I have suffered for years with IBS. I have tried so many things to settle it down that I have lost count. Nothing has worked like this product for settling everything down. My only complaint is that because I am now digesting food better, I gained a little weight. But that is a small price to pay to have intestinal peace and quiet. I read everything on the company website, so I assume it will also help keep me healthy, but for me that is icing on the cake. I am taking it 2-3 times per day, or at the first sign of intestinal upset. It quiets things down in about 30 minutes. Addition 12-13-14 I am going to elaborate on the above. Not only have I have been suffering from intestinal tract problems for my entire life, since my childhood, I have had multiple recurring ear infections as a child and bladder infections as an adult. I have been diagnosed with IBS, fibromyalgia, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, I have MTHFR mutations, and in May, 2013 found out that on top of all that, I was suffering from Chronic Inflammatory Response Syndrome, aka, mold illness. I have suffered for years from all kinds of food intolerances and allergies, Mast Cell Activation Disorder, and have lived on antihistamines from my early 30's (I am now 63), taking the high doses that are characteristic of people with MCAD, to the point that the pharmacy programs would flag me as taking too much antihistamines, but it was the only way I could live. I have had to be so careful with my diet not to eat anything that would upset my system, and it is frankly impossible to do. There's always something to set off my touchy intestinal tract. I have tried all kinds of stuff, butyrate, colostrum, all the active form B vitamins for the MTHFR mutations, chromium, selenium, TMG, DMG, Wobenzym, ALA, Astaxanthin, Bromelain, Quercetin, GABA, Glutathione, Immune XL, Iodine, magnesium, molybdenum, carnitine, black cumin seed extract, phenibut, royal jelly, propolis, CD, all kinds of digestive aids, CSM/zeolite/charcoal for mold illness, all kinds of probiotics, colon hydrotherapy, liver cleanses, meditation, biofeedback, energy balancing sessions, hypnosis, Kalcker's worming protocol... and that's not even a complete list!I have an entire cupboard stuffed with things that I tried that really did not help me. Nothing has given the sense of well being I have gotten since starting Epicor less than two weeks ago, and nothing has gotten at the intestinal tract problems like EpiCor. EpiCor shuts it down, I mean, just shuts down the intestinal tract problems. No more waking up at 3 am with a roiling intestinal tract, not being able to get back to sleep, in part due to corresponding knee and leg pain I would get with the intestinal roiling. I have suffered from Insomnia, too, for several years. It feels like EpiCor is reordering my intestinal biome. I am eating things again that I thought I could not eat again (which as I mentioned is a minor problem because I have gained a little weight). The maintenance dose of Epicor is 1 500 mg capsule per day. I am taking 3-4 caps per day, one with each meal and at bedtime. Initially I was taking one in the morning and if I had any intestinal roiling or gas, I would take an EpiCor and within 20-30 minutes it would be gone. But then I started taking it on a regular basis with each meal and at bedtime, and now I don't get any intestinal roiling or gas. I told the young clerk at the co-op today that I hoped she would feel as good today as I do, because I feel great! I feel better, have more energy and am sleeping better, and taking less of the prescription sleep aid I have had to take to get any sleep, and am taking less antihistamines. I slept through the night all last night until 6:30 am on only half of the prescription sleep aid. Epicor is so much more than promised on the company website or any of the other testimonials or material I have read about it, because none of that material mentioned the intestinal benefits I have experienced from it and amelioration of all kinds of other problems I have had. It is dealing with issues for which I have not found anything to work in years of trying about everything I could. Oh, and it stopped my hot flashes cold. I have always suspected that part of the cause of the hot flashes was intestinal, part hormonal. I found something to deal with the hormonal part of it recently when I had a Zyto reading, that recommended Palmarosa essential oil for me. There is nothing in the literature to support this, but for me, it has balanced my hormones, and it reduced the hot flashes. But I was still waking up sweating, and even if I managed to sleep all night and not wake up, as soon as I would wake up in the morning, within a few minutes I would sweat. The EpiCor has stopped that. No more hot flashes. Obviously, my results may not be indicative of yours, but if you have any of the issues I have (and I have a bunch) it would be worth a try. There are a lot of people whose reviews I have been reading not only on Amazon but other sites that sell Epicor that are very happy with this product, and that now certainly includes me. If I could give this product 6 stars, I would. I am now sending it to someone with Crohn's, and to a relative with many of the same issues I have, to see if it will help them, too