ad rep­utable Bowtrol Colon Cleanse (here’s a free trial if you’re inter­ested). So I real­ized this wasn’t just some no name company.

Now here’s some­thing you don’t see at the the fancy health food stores! This was the deal breaker for me. How could I go wrong if, worst case sce­nario, I’d get all my money back? And if that wasn’t enough–

  • Great Cus­tomer Service!

One of the things I absolutely hate about order­ing online is that there’s nobody to talk to if some­thing goes wrong. I actu­ally was hav­ing trou­ble with my credit card and I sent them an email and heard back almost immediately.

  • MUCH Cheaper than Store Bought Supplements

It’s no secret to any­body that health food stores are expen­sive. They pri­mar­ily tar­get wealthy fam­i­lies, and frankly, I usu­ally can’t afford their prod­ucts. I was happy to find that I could buy Bowtrol Pro­bi­otic for 30%-40% less than store bought Pro­bi­otic Sup­ple­ment prices.

Changes I Observed Over the 12 Week Bowtrol Pro­bi­otic Trial

Bowtrol Pro­bi­otic is pri­mar­ily sup­posed to diges­tive reg­u­lar­ity, but to my huge sur­prise, I found that this was only a frac­tion of the benefits.

  • Diges­tive Regularity

This is REALLY excit­ing for me! My entire life, I have suf­fered from painful, humil­i­at­ing con­sti­pa­tion. At the begin­ning of my 12 week trial, I had a bowel move­ment every 2–4 days. For the first time in my life, I have daily reg­u­lar­ity. Both my par­ents suf­fered from con­sti­pa­tion their entire lives, and unfor­tu­nately that resulted in colon can­cer, which took my dad’s life. I’ve got­ten my mom (59 years old) on Bowtrol Pro­bi­otic and she LOVES it (scroll down to read her opin­ion below)

For­tu­nately, unlike my pre­vi­ous pro­bi­otic sup­ple­ments, Bowtrol doesn’t cause gas, which has really been help­ing my social life ;)

  • I lost 10 pounds!

This I’m pretty shocked about. Nowhere on any of the pro­mo­tional mate­r­ial for Bowtrol Pro­bi­otic does it promise weight loss, but it hap­pened! My diet has remained pretty con­sis­tent. I do my best to cook healthy for the kids, but we have the occa­sional rice-crispies treats night :) . I haven’t begun any kind of exer­cise pro­gram, just my reg­u­lar peri­odic walks, so I really think it is the Bowtrol Pro­bi­otic. I’m still kind of in dis­be­lief! 10 pounds!

My ex asked me if I was on some crazy diet when he came to pick up the kids last week­end. I just kept my mouth shut with a smug look on my face :)

  • Dra­mat­i­cally Higher Energy Levels

I dis­cov­ered is that being con­sti­pated is exhaust­ing! First of all, I was lit­er­ally car­ry­ing around sev­eral pounds of extra weight at any point in time. Fur­ther­more, it turns out that the body exerts a lot of energy con­tain­ing all of that waste, so by purg­ing it reg­u­larly, it frees up the body to use that energy for other more pleas­ant activites.

On top of that, the pro­bi­otic bac­te­ria actu­ally help me digest food my food more fully and bet­ter uti­lize the nutri­ents in it, so I’m stor­ing less of that food as fat and using more of it for energy!

  • Bet­ter moods

With my increased energy lev­els, I’ve found my moods to be dra­mat­i­cally bet­ter. It’s so much eas­ier to wake up in the morn­ings and daily chores and respon­si­bil­i­ties are so much less of a burden.

  • Bet­ter immunity

Good pro­bi­otic sup­ple­ments help the body remove tox­ins that we ingest in food and gen­er­ally help the body rebal­ance its immune func­tions. This lit­tle “side-benefit” has prob­a­bly saved me at least 2 days of being sick every month. It’s Fall now so it gets really cold in those soc­cer bleach­ers, so I’m really enjoy­ing stay­ing healthy while the other par­ents are cough­ing and sniffling.

  • Bet­ter Fem­i­nine Health

Sorry if this is blunt or unpleas­ant for the boys, but tough luck. There is a lot of “healthy bac­te­ria” in the vagi­nal area that keep our lady parts healthy and bal­anced. For var­i­ous rea­sons includ­ing med­ica­tions, con­tra­cep­tives, ill­ness, etc., this bal­ance can get dis­rupted and that’s when fun things like yeast infec­tions hap­pen. Bowtrol Pro­bi­otic sup­ple­ment actu­ally aids in main­tain­ing appro­pri­ate lev­els of healthy bac­te­ria down there so that yeast infec­tions and sim­i­lar prob­lems are a thing of the past. Inter­est­ingly, I’ve found that my peri­ods have also got­ten slightly less dread­ful. Cer­tainly not a bad side benefit!

