36 supplement ingredients and types, scored from 9,413 comments by people who say they have used them (November 2025 to October 2026). Scores summarize self-reported experiences in r/IBS, r/SIBO, r/Constipation, r/Microbiome and r/Supplements; they are not clinical evidence. How we score.
“I began to take 1 capsule before each meal together with digestive enzymes and my symptoms lessened by about 70-80% in a few weeks.”
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“Neither psyllium nor anything else should be a sole source of fiber for anyone.”
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“I started taking spore based probiotics lately because it's supposed to help with the health of the valve and it do believe it is helping.”
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“I take ginger shots every morning. Pretty much a game changer.”
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“Today I would take some magnesium citrate, because wherever is fermenting in your gut needs to be released not stuck up inside of you.”
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“I've tolerated taking Florastor 3x a day during antibiotics.”
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“My condition improved when I started to take Glutamine in the morning and one banana before bed.”
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“Now at 32 I have not had an attack like this in almost a year whilst taking 400mg of magnesium oxide every night before bed..”
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“PHGG with water. These all have really helped me.”
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“One one of probiotics I was taking, LGG get rid of bilophila, but increased desulfovibrio.”
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“Also one that helped me butyrate in form of tributrin”
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“I can not tolerate iberogast but I do take and tolerate Atantril which I highly recommend for IMO, has, bloat and brain fog.”
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“I definitely love my beanzyme. Works great for beans and onions for me.”
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“- solved the bloating with berberine and oil of oregano”
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“I take ibgard and don't have that issue.”
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“Acacia is the other gentle one worth knowing about, it ferments so slowly that even sensitive guts handle it well and it actually feeds Bifidobacterium selectively.”
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“I have heard that some folks in similar situations find a lot of relief by using Atrantil.”
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“I didn't think I was lactose intolerant but tried lactase tablets after 40 years if IBS-C.”
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“when i started vsl#3, which is basically the same formula, it was like a crime scene in the bathroom for a solid ten days.”
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“Yes...zinc carnosine has been a gamechanger for me.”
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“Switching to 2 teaspoons of Benefiber twice a day has helped me a bit with this.”
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“Those were a game changer that pure one with the DGL plus that one took the pain away but you gotta eat right basically plain it sucks.”
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“Seed probiotics (I can’t take too many days otherwise I get constipated).”
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“Hot coffee helps get things moving, especially if I drink a glass of water with activated charcoal beforehand.”
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“Manage stress (I take L theanine and magnesium glycinate and it’s helped me to have a calmer response)”
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“Slippery elm helped a little too if you haven’t tried that but it didn’t as much for me.”
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“The allicin compound is where the magic happens, but you gotta crush or chop it and let it sit for like 10 minutes before cooking to activate it properly.”
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“My psychiatrist/medicine manager actually recommended I try berberine, which is a plant based supplement derived from traditional chinese medicine.”
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“Try something with Lactobacillus plantarum 299v.”
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“Organ meats, like pancreas, gallbladder, and also colostrum are so amazing for gut health.”
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“I went to a doctor that told me to take allicin and candibactin-br for months and it helped rebalance my gut.”
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“I just started this last week: NOW Inulin from Chikory root.”
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“I take 10 to 15 grams of creatine mixed with marshmallow root extract powder (to reduce cramps) + some electrolytes, all in water.”
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“I used that when I first started making Reuteri yogurt now I am using Oxiceutics which a lot of people suspect is the BioGaia strains just not named.”
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“In addition it said that Align is meant for people with IBS-D which I never had.”
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“Akkermansia is primarily a microbe implicated in its interactions with the mucosal layer, because it helps to maintain the turnover of the mucosa by metabolizing the mucosa.”
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