I recently started taking a probiotic called Align, for some bad IBS I'm having. I choose it after reading that bifidobacterium infantis has been shown to help with IBS.
However Align has a patented form called "bifidobacterium infantis 35624", and the Align literature says users need to keep taking the stuff, forever I guess, or loose the benifits it provides.
It was my understanding that probiotics colonized the gut and would remain after stopping the probiotic. I'm wondering if Align might be some genetically modified bug (since it's patented) and maybe it can not reproduce, requiring the user to keep buying.
Anyone here know about Align, or if probiotics are GM?