The worst thing about Bowtrol Probiotic!

I had to go shop­ping! Hello size 6!

Ok, so I didn’t have to go shop­ping, but I decided to cel­e­brate by splurg­ing and pick­ing up this sexy lit­tle number:

Decided to treat myself with this sexy little number in celebration of losing 10 pounds with Bowtrol Probiotic!

Decided to treat myself with this sexy lit­tle num­ber in cel­e­bra­tion of los­ing 10 pounds with Bowtrol Probiotic!

My Mom’s (59 Years Old) Bowtrol Pro­bi­otic Review

Hi Suzy,

First of all, I wanted to say thank you for look­ing out for me after you dad passed away. Since we both had sim­i­lar diges­tive prob­lems when he was alive, it is a bit dis­con­cert­ing to think that I may go the same way. How­ever, over the past 4 weeks that I’ve been using Bowtrol Pro­bi­otic, I’ve been remark­ably impressed with the impact its had on my reg­u­lar­ity. Hon­estly, when you first told me that you were finally going to bath­room daily, I almost didn’t believe it. I thought of all those nights you cried after school because your were in dis­com­fort, or were embar­rassed because you had to stay home while your friends when out, and how it all broke my heart because there was really noth­ing I could do to help. We tried all of tra­di­tional approaches that my mom  passed to me, such as prunes, and spinach and all kind of strange Irish con­coc­tions, but in the long run noth­ing seemed to work.

For every­one that reads this, I would like to tell you one thing, I’ve suf­fered from 59 years of con­sti­pa­tion and diges­tive trou­bles, and in 59 years, absolutely noth­ing has helped me the way that Bowtrol Pro­bi­otic has. Every­day I wake up feel­ing lighter and more reju­ve­nated than I have in years. The dif­fer­ence is truly dra­matic, but gen­tle. I was wor­ried that Bowtrol Pro­bi­otic, like many lax­a­tives, may make me sen­si­tive to cer­tain foods and cause fre­quent diar­rhea, but the effects of Bowtrol are far more gen­tle on the body.

My only wish is that I would have found this 10 years ear­lier, and maybe your dad would still be with us today.

Just as I’ve told my other 4 chil­dren now, any­body that has a his­tory of diges­tive trou­bles, it is with utmost sin­cer­ity that I rec­om­mend you try Bowtrol Pro­bi­otic. If you are young, don’t wait until you are my age, and if you’re a fel­low senior like myself, its not too late. Its very afford­able with a 100% money back guar­an­tee, so I can afford it, even on a wid­ows income.

Suzy, thank you again sweet­heart, I can’t tell you how much this means to me. I love you very much and keep you in my prayers every night. I’m so proud of you for tak­ing the lead and doing some­thing that is going to help all of our fam­ily and so many of your readers.

Warmest hugs and Kisses,

Your mom — Lil­lian McKey 10/19/08

Bowtrol Pro­bi­otic for IBS (Irri­ta­ble Bow­els Syndrome)

My cousin, Justin, has IBS and he promised me a review of Bowtrol Pro­bi­otic from his per­spec­tive, but he’s being a bit of a butthead stalling on writ­ing it (yeah Justin! I’m talk­ing to you! :P ).

In short, I know that it’s helped him a lot. He specif­i­cally men­tioned that he was less para­noid about the food served at com­pany out­ings, client meet­ings, etc.

If you want Justin to hurry up with his review, leave a com­ment below and I’ll make sure to show it to him!

So are you just going to read about Bowtrol Pro­bi­otic, or are you ready stop suf­fer­ing today?

At this point, I’ve told you how Bowtrol Pro­bi­otic has helped me over­come my life­long bat­tle with con­sti­pa­tion, and I’ve even tried to offer you some opin­ions besides my own (Mom, Justin and Janet). All of us are thrilled with out deci­sion to take Bowtrol Pro­bi­otic, now its on you to decide whether you want to con­tinue suf­fer­ing from diges­tive pain and dis­com­fort, or if  you’re ready to take charge of you’re diges­tive health with Bowtrol Pro­bi­otic. With a 100% money back guar­anty, you have noth­ing to lose, and a whole lot to gain.

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The *Truth* About Probiotics and Constipation

March 23rd, 2009
Constipation. Not fun. Probiotic Supplements Can Help.

Con­sti­pa­tion. Not fun. Pro­bi­otic Sup­ple­ments Can Help.

Pho­to­graph by 1Happysnapper @Flickr

Any­one that has ever suf­fered with con­sti­pa­tion knows the bloat­ing and pain that goes hand in hand with it. Although for most of us, it is only an occa­sional prob­lem and the body takes care of it nat­u­rally. For me though, con­sti­pa­tion is a chronic prob­lem. Those peo­ple suf­fer with that pain and bloat­ing on a reg­u­lar basis and for many, noth­ing seems to work. For suf­fer­ers of chronic con­sti­pa­tion, pro­bi­otic sup­ple­ments may be the answer.

