{"product_id":"saccharomyces-multi-30-capsules","title":"Saccharomyces Multi","description":"\u003cp\u003eWith Vitamin D3, Biotin, Olive Leaf \u0026amp; Bamboo Silica · 30 Capsules\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eEach capsule provides\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBiotin\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e8µg\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e16%\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eVitamin D (D3)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e2.50µg (100iu)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e50%\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e*NRV = Nutrient Reference Value\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAlso provides\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSaccharomyces Boulardii\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e5 billion CFU\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eOlive Leaf** (providing 2.00mg of Oleuropein)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e200mg\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBamboo silica**\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e10mg\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e** = Equivalent weight from extract\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhen the usual probiotic advice doesn't quite fit\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLooking for Saccharomyces boulardii? Here is ours: Saccharomyces Multi (With Vitamin D3, Biotin, Olive Leaf \u0026amp; Bamboo Silica, 30 Capsules), made in the UK.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMost of what you read about probiotics is about \u003cem\u003ebacteria\u003c\/em\u003e. Lactobacillus this, Bifidobacterium that, multi-strain blends in cold-chain pots. But there is another quiet citizen in the gut-health story — a friendly yeast — and it sits at a slightly different table.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou might be reading this because you've just finished a course of antibiotics and your stomach is cross with you. Maybe you're packing for a trip somewhere where the water doesn't always agree with everyone. Maybe a doctor or a pharmacist mentioned \u003cem\u003eS. boulardii\u003c\/em\u003e and you went home and looked it up and ended up here.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis little 30-capsule pot is built around a single yeast strain — \u003cem\u003eSaccharomyces boulardii\u003c\/em\u003e — paired with olive leaf, a bit of vitamin D3, biotin, and bamboo silica. It is not a replacement for the bacterial probiotic you might already be taking. It sits alongside it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe pot, in your hand\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA small white pot, thirty vegan capsules inside, the seal closed snugly with a tiny food-grade desiccant sachet to keep moisture out. The dose is gentle — one capsule, one to three times a day, before meals — taken with water. The whole pot lasts ten days at the higher dose, a month at the gentlest.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt does not need refrigeration. \u003cem\u003eS. boulardii\u003c\/em\u003e is unusually stable at room temperature compared with the bacterial probiotics in your fridge — one of the quiet practical advantages of the strain. You can take this pot in your suitcase to a hot country without it losing potency.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe story of \u003cem\u003eSaccharomyces boulardii\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1923, a French microbiologist called Henri Boulard was working in Indochina during a cholera outbreak. He noticed that local people who chewed the skins of lychee and mangosteen fruit seemed to weather their bouts of acute diarrhoea more comfortably than those who didn't. He cultured what was on the skins and isolated a single yeast — a relative of brewer's yeast and baker's yeast, but distinct, with a temperature preference of 37°C (body temperature) rather than 30°C (kitchen temperature).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe named it after himself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor most of the twentieth century, \u003cem\u003eS. boulardii\u003c\/em\u003e sat in a small French pharmaceutical niche, prescribed for traveller's tummy and post-antibiotic upset across the Mediterranean. By the 1990s the rest of the world had caught up: Germany, Spain, Italy, Latin America, parts of Asia all carry it on pharmacy shelves under one trade name or another.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat makes this yeast different from a bacterial probiotic is that it is \u003cem\u003enot bacteria\u003c\/em\u003e. Antibiotics — which are designed to kill bacteria — don't kill it. That single biological fact is why people take it during and after a course of antibiotics: the bacterial probiotic in the fridge is being knocked out at the same time as the infection, but the yeast capsule is sailing through unaffected, holding a temporary corner of the gut while the bacterial cultures re-establish themselves.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt also doesn't take up permanent residence. \u003cem\u003eS. boulardii\u003c\/em\u003e is a transient — it passes through over the course of a few days after you stop taking it, leaving the gut to its own bacterial communities. That transient quality is, again, a feature rather than a bug. It is a guest, not a resident.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe use 5 billion CFU (colony-forming units) per capsule. That sits in the middle of the dosing range used in published research — high enough to be meaningful, low enough that one to three capsules a day fits a sensible daily window.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eOlive leaf — a Mediterranean co-traveller\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf the headline of this pot is the yeast, the closest companion is the olive. Olive leaf has been used in Mediterranean folk medicine since at least the time of the Pharaohs — the ancient Egyptians wrapped mummies in olive leaves, and the leaf shows up in Crete, Cyprus, and across the Levantine coast as a fevers-and-stomach plant for two thousand years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe active fraction modern chemistry has paid most attention to is a bitter compound called \u003cem\u003eoleuropein\u003c\/em\u003e — the same compound that gives olive oil its peppery back-of-throat finish. We use 200mg of olive leaf extract standardised to 2.00mg of oleuropein per capsule.