Align Probiotic Supplement

Categories: Food

1 billion CFU of Bifidobacterium longum 35624 (B. infantis 35624) — a probiotic strain with RCT evidence specifically for IBS bloating, abdominal pain, and bowel irregularity.

B-Best for IBS Symptoms

Align contains one strain — Bifidobacterium longum 35624 — with specific RCT evidence for IBS symptom relief: statistically significant reductions in abdominal pain, bloating, and bowel irregularity at 1×10^8 (100 million) CFU daily in the Whorwell 2006 trial; the commercial capsule contains 1 billion CFU. This is strain-specific evidence, not general-wellness extrapolation. The limitation is its narrowness: without IBS-type symptoms, there's little reason to choose Align over broader-spectrum options.

Pros

B. longum 35624 — strain-specific RCT evidence for IBS bloating, pain, and bowel regularity
Trial benefit shown at 1×10^8 CFU daily (Whorwell 2006) — a high CFU count was not what produced the result
No refrigeration, widely available at US pharmacies (CVS, Walgreens, Walmart, Target)

Cons