From the studio audience.
Quick answers from the studio floor. If yours isn’t here, write in.
Is this a kids’ show?
Nope. It’s a Saturday-morning cartoon for grown-ups. Supplements are for adults, so keep every bottle, pouch and tin well out of reach of kids.
Two need extra care: Comfy Belly Daily contains iron, and the Adaptogen Vitality Gummies look a lot like candy. Store those up high.
Are the microbes really shaped like that?
Pretty much! Lactobacilli (Ace & Deuce, Pickles, Rhamny) are rods, often in pairs and chains. Bifidobacteria (Biff, Lacey, Shorty) are rods that branch into Ys and Vs, or in Shorty’s case stay short and stubby. Bacillus coagulans (Sporty) packs itself into a spore.
The sneakers and gloves are artistic licence.
What does the asterisk mean?
Asterisk is Greek for “little star”, and ours lead to the fine print. Each product has one line about how it supports your body, marked with a star. That line hasn’t been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration, and the product isn’t intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. The full statement sits at the bottom of every page.
What’s the difference between a probiotic and a prebiotic?
Probiotics are the crew: live microbes. Prebiotics are their lunch: fibres like inulin and FOS that your own enzymes can’t cut, so they reach the colon, where the crew digs in.
Can I send fan mail?
Please do! The mailbag’s empty and the mail carrier looks bored. Tell us what you tried and how it went: [email protected].
Can I buy something right now?
Yes. Add goodies to your bag on any product page and check out at the shop counter, shop.gigglygut.com. The Season Pass and its deals (starter crews, whole shelves, the pilot) open there soon.
Want a nudge when they do? Write to [email protected].
What’s the Season Pass?
Our subscription. Pick any goodie or starter crew and it turns up every 30 days, 15% off. Pause, skip or cancel any time.
Not sure yet? Start with the pilot: your first tin of berry strips for $24, one per customer.
Where are the products made?
In the USA, except the two melt-on-your-tongue strips (No. 03 and No. 04), which are made in India.
Where do you ship?
Within the US. Several products are US-only, and chaga has extra shipping restrictions. Each product page says which.
Will the fibre ones make me gassy?
Maybe a little. When the crew ferments fibre like inulin and FOS in the colon, they make gas along with useful acids. That’s the giggle in GigglyGut.
Can I take these if I’m pregnant, nursing or on medication?
Talk to your doctor first. That goes for every product here, and some (with ashwagandha, iron or green tea, for example) say so on their page.
Do the supplements make you laugh?
Nope, that’s the laugh track’s job. Press it at the bottom of any page. Supplements are for grown-up bodies; cartoons are for grown-up brains.
Who’s behind Channel GG?
A small gut-supplement brand with a soft spot for Saturday-morning cartoons and a much bigger one for microbes. The About page has the rest.
On a label, “probiotic” means live microbes. “Prebiotic” means food for them.
Pack both in one capsule and it’s called a synbiotic, like No. 02.
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