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probiotic yogurts

bb1fit Posts: 11,105 Joined: 2001/06/30	2005/11/11, 12:13 PM If your yogurt does not say on the carton,"contains live and active cultures", you are basically eating glorified pudding. This is the reason yogurt is good for you. -------------- If you don't stand for something, you will fall for anything.... bb1fit@freetrainers.com
febreze Posts: 93 Joined: 2005/05/05	2005/11/08, 04:59 PM hey, i wanna start eating some probiotic yogurts/yogurt drinks more often, but every brand i've found is too high in sugar for my liking. Are there any people from the UK out there who know good brands which are sugarfree, low in suagr or plain? thanks..
sivysivy Posts: 391 Joined: 2005/02/11	2005/11/09, 01:10 AM What does probiotic mean?
bb1fit Posts: 11,105 Joined: 2001/06/30	2005/11/09, 01:28 AM Danon has one out, it is more a probiotic drink, but in the yogurt section. Very small, about half the size of a regular smoothie. Do not know if they are marketed in the UK or not. -------------- If you don't stand for something, you will fall for anything.... bb1fit@freetrainers.com
bb1fit Posts: 11,105 Joined: 2001/06/30	2005/11/09, 11:25 AM Probiotics by the way are healthy bacteria. This is something I think personally would benefit everyone, and I always recommend. -------------- If you don't stand for something, you will fall for anything.... bb1fit@freetrainers.com
sivysivy Posts: 391 Joined: 2005/02/11	2005/11/09, 12:22 PM Thank you, I think I will try it!
flyonthewall Posts: 1,823 Joined: 2005/01/18	2005/11/09, 01:23 PM Is a yogurt containing "probiotic" any different than a yogurt containing "live bacteria culture" or is it just a marketing slant to make it sound better. These days most yogurts contain live bacterial cultures. -------------- Even if you are on the right track, you will get run over if you just sit there.
flyonthewall Posts: 1,823 Joined: 2005/01/18	2005/11/09, 04:16 PM Decided to google "Probiotic" here's what I found: --This word has been around since the beginning of the nineties, but has only slowly started to appear outside technical contexts. It refers to the use of microorganisms in a positive way to benefit health. They are usually consumed in specially designed foods that are variously called nutraceuticals, functional foods or FoSHUs (“Foods for Specified Health Uses”). An example is the way some people ingest bacteria in live yoghurt to enhance their intestinal flora and so aid digestion. Such harmless bacteria colonies are also being introduced into various environments to take up available resources and prevent harmful ones multiplying, a technique known as competitive exclusion. For example, a recent proposal to maintain healthy teeth involves populating the mouth with harmless bacteria that prevent those which cause decay from gaining a hold. A similar technique has been used in fish farming to prevent bacteria that cause disease from attacking stocks. Probiotic is not entirely new, as it has appeared on occasion in the past as another word for prebiotic, but that sense seems to be obsolete--. --So I guess in yogurt, it is just a nicer way of saying "contains live bacterial culture":)
sivysivy Posts: 391 Joined: 2005/02/11	2005/11/09, 04:26 PM Thanks for the post FOTW.