How do pro­bi­otics work?

Sim­ply put, pro­bi­otics are micro-organisms that help to bal­ance the good and bad bac­te­ria in the intestines and have been shown to have wide rang­ing health ben­e­fits — from con­sti­pa­tion to over­all well­ness. Pro­bi­otic sup­ple­ments can strengthen the immune sys­tem in the human body, reduc­ing the num­ber of times you get a cold or the flu sig­nif­i­cantly. When you do hap­pen to fall ill, when tak­ing pro­bi­otics sup­ple­ments, your symp­toms will be less severe and you’ll get bet­ter faster.

Pro­bi­otics sup­ple­ments work by using cer­tain strains of pro­bi­otic micro-organisms to sup­port dif­fer­ent areas of health in the body. One of the best pro­bi­otic sup­ple­ment ben­e­fits is with­out a doubt its use in the treat­ment of intesti­nal issues. For that rea­son, these sup­ple­ments are invalu­able to any­one who suf­fers from chronic con­sti­pa­tion.

Is there any sci­en­tific evi­dence to back up the claim pro­bi­otics work?

Although pro­bi­otic sup­ple­ments should not be used by those with com­pro­mised immune sys­tems or by any­one with a ter­mi­nal ill­ness, there have been no side effects found in the use of pro­bi­otic sup­ple­ments. For that rea­son, and with sci­en­tif­i­cally proven results, pro­bi­otic sup­ple­ments are a great option for some­one who feels they have run out of options.

With so few truly effec­tive treat­ments for chronic con­sti­pa­tion that does not involve harsh chem­i­cals that can often times be hard on the stom­ach, pro­bi­otics are an effec­tive alter­na­tive treat­ment. For the per­son that has tried every­thing with no results, or some­times adverse effects, pro­bi­otic sup­ple­ments may seem like another in a long line in so called mir­a­cle cures.

Numer­ous stud­ies have shown that pro­bi­otics can be extremely ben­e­fi­cial to the human body — and most of those stud­ies specif­i­cally refer to the intestines. Researchers have found the help­ful bac­te­ria in pro­bi­otic sup­ple­ments can greatly improve diges­tion and pre­vent intesti­nal ill­ness. They’ve also been shown to help pre­vent pan­cre­atic can­cer.

Con­sid­er­ing the lack of side effects and sci­ence to sug­gest pro­bi­otics could be the solu­tion you’re look­ing for, they’re at least worth giv­ing a try. Pro­bi­otic sup­ple­ments are even safe enough and gen­tle enough to pro­vide relief for childen suf­fer­ing from con­sti­pa­tion. Give them a try.

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How to Choose a Good Probiotic Supplement

February 10th, 2009

So many probiotic supplement choices, but which probiotics supplement is right for you?

So many pro­bi­otic sup­ple­ment choices, but which pro­bi­otics sup­ple­ment is right for you?

pho­to­graph by Super­Fan­tas­tic @Flickr

The health ben­e­fits of tak­ing pro­bi­otic sup­ple­ments are well known and far reach­ing. From help­ing to pre­vent can­cer to help­ing to boost your immune sys­tem so your body can fight ill­ness and infec­tion bet­ter, pro­bi­otics have ben­e­fits for every­one. With so many sup­ple­ments on the mar­ket, though, it’s hard to find the best pro­bi­otic sup­ple­ment for you.

Where you buy your sup­ple­ment is important

Avoid any brand or sup­ple­ment sold exclu­sively through drug­stores or super­mar­kets. The best pro­bi­otic sup­ple­ments are sold through health food stores or rep­utable online stores. These types of retail­ers are focused on healthy prod­ucts and know what they’re talk­ing about.

Super­mar­kets and drug­stores are con­cerned about mak­ing money and pro­bi­otic sup­ple­ments are a pop­u­lar way to do that right now.

The brand you buy is important

Find a brand that spe­cial­izes in sup­ple­ments — health sup­ple­ments. Weed out any major, over-priced brands that don’t seem to have a par­tic­u­lar area of exper­tise. If the brand you are look­ing at has a line of energy sup­ple­ments, weight loss sup­ple­ments and weight gain sup­ple­ments they are likely just focused on cash­ing in rather than mak­ing prod­ucts that actu­ally work.

My brand of choice is Bowtrol Pro­bi­otic. Use the link below to save 50% off the amazon.com price!

