Chewable probiotic/acidophilus?

Question

I'm trying to find chewable probiotics/acidophilus. I can't swallow pills. I found http://www.vitacost.com/American-Health-Chewable-Acidophilus-With-Bifidus-Strawberry#IngredientFacts

But am wondering if this is both probiotic and acidophilus or if I'd also need the probiotic. I'm a little new to this. Thank you!

Answer 1

Acidophilus is a species of probiotic.  A google search yeiled lots of them:  Here are some good ones...

This 1st one is a good one.  Note many are for children but an adult can just double up.

http://www.iherb.com/productdetails.aspx...

http://www.swansonvitamins.com/ProductDi...

http://www.swansonvitamins.com/ProductDi...

http://www.vitaminbungalow.com/pd_flora_...

http://www.evitaminstore.com/shop/index....

Answer 2

Probiotics as you  already might know is the name of the group of friendly bacteria available in the digestive tract so they are live organisms and are best active when kept refrigerated..........try to find one that says "refrigerate after opening" on the label and if you want to use them for therapeutic purposes, try to find the ones that contain at least 3-4 billion active organisms per serving.........

I don't think the chewable ones would be as effective as the capsule or powder forms!

Good Luck

Answer 3

Actually, Acidophilus IS a Probiotic. It looks like it's not a very good assortment (just the Lactobacillus Acidophilus and Bifidus) in that product, though, and I'm a bit worried that they don't list how many viable organisms are in it (which says how much activity it has). You might be better off with a powdered probiotic (I say powdered because there aren't many chewable ones) that says how many organisms are in it... that's the only way you can be assured of how well it will work.

Please let me know if you have any other questions. Good luck!