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOlive leaf earned its place here for the same reason it earned its place in Mediterranean kitchens: it is a quietly sturdy plant whose tradition runs alongside the modern story rather than competing with it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe pairing of yeast and olive leaf is not random. The Mediterranean coast where \u003cem\u003eS. boulardii\u003c\/em\u003e was first refined into pharmacy form is the same coast where olive leaf tea has been brewed for stomach upsets for centuries. We are not claiming a clinical synergy. We are noting a geographical one — two ingredients that grew up in the same kitchen, kept the same company for a long time, and earn a daily seat together for that reason alone.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eVitamin D3 — the small dose that joins the conversation\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVitamin D3 is in this pot at a modest 2.50µg (100 IU, 50% NRV) per capsule. It is not the headline. It is here because vitamin D is one of the very few nutrients with EFSA-authorised wording for \u003cem\u003enormal function of the immune system\u003c\/em\u003e, and because British adults — particularly those of us who don't see much sun between October and March — tend to run lower than is comfortable.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf you are already taking a higher-strength D3 supplement, this small dose simply adds to it. If you are not, it is a soft daily contribution rather than a corrective one. Take with a meal that contains some fat — D3 is fat-soluble, so a piece of toast with butter, a meal with olive oil, or a fatty breakfast all help absorption.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eBiotin and bamboo silica — the trace partners\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBiotin (vitamin B7) sits at 8µg per capsule (16% NRV). It contributes to the maintenance of normal hair, skin, and mucous membranes — including the mucous membrane that lines the digestive tract from the mouth to the colon. Its presence here is small but thematically appropriate.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBamboo silica, at 10mg per capsule, is a plant-derived source of silicon, a trace mineral that is part of connective tissue. It is here as a quiet seat-of-table ingredient — a tradition more than a strong claim — and rounds out the formula without overcrowding it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eHow to use it\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne capsule, one to three times a day, before meals, with water. Take with the first meal of the day if you are using it as a daily one-capsule habit. Take with each main meal if you are working through a more intensive ten-day course (for example, alongside antibiotics or while travelling).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf you are taking antibiotics, \u003cem\u003eS. boulardii\u003c\/em\u003e can be taken at the same time as the antibiotic — it is unaffected by the drug. You don't need to space it apart the way you would with a bacterial probiotic. Continue for a week or two after the antibiotic course finishes to bridge the gap while bacterial cultures re-establish.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf you are travelling, start two or three days before departure and continue throughout the trip and a few days after. The pot fits in hand luggage and tolerates the cabin temperature without complaint.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf after a fortnight nothing in your gut has changed, stop. Like most things in this cupboard, \u003cem\u003eS. boulardii\u003c\/em\u003e either earns its place quickly or doesn't earn it at all.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eHonest caveats\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a food supplement and not a medicine. It complements a varied diet, it doesn't replace one, and it does not replace medical care. If your stomach trouble is severe, persistent, bloody, or accompanied by fever or weight loss, that is a GP visit, not a capsule.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIf you are immunocompromised — chemotherapy, organ transplant, HIV, severe immune deficiency — speak to your specialist before taking any live yeast supplement.\u003c\/strong\u003e Cases of \u003cem\u003eS. boulardii\u003c\/em\u003e fungaemia have been reported, very rarely, in patients with central venous catheters or severely weakened immunity. The risk in healthy adults is essentially zero, but for the small group above it is not, and that group should take medical advice first.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf you have a known yeast allergy, this is not the supplement for you — try a bacterial probiotic instead.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis pot is not a treatment. We don't claim it does. We are saying, as plainly as we can: this is a quiet daily addition that thousands of people across Europe have used since the 1950s for the kinds of mild, common gut situations that come with travel, antibiotics, or a temporarily out-of-sync digestion. It complements a balanced lifestyle.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKeep it cool, dry, sealed, out of reach of children.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e— Vitadefence\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vitadefence®","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57112212046204,"sku":"sku-51715712188682","price":15.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0952\/9317\/8236\/files\/InternaCALMv6_SAB30_3pp-1panel_FP200ML_front.png?v=1782463489","url":"https:\/\/leanandhealthy.myshopify.com\/products\/saccharomyces-multi-30-capsules","provider":"Lean \u0026 Healthy","version":"1.0","type":"link"}