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Check the ingre­di­ent list

The longer the list of pro­bi­otic micro-organism bac­te­ria adver­tised on the label or listed in the ingre­di­ents, the less likely any of those ingre­di­ents is to work. By focus­ing solely on being able to boast about how many strains of pro­bi­otic organ­ism the prod­uct con­tains, there is less focus on mak­ing sure those organ­isms work well together and com­pli­ment each other.

Single-species sup­ple­ments, duel-species sup­ple­ments and multi-species supplements

This choice will be entirely up to you and your per­sonal needs. The single-species is a great sup­ple­ment if you have a spe­cific ail­ment you need to tackle. The duel-species sup­ple­ment is use­ful if you have a few health issues and need a more wide range sup­ple­ment but aren’t quite sure you need some­thing as broad as our third option, the multi-species sup­ple­ment. The multi-species sup­ple­ment is an excel­lent choice for any­one look­ing to improve over all health, but may not be as effec­tive for tar­get­ing one sin­gle health issue.

Choos­ing Your Best Pro­bi­otic Supplement

Tak­ing into account every­thing said above, you may still be a lit­tle con­fused as to which is the best choice for you. Of all of the pro­bi­otic sup­ple­ments that I’ve tried (and I’ve tried a lot!) Bowtrol, has been the best so far, hands down.

I did a 12 week trial doc­u­ment­ing my progress with Bowtrol. You can read about my amaz­ing results here.

In the end, choos­ing to add pro­bi­otic sup­ple­ments to your diet will prove to be a very smart deci­sion – and tak­ing the time to find the best pro­bi­otic sup­ple­ment for you will be an even bet­ter one!

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Raging Debate: Probiotic Supplements VS Probiotic Foods

January 26th, 2009
This beautiful yogurt parfait is made with Probiotic Yogurt. How do these food-born probiotic strains compare against specialized probiotic supplements? supplements?

This beau­ti­ful yogurt par­fait is made with Pro­bi­otic Yogurt. How do these food-born pro­bi­otic strains com­pare against spe­cial­ized pro­bi­otic sup­ple­ments? supplements?

Pho­to­graph by dags1974 @Flickr

While many think about pro­bi­otic food and think yogurt, there is a wide array of food for­ti­fied with pro­bi­otic bac­te­ria avail­able — and more com­ing all the time. Most of this food tastes just as good as food with­out pro­bi­otics so many will choose this option, but to truly max­i­mize the ben­e­fits of your new health plan, it’s impor­tant to know all the facts.

Why choose pro­bi­otic enriched foods?

Quite sim­ply, eat­ing a tasty serv­ing of yogurt is a great way to get a good dose of pro­bi­otics and is a good addi­tion to your pro­bi­otic sup­ple­men­ta­tion. Pro­bi­otic food is cat­e­go­rized as any­thing that con­tains live pro­bi­otic bac­te­ria, which offers a wide vari­ety of health benefits.

Pro­bi­otic food began with milk enriched with aci­dophilus. You can still get this par­tic­u­lar vari­ety of pro­bi­otic enriched food, but now you are also able to get pop­u­lar pro­bi­otic for­ti­fied yogurt as well as many types of cheeses, soups like miso soup, sauer­kraut and even pick­les. These are a great option for some­one that is look­ing to add pro­bi­otic food to their diet and doesn’t want to just stick to dairy products.

Pro­bi­otic foods are a great way to reap the ben­e­fits of pro­bi­otics with­out hav­ing to remem­ber to take pills. That said, pro­bi­otic foods may not be for every­one, so let’s explore pro­bi­otic supplements.

Why choose pro­bi­otic supplements?

For a finicky eater, pro­bi­otic foods may not offer the range and selec­tion they usu­ally pre­fer with their meal options. For these peo­ple, a pro­bi­otic sup­ple­ment in pill, cap­sule, liq­uid extract or pow­der form may be a bet­ter option. There are a wide vari­ety of options avail­able for pro­bi­otics sup­ple­ments.

For some­one just look­ing for bet­ter health over­all, a multi-species pro­bi­otics sup­ple­ment would be the way to go. These sup­ple­ments con­tain dif­fer­ent strains of pro­bi­otic bac­te­ria for wide spec­trum ben­e­fits. If there are two spe­cific ben­e­fits you are look­ing for, you may want to look at duel-species sup­ple­ments. If there is really only one issue you want to tackle, you would want to choose a single-species supplement.

Which is right for you?

Whether you choose pro­bi­otic enriched food or pro­bi­otic sup­ple­ments in pill or pow­der form will be up to you. You need to con­sider which option is best for you. Regard­less of which you choose, the impor­tant thing to remem­ber is that you have made a valu­able choice for your health and it’s impor­tant to keep mak­ing that choice. With the vast num­ber of options avail­able to you, it has never been eas­ier to reap the ben­e­fits of this impor­tant bacterium.

