Pure Encapsulations - DGL Plus - Herbal Support for the Gast

This is a wonderful product for digestion. It helps every time with tummy and gut concerns. Nothing like it that I can find. My go to helper.

Seems to be working to keep my guy healthy.

Worked.....BUT made me crabby and impatient...whoa. I bought empty gelatin capsules and split a capsule in half, and then in thirds to wean off, BUT it did work. Reflux gone and throat swelling better! Good to remember that just like a shot of alcohol can affect your mood, so can a supplement...😉😉🤪🤪

Product works as advertised with no side effects. I take it at night before bed and have not had acid reflux waking me up as a result.

I wrote email to Pure Encapsulations company (purecaps.com) and their response was "We do not answer questions on amazon.com and we do not have an approved amazon.com seller". I wonder who this imposter company is then !!!! Amazon needs to check this. I had GERD & severe gas problem that popped up suddenly, which made it hard to even get sleep. Studied various nutrition/diet/herbal approaches from many websites. First tried NOW "Super Enzymes" because i came to know that Betaine HCL was contained in it. After 4 days of that, i did not get complete relief, so i added this product. This has to be taken 20 mins prior to meal, preferably mixed with saliva (which means you will have to take the powder out of capsule). Within 2 days, my problems disappeared. But according to the literature i see on net, DGL has to be taken for a few weeks, to be therapeutic. The dosage suggested is about 380mg, with meals, for a treatment of about 2 months (which is my plan, before i taper off). ......You see, i started getting diarrhea after a week, if i took it for 3x/day. Aloe Vera, has that laxative effect, even though this product says it is from inner fillet of Aloe. Also note that the digestive tract will be coated with these ingredients and hence the absorbtion of nutrients will be lower than optimal, when you eat food after this. Consequently, one would lose weight (DGL does that too). I would suggest to reformulate product to have less Aloe, more DGL and split the capsules into half doses, so that consumer can control the amount that they can take per meal. But then, this company is not reading amazon comments or questions !! If you are taking other herbs, do your research and check for cross-effects. Here is some additional information: Pure Encapsulations company tests for glycrrhizinic acid and their acceptable levels are below 3%. Notice that no DGL product can have 0% glycrrhizine. According to Natural Medicine Journal (http://naturalmedicinejournal.com/journal/2012-09/aloe-vera-gel-research-review), therapeutic dosage of aloe in humans is maximum 100mg/day. In fact, i have not seen many research studies on the "INTERNAL" consumption of aloe in humans. So, if i take this product 3x/day, i will be exceeding the dosage given in the citations at above link. Perhaps this explains the diarrhea that i get, if i take this for more than a week (3x/d, mixed with my saliva). On the positive side, this is the only product on amazon that does not have sugar or sugar related ingredients (fructose etc.) in the ingredient label. So, i give it a 5 star overall.