The short answer: Nu Biome is a once-daily pre- and postbiotic drink mix aimed at bloating and digestive discomfort after meals, and in Nu Skin's own four-week study "82% felt a reduction in bloating." It is not sold on claims about energy, skin or immunity, so if those are what you want, this is not the product for them.
Gut health supplements have exploded in popularity, and most of them are sold on promises nobody can check. Pharmanex® Nu Biome® is unusual in that Nu Skin publishes its own study figures for it, so this review can be built on their numbers instead of ours.
What is Nu Biome?
Nu Biome is a daily gut health drink mix from Pharmanex, the nutritional science division of Nu Skin. Where a traditional probiotic delivers live bacteria, Nu Biome takes a different route. Nu Skin's own description: "Help keep your intestinal microbiome in balance with the dual-action pre- and postbiotic power of Pharmanex® Nu Biome®."
What Nu Skin claims for it
These are the manufacturer's bullets, quoted as printed:
- "Reduction in bloating and digestive discomfort related to food intake."
- "Helps provide continual improvement in bloating relief when used consistently."
- "Supports a reduction in waist circumference, related to bloating."
- "Helps harness the benefits of a healthy microbiome through a dual approach using pre- and postbiotics."
- "Supports a healthy balance of good and bad bacteria for improved intestinal health."
- "Helps maintain healthy digestion."
- "Supports your body's important antioxidant network."
The numbers, and where they come from
Nu Skin publishes results from a four-week clinical study. We quote them rather than rounding them into something friendlier:
- "100% experienced a significant reduction in waist circumference (an average of 2.4 cm/0.9 in) from bloating after just one use."
- "93% experienced a continued significant reduction (5.5cm/2.2in) from bloating after four weeks."
- "86% felt less bloated after meals."
- "82% felt a reduction in bloating."
- "82% experienced less digestive discomfort."
- "75% agreed Nu Biome calmed their bloating quickly."
Read them for what they are. They are self-reported measures in most cases, the waist figure is bloating-related rather than weight loss, and the study ran four weeks. That is still a great deal more than most gut drinks will show you, and it is the reason this is the one we stock.
Note what is not in that list: nothing about energy, nothing about skin, nothing about immunity. This page used to promise all three on a timetable. Those promises were ours, not Nu Skin's, and they have been taken off.
Flavours and pack sizes
- Nu Biome — the original daily drink mix
- Caffeine Free Nu Biome — for anyone avoiding stimulants
- Caffeine Free Nu Biome 3-Pack — three boxes at a lower cost per box
How to take it
Nu Skin's directions: "Mix one stick pack with 8–12 oz of water or your favorite beverage. Enjoy once daily." Their own wording is that the benefit comes "when used consistently", so a box taken sporadically is not the product they studied.
Who it suits
If bloating and digestive discomfort after meals are the things that actually bother you, this is the product Nu Skin has aimed squarely at that, and the one they have published figures for. If your interest is skin, energy or immunity, look elsewhere in the range — those are not claims made for this product, and we are not going to make them on Nu Skin's behalf. Not sure where you sit? See the five signs your gut needs attention.
Frequently asked questions
Is Nu Biome safe to take daily?
Nu Skin's directions are one stick pack once daily, and their own claims are written around consistent daily use. If you take prescribed medication or have a diagnosed digestive condition, ask your doctor or pharmacist first — that is their call, not ours.
Can I take Nu Biome with other Pharmanex supplements?
Plenty of people take it alongside ProBio PCC® or LifePak® Nano. Read the supplement facts panel on what you already take, and ask a pharmacist if you are unsure about overlap.
How is Nu Biome different from a regular probiotic?
A probiotic supplies live bacteria. Nu Skin describes Nu Biome as working through "a dual approach using pre- and postbiotics" — feeding and supporting what is already there. Different approach, different product; we are not going to tell you one beats the other. We set the two side by side in ProBio PCC vs Nu Biome.
How quickly does it work?
The only honest answer is Nu Skin's own: their study reported a waist-circumference reduction related to bloating "after just one use" and a continued reduction "after four weeks". Anything more specific than that would be invented.
Where can I buy Nu Biome?
Order it here directly — no membership, no distributor, no sign-up — shipped sealed and covered by NuBodyRx's own 90-day money-back guarantee. Nu Skin's published US refund policy is 30 days from the purchase date; the extra 60 are ours. See how ordering here works.
*These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. Individual results vary.