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    Bowtrol Probiotic 12 Week Trial: Week 8

    November 24th, 2008
    I'm doing a 12 week trial. Click the bottle for awesome Bowtrol Probiotic deals!

    Join me on my 12 week trial. Click the bot­tle for Bowtrol Pro­bi­otic deals!

    8 weeks into my 12 week trial and I’m con­tin­u­ally more and more happy with the changes Bowtrol Pro­bi­otic has made in my life! In addi­tion to becom­ing more reg­u­lar, I feel bet­ter than ever. Check out my progress below!

    Bowtrol Pro­bi­otic Trial : Week 8 Stats

    • Weight: 147 lbs (lost 8 lbs!)
    • Reg­u­lar­ity: Ever­day!!! (No more con­sti­pa­tion!)
    • Energy Lev­els: Medium/High (Sub­stan­tial increase)
    • Sick Days Last Month: 0 (Wow! First time all year)

    Bowtrol Pro­bi­otic:
    Great or Best Thing Ever?

    After 8 weeks, let me just say I LOVE THIS STUFF!

    If I was read­ing this progress report prior to try­ing Bowtrol Pro­bi­otic myself, I would think it was writ­ten by the company’s mar­ket­ing depart­ment. It just sounds too good. But this is real.

    I’ve suf­fered from humil­i­at­ing con­sti­pa­tion my entire life and this is the first time I have every expe­ri­enced daily reg­u­lar­ity. Besides a lot less diges­tive dis­com­fort, I’m really amazed at how much this has changed my life. I’ve learned that when I was con­sti­pated, I was lit­er­ally car­ry­ing sev­eral extra pounds of weight on me at all times, which was a sub­stan­tial energy drain. Also, when my bow­els were occu­pied, my body had to exert a lot of energy on main­tain­ing their con­tents. Now that I’m 100% reg­u­lar I real­ized that con­sti­pa­tion is exhaust­ing.

    As if that weren’t enough, my moods are now much bet­ter! I’m the kind of per­son that gets cranky when I’m tired, so with all of this new energy, I feel great every day! Every­day chores and tasks are less of a bur­den and I’m able to spend more time root­ing on my boys at their soc­cer games and play­ing dress up with my 5 year old, Emily.

    Speak­ing of soc­cer games, if you fol­low my blog, you know that I tend to get sick at my kids games, espe­cially once fall comes around, but I haven’t got­ten sick a sin­gle time this month. I guess pro­bi­otic sup­ple­ments really do strengthen the immune system!

    I have 1 bot­tle of Bowtrol Pro­bi­otic left, but I just received an exclu­sive return­ing cus­tomer email and they are giv­ing away FREE bot­tles of Bowtrol Pro­bi­otic with new orders! It runs out in a few days, so I just placed my order because I know I’d for­get later and miss out on the spe­cial. No use pay­ing for some­thing later that I can get for free now!

    Week 8 Sat­is­fac­tion Level: I Love It

    I’ve already got­ten my mother and a cou­ple of my cousins on Bowtrol Pro­bi­otic. I hon­estly believe this prod­uct  is a no brainer for any adult with diges­tive issues. If you haven’t got­ten yours yet, I strongly encour­age you to get in on the free Bowtrol Pri­o­bitic deal! You won’t find a bet­ter one any­where else and it comes with the same 100% money back guar­an­tee and great cus­tomer ser­vice as usual.

    See you all in 4 weeks for the final results from my 12 Week Bowtrol Pro­bi­otic Trial! Besides my own results, I’m going to try to get some more opin­ions from the other McKey’s and read­ers who have decided to begin tak­ing Bowtrol Pro­bi­otic as well. Hope you’re one of them!

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      Top Five Reasons YOU Should Be Taking Probiotic Supplements

      November 20th, 2008

      Probiotics. A Gift from the Healing Hand.

      Pro­bi­otics. A Gift from the Heal­ing Hand.

      Pho­to­graph by pareeer­ica @Flickr

      Although there are many incred­i­ble ben­e­fits to tak­ing pro­bi­otic sup­ple­ments, you may not know the impor­tant improve­ments pro­bi­otics can make in your life. Below, you’ll find the top five rea­sons every­one should add pro­bi­otic sup­ple­ments to their diet.

      1) Pro­bi­otics are Healthy and Safe for Adults and Children

      Pro­bi­otic sup­ple­ments have been care­fully researched and have been found to have no known side effects. Although they may not be safe for those with ter­mi­nal dis­eases or com­pro­mised immune sys­tems, healthy adults and chil­dren can ben­e­fit greatly from these sup­ple­ments. Even the World Health Orga­ni­za­tion has rec­og­nized the help­ful prop­er­ties pro­bi­otics offer the human body.

