Are probiotics in yogurt and kefir really beneficial to your health?
Friday, December 11th, 2009 at
8:50 pm
Is there any concrete research that these cultured dairy drinks are useful to human health? Are supplements from a health food store just as effective? Can some probiotic supplements be harmful to anyone?
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yes. good for you.
Yes
Yes they are healthy. They are not found in supplement form. Think about it, they are called LIVE cultures. A pill is not a living organism. I eat yogurt often to regularize my system. An occcasional fast is also healthy, but nothing drastic that will hurt you. Don’t skip breakfast in the name of health – it isn’t healthy.
they can be harmful but if you have had antibiotics for a few weeks eat yogurt and cottage cheese
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yes yogurt is good for your health but if exercise gets too hard for you you have to stop doing it because if you faint for exercise over pass you are going to the hospital buddy lol
in some ways they are, but in some ways they are. i think they are.
yes
No probiotic is unhealthy..go to a health food store and buy acidollplous and bifidous look for a strong dosage in a refridgerator…probiotics must be in the fridge to stay alive..yogurt and kefir do not supply enough, but some, of what the body needs..children, adults and the elderly benefit from taking probiotics
yes, of course.
esspecially if your taking antibiotics for some reason…
they keep up your immune system.
they accually have powdered form of them so you can eat them however you want too.
more than likely if you heard this from a specialist but just to be sure you should ask a doctor.
eveything or something out there is gonna kill you so enjoy what ever you like
I think that they are
i use trader joes version and i believe it does what it is suspose to do. also i think the yogurts with probiotics taste pretty good (how about that!).
harmful supplements well ask a doctor.
Yes they are very beneficial in the digestion of food,especially if you have been on antibiotics.The cultures in yogurt help to replace the bacteria destroyed by the antibiotics.These bacteria are what break down the food in your stomach and are VERY important in the digestive process.
I believe so. The enzymes and probiotics help with your body’s natural flora. That’s what my wife and mother-in-law say; but I like to eat it because they taste good. Try Brown Cow cream on top (maple or vanilla):o)
Empirical evidence aside, I have approached the capsule supplement versus cultured drinks question by reading the product labels. From my personal experiences, some probiotic drinks claim there are considerably more microflora in their cultured solutions than found in capsular supplements and for that reason I have favored those. However, whether or not this is really true and whether or not this is actually beneficial remains to be more clearly seen. Despite this, whenever I have taken probiotics I have noticed a change and have almost always felt better when experiencing gastrointestinal complaints.
There are plenty of studies on the benefits of probiotics, Google is very helpful in finding them.
The average human carries about four pounds of bacteria in their gut. By consuming probiotics, you can increase the population of the beneficial bacteria and decrease the population of harmful bacteria. These bacteria are necessary for digestion of food, production of certain vitamins, they help the digestive tract to keep things moving, and help the immune system. They’ve been shown to lower cholesterol, lower blood pressure, and reduce inflammation.
Yogurt and kefir both help the bacteria survive their transit through the acidic stomach environment to arrive at the large intestine unharmed. Home made yogurt and kefir are considerably less expensive than probiotic capsules. If purchasing yogurt or kefir at the store, one should read the labels and try to avoid those containing sugar and corn syrup.