Life Extension Gastro-Ease, 60 Veg Caps

This product is doing wonders for me and my bloating.

I guess it depends what people’s underlying condition is, but these worked for me. I am now back on gluten (after stopping to see if it was the cause of discomfort) and feel much better!

I have had a chronic cough for a year and started having really bad acid reflux. Through my research I found out I might have GERD so I was looking for something to help before I had to go to get expensive tests done. It works great!! I stopped having almost daily acid reflux and my cough reduced dramatically. Unfortunately I also have a chronic blood clot (I'm not on any medication for 15 years) and this product must be thickening my blood because my leg started hurting really bad... which happens when I don't control what I eat... I'm really dissapointed I can't keep taking this because it really helped. Now I need to try licorice tablets and hope they work as well as this without the side effect. Just to make sure, It's only people with blood clots that should worry about this though. Thickening blood is nothing bad. I'm just explaining why I can't take this product anymore.

I have reflux at bedtime every night and have relied on Pepsid Complete. Many over the counter products for acid reflux are detrimental if used long term as they can cause nutritional deficiencies and kidney stones and worse etc so i was looking for a safer alternative. So i tried Gastro-Ease and it worked. It really works. I wish it was a chewable like the Pepcid Complete as I hate swallowing another capsule but it is much safer so i will use it. I only use it at bedtime and it totally controls my reflux. By the way, I did have an endoscopy to ensure that I did not have esophageal cancer which commonly starts as chronic acid reflux. Also, be aware that this product has 16 mg zinc per dose (up to two doses per day) which is fine. But if you take other medicines which contain lots of zinc, try not to exceed 40mg of zinc daily unless you are under medical supervision. . I used to take zinc for colds but maybe i won't need to anymore since i am taking this product.

UPDATE. I changed from two stars to four bc gastro ease didn't work for me too much zinc, but I am now taking TWO supplements from this company and I super sensitive. So Gastro Ease was a no go as I mention below. BUT started "Bone Restore elite with Super Potent K2" ...starting on 2 pills a day working my way up to 4 a day and a week in and so far so good. So now two Life Extension supplements in my hand bag.. The other Magnesium L Theoronate been on many many year. AND I may try Liver Restore in a month or so... once I get used to Bone Restore. Fingers crossed. Overall SUPER SULPPLEMENT COMPANY so I'm changing this to four stars so that MORE will read about the other supplements from them in case they need them. Often when onen element needs suppot/supplement another organd does.... AS FOR GASSTRO EASE.. I have never ever done a review in 8 yrs of chronic Amz use. But I thought I would share my experience. I was VERY hopeful. Some indicated it was tough on their stomach; it made it worse. When I saw the product here first I actually took another Life Extension supplement for like 8 yrs so knowing the company set me at ease. But since I saw it hurt some stomachs more, I checked the ingredients .. Seriously, it has a high concentration of zinc. Zinc alone can cause stomach issues. So I read the reviews and questions on this site and did outside research on other sites & many stated the zinc in gastro ease, since it's in a different 'form' didn't bother them when other zinc products did. I really was hoping for relief & again I already use another supplement from this company for 8 yrs, daily. So I ordered it hoping I'd be an exception from the 'tummy hurts' reported. I got here because a medication irritated the lining of my stomach & hasn't gotten better even though I discontinued the medicine. The lead stomach issues/symptoms I have were (and still are) fullness of abdomen (with even a few bites of food & I'm eating foods from a gastritis diet food plan) & EXTREME distension to the point I can pass for pregnant & my stomach is super flat normally. Also I have a gnawing, burning & constrictive pain in the stomach especially at the top right in between the rib cage. Nausea, too. It's so uncomfortable & I'm super hungry but eating makes me sick. Been doing a gastritis diet (minimal quantity cuz that food irritates it too) & using antacid (liquid fast acting) but that's not a cure; it helps ease pain until I find a cure, it helped for the first few days but now it isn't as effective anymore SO I need to find another liquid antacid to use until I find a cure. I won't take Proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) . So.. I am looking for a homeopathic and I am not against prescription meds. I will not take Proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) which is the mainstream medical solution to this, PPI's literally shut down the stomach from producing HCL which we need. So I wanted this product to work. As the pkg read I took one pill after I ate something small .. and waited and then after about an hour burning started nausea worse than normal, distention and I was like ugh. So I waited hours for it to get a little better before trying to eat anything and then ate small. But then I took it before bed as directed 12 hrs later and woke with my stomach like a beach ball; lots of pain and could feel gass rumble in my stomach. The gas just rumbled and didn't expel. I've had stomach issues and seen many gastroenterologists in many cities since I've moved so much so I know what I'm dealing with here. After two doses, as directed, of Gastro Ease I know it made my symptoms worse and probably set me back a week or two in healing. So it did not work for me. About 99 percent positive the high zinc concentration contributed to the profound side effects for me since they're similar to the symptoms I am trying to cure. And if you research "zinc & stomach" it says In some (like me) zinc may cause nausea, vomiting, stomach bloating. But I do take zinc in a multivitamin but not the amount in gastro ease, that's alot. There's even a warning on the bottle if taken more than two weeks add copper 2mg because Zinc for that duration, in the quantity in Gastro Ease will likely deplete your copper stores. I understand full well the purpose of zinc in this product. Zinc is used in many instances (and Gastro Ease bottle explains this) because a lot of supplements and medications don't penetrate the cell wall and zinc acts as a 'carrier' to break through and increases effectiveness ... IF you can tolerate the level of zinc they think is needed to 'carry' it. So, I have a full bottle, I won't take it again. And I'm bummed this didn't work and caused more pain. I wanted it to work so very badly. Again, I like Life Extension the company and I've said I use another product for almost a decade. I am only writing to let people know what happened, not so they don't get it, but just in case they too have a sensitive stomach that hasn't tolerated zinc well in the past. Obviously reviews on here are a mixed bag with most indicating "it worked" and others stating "zinc bothered their stomachs in the past but not in gastro ease" & is why I got it. I believe tolerance to gastro ease as are most things, individual based because EveryBODY is different. Life Extension is a good company, sound products. A Lot of supplements are trial runs. I'm happy with the one from their company I've taken for eight years called Magnesium L Threonate. It's amazing for magnesium supplementation.I hope that if you get gastro ease your body tolerates it and works for you because I know how hard it is to have this issue .. and if not I hope you don't blame the company, there's science in why the zinc is in there and it's clearly helped alot of people if you read the reviews. And if it doesn't help I hope you (and me) find something that works. Best wishes to all that feel a lot better soon:)