      2) Pro­bi­otics Boost your Vit­a­mins and Minerals

      Pro­bi­otics have been shown to improve the bioavail­abil­ity of many essen­tial vit­a­mins and min­er­als such as cal­cium, cop­per, iron, mag­ne­sium, phos­pho­rus and zinc to name only a few. This basi­cally means pro­bi­otics sup­ple­ments can heighten the lev­els of these vit­a­mins and min­er­als in your body.

      If you are on a diet, or gen­er­ally “eat healthy” this should be a no brainer to take pro­bi­otics, because what’s the point of eat­ing all that healthy food if your body doesn’t get the most out of it?

      3) Pro­bi­otics Help your Intestines

      If you have prob­lems with con­sti­pa­tion, diar­reah, gas, bloat­ing or other ill­nesses related to intesti­nal func­tion, pro­bi­otics are a must-have for your diet. Pro­bi­otics are basi­cally help­ful bac­te­ria. Ingest­ing pro­bi­otic sup­ple­ments or food enriched with pro­bi­otics helps to bal­ance the good and bad bac­te­ria in your intestines and improves how your intestines funcion.

      4) Pro­bi­otics Pre­vent Colon Cancer

      Because an imbal­ance in the bac­te­ria in the intestines is one of the fac­tors that may cause colon can­cer, pro­bi­otics can in fact help pre­vent colon can­cer. Pro­bi­otics give you the best pos­si­ble level of help­ful bac­te­ria in your intestines which works to neu­tral­ize the harm­ful bac­te­ria. Pro­bi­otics also work to reduce microflora which is believed to con­tribute to colon and col­orec­tal cancer.

      5) Pro­bi­otics Give your immune sys­tem a boost

      Pro­bi­otics have been shown to reg­u­late lym­pho­cytes and anti­bod­ies in the body, which boost your immune sys­tem. This means is you will get sick less often and when you do get sick, say with a cold or the flu, you will recover faster and your symp­toms will be less severe. A height­ened immune sys­tem will also help your body fight infec­tion more efficiently.

      Why Aren’t You Tak­ing Pro­bi­otic Supplements?

      Pro­bi­otics are safe, nat­ural and incred­i­bly ben­e­fi­cial. Beyond the five ben­e­fits listed above, pro­bi­otics have been shown to help lac­tose intol­er­ant peo­ple enjoy their favourite dairy prod­ucts, reduce inflam­ma­tion in arthri­tis patients and help ease symp­toms of irri­ta­ble bowel syndrome.

      As I con­sider the ben­e­fits of pro­bi­otic sup­ple­ments that could have saved my dad’s life from colon caner, it’s clear to me that every­one should add a pro­bi­otic sup­ple­ment to their diet.

      I take pro­bi­otics.
      My kids take pro­bi­otics.
      You should be tak­ing pro­bi­otics too

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      Bowtrol Probiotic 12 Week Trial: Week 4

      October 27th, 2008
      I'm doing a 12 week trial. Click the bottle for awesome Bowtrol Probiotic deals!

      Join me on my 12 week trial. Click the bot­tle for Bowtrol Pro­bi­otic deals!

      4 weeks have gone by since I began my Bowtrol Pro­bi­otic 12 week trial and I’ve got to say, I’m pretty impressed with the results!

      Bowtrol Pro­bi­otic Trial : Week 4 Stats

      • Weight: 150 lbs (lost 4 lbs!)
      • Reg­u­lar­ity: 1–2 Days (2x as often!)
      • Energy Lev­els: Medium+ (notice­able increase)
      • Sick Days Last Month: .5 (Slept it right off.)

      Over­all Impres­sion After 4 Weeks

      Let me just say this, any skep­ti­cism that I pre­vi­ously had has gone straight out the win­dow. After I placed my Bowtrol Pro­bi­otic order, the 3 bot­tles arrived neatly pack­aged in 3 days. I even had a ques­tion and I was pleased to find that they had a real cus­tomer ser­vice team that was very help­ful.

      Effec­tive­ness of Bowtrol Probiotic

      I’m thrilled to say that in the past 4 weeks, I’ve lost 4 pounds with­out chang­ing my diet at all and doing a lit­tle bit of walk­ing! In addi­tion, I find it sub­stan­tially eas­ier to wake up in the morn­ings and I don’t get tired nearly as quickly. Best of all, as a chronic con­sti­pa­tion suf­ferer over my entire life, I’ve achieved almost daily reg­u­lar­ity!

      Plus, with all the “healthy” bac­te­ria in my sys­tem, I feel like I’m actu­ally get­ting sick less! Usu­ally, I get some kind of bug every month that lasts a few days. Both my sons  play soc­cer and after root­ing from the cold bleach­ers for a few hours, I often find myself cough­ing and sneez­ing for the next few days. This month, I felt that way after one of the soc­cer games, but I just came home and slept it off and I felt great the next morn­ing! I’m not sure if this is a coin­ci­dence or not, but I will keep an eye on it and report back because get­ting sick is a real pain when you have 3 kids and a job to worry about.

