Synogut is a gut health supplement sold on Amazon and on the brand’s website. The manufacturer claims that “this formula will change your life,” and that it consists of natural ingredients.
But does Synogut contain ingredients proven to heal the gut? Does it contain any unhealthy ingredients? Why do we recommend avoiding ClickBank products? And is Synogut better or worse than popular gut health supplements like Colon Broom?
In this article we’ll answer all of these questions and more, as we analyze the ingredients in Synogut to give our take on whether or not the supplement is likely to be effective for improving gut health, and whether or not it's healthy.
We’ll also share our concerns about ClickBank products (Synogut is a ClickBank product), discuss the risk of side effects, and compare Synogut to other popular gut health supplements to pick our winners (and losers).
Key takeaways:
- We recommend avoiding all ClickBank products
- Ingredient discrepancies between Amazon and brand website
- We do not currently recommend Synogut
Ingredient Analysis
The Synogut website fails to include a full ingredient list or Supplement Facts label at the time of updating this article, which is a major red flag.
The ingredients shown below are from the product’s Amazon listing:
While we will use the Amazon listing for our analysis, it’s important to note that this ingredient list does not match some of the ingredients mentioned on the Synogut website.
As shown below, Synogut’s website mentions ingredients like flaxseed, prune and bentonite clay; none of which are shown in the Amazon ingredient list:
Probiotics at a 40 billion colony-forming unit (CFU) dose is the first ingredient in the Amazon formulation.
This is an effective dose, and probiotics have been shown in a medical review published in the European Journal of Clinical Nutrition to improve gut health, support a healthy immune system, and improve bowel frequency.
Fructooligosaccharides are prebiotic ingredients that can feed healthy bacteria in the gut, and are as important as probiotics to maintaining optimal gut health, as we documented in our review of another brand containing this ingredient called Seed probiotics.
There are no harmful or toxic filler ingredients which is a good sign, but two of the ingredients are spelled wrong (“rice flower” instead of “rice flour and “l-lucine” instead of “l-leucine”), which is a sign of a very low-quality brand.
Based on the Amazon ingredients, we believe that Synogut can improve gut health, but we strongly advise consumers to be cautious about purchasing supplements from companies that fail to make their ingredients clear or have ingredient discrepancies between platforms.
Our Concerns About ClickBank Products
Synogut is promoted and marketed on an affiliate platform called ClickBank, as shown in the disclaimer below, which is in the footer of the Synogut website:
As we discussed in our review of another ClickBank product called Alpilean, ClickBank allows website owners and marketers instant approval to promote products.
This creates an incentive structure for people without any medical credentials or experience to make health claims about products that may not be accurate.
We generally consider brands on ClickBank to be low-quality, because a high-quality brand would want to source and pre-approve marketing partners.
They would not be comfortable with just anyone recommending their products and potentially making specific health claims about their products.
We haven’t come across one single ClickBank product that we would recommend in our hundreds of Illuminate Health reviews, and we advise consumers to be wary of any supplements sold on ClickBank.
You can check if a supplement is sold on ClickBank by navigating to the footer of its website and checking for the ClickBank disclaimer.
Does Synogut Cause Side Effects?
Synogut doesn’t appear to have been studied in any clinical trials, which makes it challenging to say for certain whether or not the supplement will cause side effects.
However, we can make an educated guess based on its ingredients.
High doses of probiotics may cause gastrointestinal symptoms like gas and bloating according to a medical review published in the Microorganisms journal. The 40 billion CFU dose in Synogut is relatively high.
This suggests that especially in individuals with an unhealthy diet that’s low in fiber and natural probiotics, Synogut may cause intestinal distress.
To reduce the risk of side effects, it may be worthwhile to break the capsule and only use half or less of the powder within for the first use, just to make sure there isn’t a bad reaction.
There are no ingredients in Synogut that we identify as likely to cause side effects in healthy adults.
Synogut vs. Popular Gut Health Supps
Here's how Synogut compares to other popular gut health supplements in terms of formulation quality, in our opinion:
Colon Broom
Contains psyllium husk fiber, which is clinically shown to improve measures of gut health (albeit at a higher dose than exists in Colon Broom).
More reputable brand and no ingredient disclosure issues makes Colon Broom the safer and healthier choice.
Winner: Colon Broom
Welleco
Welleco sells a gut health supplement called Super Elixir which contains several research-backed ingredients for supporting gut health.
While this supplement also contains two ingredients we consider unhealthy, we still consider it to be a safer choice due to lack of ingredient discrepancy issues.
Winner: Welleco
BelliWelli Powder
Contains some research-backed active ingredients and some unhealthy inactive ingredients.
We consider this brand to be a safer choice than Synogut due to a clear and transparently-published ingredient label.
Winner: BelliWelli Powder
Synogut Pros and Cons
Pros:
- Safe active ingredients
- Contains prebiotics
- Effective probiotic dose
- May improve gut health
Cons:
- Different ingredients on brand's website and Amazon
- ClickBank product
- Expensive when purchased on website
- Doesn't appear to be clinically tested
- May cause intestinal distress
- Less healthy than competitors
