Biocidin Academy
March 19, 2024

Ingredient Analysis: Two doctors discuss what’s in GI InnerCalm

Listen to this conversation between Dr. Jocelyn Strand, Biocidin Botanicals Senior Director of Clinical Education and Research and Dr. Emily Hernandez, a Biocidin Botanicals clinical consultant.

 

As a practitioner in the integrative and functional medicine space, you likely have favorite nutritional and botanical therapeutics – the things you’ve found that deliver results.

So do the clinicians who work for Biocidin Botanicals – the team behind our “clinician-crafted” G.I. InnerCalm® gut powder. 

With credentials ranging from master's-level nutritionists to naturopathic doctors, they have a combined 50+ years of experience in the field. All have expertise in GI issues. 

“Being able to craft a gut powder from scratch was really a thrill,” said Dr. Jocelyn Strand, Biocidin Botanicals Senior Director of Clinical Education and Research. “Our team’s decades of combined practice have positioned us to observe emerging patterns, led us to root causes of illness, and provided the wisdom to identify effective clinical strategies.”

What criteria did they use for ingredient selection?

“Experiential evidence,” Dr. Strand said. “We based our choices on the therapeutics we have found that offer consistent, reproducible outcomes. Then our product development team sourced those specific ingredients with the most clinical validation and included them at researched levels.” 

So, which ingredients made the cut? And what do they offer to the overall formula?

“The beauty of this product is it offers immediate support for the many patients who see us for things like heartburn, nausea, fullness, or cramping,” Dr. Strand said. “And it also provides the longer-term support of healing the gut lining and supporting the restoration of healthy gut function.”

Ingredients in G.I. InnerCalm that have an immediate calming effect include:

  • Bioactive GutGard® DGL (Deglycyrrhizinated Licorice)
  • Aloe Vera 
  • Ginger
  • Standardized chamomile extract
  • Lemon balm
  • Glycine

For longer-term support for healing tight junctions and permeability in the gut lining, these ingredients are particularly helpful:

  • Quercetin
  • PepZinGi® Zinc L-Carnosine
  • Glycine
  • Aloe
  • The phytonutrients in the botanicals

Also important to our clinicians? Creating a gut powder that tastes so good patient compliance is as good as guaranteed.

“A favorite way to enjoy G.I. InnerCalm among our clinicians and staff is to froth it with steaming hot water at bedtime,” Dr. Strand said. “The lemon-ginger flavor has been well-received, and taking it at night gives you the added benefit of the glycine, which helps improve sleep quality when taken at nighttime.”