      Week 4 Sat­is­fac­tion Level: Strong Recommendation

      If you’re want to try a pro­bi­otic sup­ple­ment to achieve diges­tive reg­u­lar­ity, or any of the other health ben­e­fits I described above, I would strongly rec­om­mend you give Bowtrol Pro­bi­otic a shot. Before Bowtrol, I always stuck to the local health store sup­ple­ments, but the effec­tive­ness of Bowtrol Pro­bi­otic is incomparable.

      I’ve already been hear­ing great things from oth­ers that have decided to join me on my 12 week trial! If you haven’t yet, here’s a a $10 dis­count on a 3 month sup­ply. Plus, there is a 100% money back guar­an­tee and they have great cus­tomer ser­vice if you’re less than thrilled. Regard­less, you’ll never know until you try for yourself.

      Get yours and share you expe­ri­ence with us here!

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        How Probiotics Can Save Your Life (from Colon Cancer!)

        October 15th, 2008
        Probiotic Supplements may be the silver bullet against Colon Cancer.

        Pro­bi­otic Sup­ple­ments may be the sil­ver bul­let against Colon Cancer.

        Pho­to­graph by Super­Fan­tas­tic @Flickr

        What are pro­bi­otics and what do they do?

        Pro­bi­otics are liv­ing micro-organisms, or bac­te­ria, that have been shown to have tremen­dous health ben­e­fits when taken either in enriched foods or sup­ple­ments. Some of these ben­e­fits include help­ing diges­tive prob­lems, pro­vid­ing relief from intesti­nal dis­or­der, boost­ing the body’s immune sys­tem and have even been linked to the pos­si­ble pre­ven­tion of colon can­cer.

        Pro­bi­otics are most effec­tive because they help bal­ance the good and bad bac­te­ria nat­u­rally found in the intestines. This is how they are so help­ful for reliev­ing gas, bloat­ing, con­sti­pa­tion, diar­rhea and the pain and cramps asso­ci­ated with all of these afflic­tions. This is also the same rea­son they are believed to be an impor­tant pre­ven­ta­tive mea­sure for colon can­cer.

        What does sci­ence say about Pro­bi­otics & Colon Cancer?

        While, there is no evi­dence that tak­ing pro­bi­otic sup­ple­ments pre­vents the growth of can­cer cells directly,the ben­e­fits they cre­ate in the human body sug­gest that pro­bi­otic sup­ple­ments are ideal for colon can­cer pre­ven­tion.

        It has been shown that cer­tain pro­bi­otic bac­te­ria min­i­mize the appear­ance of the harm­ful bac­te­ria that occurs in the colon. Much of this harm­ful bac­te­ria has been linked to the growth of can­cer cells or muta­tion of healthy cells in the colon. Pro­bi­otics have been shown to inhibit the lev­els of this bac­te­ria in the colon and even neu­tral­ize it, which has obvi­ous ben­e­fits for pre­vent­ing colon can­cer.

        Pro­bi­otics also pro­mote a health­ier diges­tive sys­tem, help­ing the body more effec­tively break down fat. There are many chem­i­cals and harm­ful bac­te­ria in this fat that have been shown to have a direct link to caus­ing can­cer. When the body is not prop­erly bal­anced, harm­ful chem­i­cals are released into the diges­tive sys­tem when it tries to break down these foods. Pro­bi­otic strains attack these chem­i­cals and neu­tral­ize them, help­ing to ward off their poten­tially can­cer caus­ing effects.

        Should You  Take Pro­bi­otics to Help Pre­vent Colon Cancer?

        Accord­ing to the Amer­i­can Can­cer Soci­ety, there are an esti­mated 112, 000 new cases of colon can­cer diag­nosed every year and some of the main known causes of colon can­cer are found in some­thing most of us con­sume every sin­gle day — cooked meat. For that rea­son, it’s vitally impor­tant to do every­thing you can to pre­vent colon can­cer. Pro­bi­otics are a great first step in the right direction.

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        Bowtrol Probiotic 12 Week Trial: Day 0

        September 29th, 2008
        I'm doing a 12 week trial. Click the bottle for awesome Bowtrol Probiotic deals!

        Join me on my 12 week trial. Click the bot­tle for Bowtrol Pro­bi­otic deals!

        To date, the only pro­bi­otic sup­ple­ments that I’ve pur­chased have been at local spe­cialty shops and health food stores. I’m just skep­ti­cal about pur­chas­ing a pro­bi­otic sup­ple­ment online with­out being able to speak to a knowl­edge­able sales clerk. How­ever, there is 1 name that I keep hear­ing over and over, Bowtrol Pro­bi­otic. Peo­ple have told me that Bowtrol is sub­stan­tially more effec­tive than the sup­ple­ments they’ve tried at local stores, and the com­pany has been around since 1996, so its not like one of the scammy online sup­ple­ment offers.

