HOWARU® Transit HOWARU® Transit was granted a health claim for supporting digestion by reducing gut transit time in Canada, Japan, Switzerland, and Brazil. Product Information: Ingredients: HOWARU® Bifidobacterium lactisHN019™ CFU: 2B CFU | HOWARU® Bifidobacterium lactis HN019™ Health Benefits: Digestive ADVANTAGES Advantages of HOWARU® Transit Helps maintain regularity and relieve occasional constipation and gas* Supports gut comfort *Not intended for chronic constipation. STUDIED TO EFFECTIVELY SHORTEN COLONIC TRANSIT TIME, SUPPORT HEALTHY DIGESTION, AND EASE DIGESTIVE DISCOMFORT Results from the Waller et al. (2011) study showed decreases in whole gut transit time over a 14-day study period (60 ± 33 to 41 ± 39 h) in those receiving probiotic supplementation. In addition, time to excretion of all ingested markers was significantly shorter in the treatment group versus placebo control. Probiotic supplementation also reduced the frequency of the following functional gastrointestinal symptoms in adults: Upper GI symptoms: regurgitation, abdominal pain, nausea, and gurgling Lower GI symptoms: constipation, irregular bowel movements, and flatulence References: 1. Miller et al. 2013; Magro et al., 2014; 2. Waller et al., 2011; 3. Miller et al. 2016; 4. Dalziel et al. 2017; 5. Ibarra et al. 2018.