Digestive Advantage Daily Lactose Defense Formula Capsules, 32-Count Boxes (Pack of 3)
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Product Reviews of Digestive Advantage Daily Lactose Defense Formula Capsules, 32-Count Boxes (Pack of 3)
Product Review: A life-saver!
Summary: 5 Stars
Dietary Advantage-lactose intolerance absolutely changed my husband's life. He was EXTREMELY LI - those tablets that say "I can eat ice cream again" didn't help at all. He would frequently be very sick after eating out, even though he avoided all dairy products, because something would have been sauted in butter or maybe there was milk in the bread crumbs that coated the fish . . . We discovered this product just before a trip to Normandy (where the local cuisine is all about dairy) and hoped maybe it would help avoid problems since our French is really limited. To our delight it turned out to be wonderfully effective. He's never sick from hidden dairy any more, and in combination with those other pills, he can actually have ice cream (a little bit, once in a while).Product Review: A new lease on life
Summary: 4 Stars
I have had very severe Lactose intolerance for 11 years now. What you learn is that Americans add cheese to everything.
I had to be very careful of what I ate at all times. Lactaid would only delay the issue an hour or so.
I happened to find this product and try it....wow I amazed at the difference.
The ability to just eat a pizza slice again was amazing and well worth the low price.
I am only two weeks into it but so far it seems to work pretty well.
Product Review: Allergic to the new capsules!
Summary: 3 Stars
I've taken this product since it was first developed, and loved it, until last year when they changed over to capsules. I am terribly allergic to something in the new formula. I was really sick for months with Bronchitis-like symptoms until we finally figured out it was these capsules! I replicated the symptoms by going off the pills and then later back on several times, just to be sure. Contacted the company and they promised to get back to me in April. I'm still waiting....
If this works for you without side effects - lucky you. I still haven't been able to find a comparable replacement for this product, which really bums me out.
Product Review: An Honest Caution
Summary: 1 Stars
On August 19, 2010, I went to the doctor. My complaint: constant low-grade abdominal discomfort, six to eight months of continuous steatorrhea, diarrhea about once a week, pronounced weakness and getting worse, fatigue, low dips in blood sugar, seventeen pounds of weight loss, insomnia. The doctor gave me a physical exam and requested several batteries of blood tests. They found nothing.
On the day I went to the doctor, I stopped taking Digestive Advantage (DA) since it was the only variable I had to eliminate. I had been using it for at least two years, and initially, I was as impressed as all the reviews are here. However, within twenty-four hours of stopping it, I noticed an improvement in my steatorrhea. I remained off of DA and continually improved. Now, on September 7, 2010, I am gaining weight, my strength is back, I have no abdominal discomfort, and everything is improving. I feel like a new man. I have normal poops again!
For me, long-term use of DA became a health liability. If you are using DA or planning on trying it, please keep my symptoms in the back of your mind. Maybe DA will only affect me in this manner, but I feel obligated to warn others.
I will no longer use it.
UPDATE: OCTOBER 4, 2010: It has been 46 days since I quit taking DA. There has been no return of symptoms, and my health is great. Consequently, there is absolutely, positively no doubt that long-term use of DA interfered with my ability to properly digest food. Also, it is only now that I recognize just how sick I was. The digestion problems came on so gradually that it took me months to notice the full extent of the sickness and several more months to finally suspect DA.
I will be writing a letter to the manufacturer and to the FDA. In my experience, long-term use of DA will inhibit your digestion and make you very sick.
UPDATE: OCTOBER 8, 2010: So I just learned that there actually is a condition called Small Intestine Bacterial Overgrowth (SIBO). It is a condition in which too much bacteria forms in the small intestine, and it interferes with digestion. The symptoms? Everything I listed in the beginning of this review.
DA is a bacteria (bacillus coagulans). You take it everyday. I'm no doctor, but it is no stretch of the imagination that DA caused me SIBO. You can read about SIBO here: [...]
By the way, I emailed the company on October 4. They have not responded. As for the FDA, I forgot: they do not regulate dietary supplements. It is a buyer-beware market.
Please beware.
Product Review: Back To Dairy For Me
Summary: 5 Stars
I had such a bad reaction to dairy, even the lactose free ones that I had to completely give up all dairy!! The lactose pills didn't work for me either. My mash potatoes were even mashed with the potato water, a little bland to say the least. But now the sky is the limit on dairy products!! It took about a month to get into my system really well, but now I eat my favorite ice cream, puddings made with REAL milk,cheese, and the sooooo missed chocolate milk with breakfast and my mashed potatoes are back to their great flavor and creamy!! Who knew one pill a day could do such wonders!! And many thanks to Amazon for making it affordable!!