        Any­way, I just put in an order for a 3 month sup­ply ($10 dis­count!), so I will be keep­ing you all updated on my progress. If it really does help as much with reg­u­lar­ity, energy lev­els, and and gen­eral health as I’ve heard, I will def­i­nitely be rec­om­mend­ing it to the rest of my large, diges­tively trou­bled Irish family!

        Bowtrol Pro­bi­otic Trial: Day 0 Stats

        • Weight: 154 lbs
        • Reg­u­lar­ity: 2–4 Days
        • Energy Lev­els: Medium/Medium Low
        • Sick Days Last Month: 2.5 (caught a bug at my oldest’s soc­cer game)

        Join me!

        It’s always more fun to do these kinds of things with other peo­ple because you can share tips and lessons along the way. If you’d like to join me on my 12 week jour­ney and post up your own results, get your own Bowtrol Pro­bi­otic sup­ply today! Check out this page for some great Bowtrol deals.

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        Five Important Thing You Need to Know Before Taking Probiotics

        September 10th, 2008

        380896801 fde3fa1f70 Five Important Thing You Need to Know Before Taking ProbioticsIts 7 pm, and this is what you had for din­ner. Did you take your pro­bi­otics today?
        Pho­tog­ra­pher: Beth Rankin @Flickr

        Pro­bi­otic sup­ple­ments are a great option for some­one look­ing to improve over all health, boost their immune sys­tem, help ease the pain and bloat­ing asso­ci­ated with irri­ta­ble bowel syn­drome (IBS) or tar­get many other spe­cific health con­cerns. Regard­less,  there are five basic things you need to know about pro­bi­otics sup­ple­ments before you begin to take them.

        5: Pro­bi­otic Sup­ple­ments are Rec­om­mended by the World Health Orga­ni­za­tion (WHO) and the Food and Agri­cul­ture Orga­ni­za­tion (FAO)

        Ded­i­cated to ensur­ing the health of both devel­oped and devel­op­ing coun­tries, the WHO and FAO both not only ver­ify the nutri­tional value of pro­bi­otics, but also rec­om­mend them, agree­ing with the researchers who have found sig­nif­i­cant and diverse health ben­e­fits in probiotics

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        4: How Pro­bi­otics Work

        Before tak­ing any sort of dietary sup­ple­ment, it’s impor­tant to under­stand how they work. Pro­bi­otics work by inhibit­ing toxin pro­duc­ing bac­te­ria and other pathogens that cre­ate all sorts of trou­ble for the human body. They are effec­tive because they improve micro­bial bal­ance in the intestines which is why they are able to slow down toxins.

        3: Dif­fer­ent Pro­bi­otic Strains Mean Dif­fer­ent Results

        There are dif­fer­ent strains of pro­bi­otic cul­tures which all tar­get dif­fer­ent health issues. Before you choose, make sure you know which pro­bi­otic sup­ple­ments the issue you want to tackle. For over­all improved health, choose a multi-probiotics sup­ple­ment as these con­tain many dif­fer­ent strains and help with all areas of health which can be helped by these probiotics.

        2: You Have a Choice — Sup­ple­ments or Foods For­ti­fied with Probiotics

        It’s impor­tant to know pro­bi­otic sup­ple­ments are not the only way to go. You can choose to go with dairy prod­ucts that are for­ti­fied with pro­bi­otics such as milk or yogurt. Most peo­ple do pre­fer the sup­ple­ments because this freeze dried option means they can take their pro­bi­otics sup­ple­ment in pill, pow­der or cap­sule form.The best pro­bi­otic sup­ple­ment for you will depend on your per­sonal preference.

        1: Who Should Pro­bi­otic Supplements

        Pro­bi­otics are safe for almost every­one, includ­ing kids & chil­dren (check the label first). You may want to dis­cuss your health sit­u­a­tion with your doc­tor before you decide to take pro­bi­otics. Although pro­bi­otics are very safe and there is vir­tu­ally no risk involved, any­one with a com­pro­mised immune sys­tem, is already ill or has a ter­mi­nal ill­ness should not take pro­bi­otics due to the pos­si­bil­ity of devel­op­ing lac­to­bacil­lus septicaemia.

        A Final Word on Probiotics

        Pro­bi­otics are a great tool to uti­lize to achieve bet­ter health. You will be reap­ing the ben­e­fits of pro­bi­otic sup­ple­ments for years to come! If you have any other cru­cial infor­ma­tion or expe­ri­ences to con­tribute, let me know in the com­ments below!

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